Archive for August, 2008
Next post will be after Labor Day…
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
..or perhaps before. I refuse to post anything unless I think it adds something useful and original to the conversation about the Middle East and/or American Jews. That means I am probably not suited to this medium. At one point last year, this blog was picking up a good many visitors. But when […]
American Jews at Meretz USA say to Israelis: “The settlements are our business, too!”
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008A potentially explosive new campaign by Meretz USA has just been launched. It calls upon American Jews to urge Israel’s Housing Minister to stop building settlements, and says they have the right and the obligation to do so because they are AMERICAN CITIZENS, as well as Jews with ties to Israel. It’s the […]
One state advocates: More lessons from South Africa, Northern Ireland
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008What follows is another guest column from Tom Mitchell. As he notes in the first line, those who advocate a single, “secular” binational state in what is now Israel and the Palestinian territories often cite Northern Ireland and South Africa as examples of countries that resolved deep-seated ethnic conflicts and forged one, common nation. […]