Comments on: Congressional Delegation Skeptical Netanyahu Can Advance Peace Process

By: rfjk

rfjk — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:26:46 +0000

The decisive actor in this game is Obama and until he does something substantive and soon, Ackerman and others who have gone out on limb for his policies will pay the price if the prez falters. Speechifying is a wonderful thing, but is worthless blather without action.

By: DICKERSON3870

DICKERSON3870 — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:10:26 +0000

RE: “I’ll bet there are some very nervous Israeli diplomats in Washington D.C. and New York wondering what the hell is going on with Gary.”

MY COMMENT: Surely they are familiar with the concept of ‘tough love’.

By: Arie Brand

Arie Brand — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:05:06 +0000

I had never seen Ackerman in action but watched today, a propos of your post, on YouTube how he got stuck during a congressional hearing into the members of the SEC a propos of the Madoff affair. That man has a fiery tongue ! I expected Linda Thomsen, the socalled Enforcement Director of the Commission, to burst into tears at any moment. She didn’t but apparently had the decency to resign next day.

I hope that Ackerman has used the same capacity for being outraged and yet in command of his rhetoric on the Israeli public figures he dealt with. I understand that a few months ago he already spoke of ‘settler pogroms’ (that is pogroms by settlers not on settlers) that he deemed to be part of the ‘destructive dynamic’ that governs the PI conflict.

That is a refreshingly honest term. I am looking forward to more candid statements from him.

By: Free trips to fellate Israel | Antony Loewenstein

Free trips to fellate Israel | Antony Loewenstein — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:31 +0000

[...] Even some previously pro-Israel politicians in the US are waking up. [...]

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:29:37 +0000

I join you in thanksgiving, include in that gratitude for all those who in their love for God are united with others, rather than divided from them.