Posts By: Peter Cohn

Great Reporting: What are the targets?

The killing of thousands of civilians in Gaza has outraged many across the world and…

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Villa in the jungle

From Amos Harel, Haaretz, Oct. 20: Even more than behind penetrable fences, Israel lived with…

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Qusra and Esh Kodesh Revisited

News of the killing of Ibrahim Wadi arrived Oct. 12, five days from the attacks…

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The Settlers: Who is Really to Blame?

Isreali journalist and historian Gershom Gorenberg has long struck me as the most authoritiative source…

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Holy Land is Now on Amazon, Amazon Prime!

An Israeli settlement gets evacuated yesterday. Tonight Trump seems to endorse a two-state solution (good,…

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Avoiding the Out-with-a-Whimper Factor

I’m glad, but puzzled,about the Obama Admin end-of-term defiant advocacy for the two-state solution. The…

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Merry Christmas: The Dec. 25th Amona Deadline and Netanyahu’s Calculations

“…the Netanyahu Doctrine will remain the same: to delay, to postpone, to put things off—and…

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Michal Froman’s Eloquent Words

I had an elated sense of hopeful recognition when I read of Michal Froman’s recent…

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70 Intellectuals Call for US Settlement Boycott

“…we call for a targeted boycott of all goods and services from all Israeli settlements…

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