Posts By: Peter Cohn

Huckabee’s Wacky Falic Symbol

I can’t resist that joke, sorry, but this is an insane new development in the…

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Around Duma: Palestinians and Israelis in the Conflict Zone

In the two years I spent working in the West Bank, the most beautiful spot…

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A complex reflection on Rabbi Menachem Froman

I recommend Shaul Magid’s new essay on Menachem Froman in Tablet. “Rabbi Menachem Froman was…

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Arson Attack: Near Recent Settler Shooting, Troubled Area

The fire bombing of a Palestinian home in the village of Duma — killing a…

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LIVE: Settlers clash with police in Beit El

From YNET: Officials join families in defiantly repopulating Sa-Nur, a settlement abandoned in the disengagement,…

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Bet Ommar: A raid, a killing, a funeral

A Palestinian man was killed in Bet Ommar early Thursday, an event widely reported in…

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Critique of new Six Day War documentary

From a skeptical perspective, a negative and extremely detailed critique of an upcoming doc about…

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Excellent Election Post-Mortem: How ZU Lost

A strong analysis of how the Herzog-Livni team let the advantage get away from them,…

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In-Depth Profile of Rights Group B’Tselem

For 25 years, the human-rights group B’Tselem has diligently catalogued the violations of its own…

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