Last year I posted on the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the incident in which Israeli soldiers killed several of the people on board one of the ships attempting to run the blockade. I opined that the blockade was probably legal but that … [Read more...]
War Crimes in Gaza? Say It Ain’t So!
I have periodically defended Israel's response to rocket fire from Gaza (e.g., here and here), so I think it is only fair that I post on this story from the New York Times on Israeli soldiers' accounts of what appear to be incidents of war … [Read more...]
Debating Gaza at Davos – WaPo’s David Ignatius fumbles
Panel discussions at Davos are restricted to one hour, but Erdogan insisted on responding to Peres. Red-faced, and with one hand grasping the arm of the moderator, the columnist David Ignatius of The Washington Post, Erdogan turned to the … [Read more...]
A Dream Of Peace (MA Congressmembers Work To Ease Gaza Humanitarian Crisis)
Yesterday, Rep. John Olver (MA-01) sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton requesting that the State Department release funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East … [Read more...]
Joe the non-plumber turns Joe the Reporter – and goes to Israel
Here is a link with photos and videos and Joe Reporting. There is even a poll [Ernie take note}: http://news.aol.com/article/jo... I am going to echo that poll, below. This tragic situation which results for a cycle of vengeance … [Read more...]
WBUR’s Israel Coverage
I was struck, twice, by an odd notion I heard on WBUR during stories on Israel. First, yesterday evening, Robert Siegel, interviewing Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev, asked, rhetorically, whether President Abbas could really be … [Read more...]