The Campus Protests: Repugnant but Necessary
I’m a long-time mainstream moderate with rather unoriginal views about the Israel-Palestine conflict. For many…
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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…
Read MoreThe 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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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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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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Ben Ehrenreich’s Way to the Spring
I recommend Ben Ehrenreich’s new work of in-depth and personal reporting, The Way to the…
Read MoreDenouncing Israel’s “Manufactured Consensus”
A very strong opinion piece in Haaretz from activist Michal Peleg, rising in defense of…
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