There aren’t many progressive Jewish or Israeli voices finding favor with the British academic boycott vote last week. That’s why I was pleased to read Gideon Levy’s insightful Haaretz column, With a Little Help from the Outside. Levy notes the delicious irony of Israel, which is currently engaged in a boycott of the [...]
Read full post...Israel, with the tacit backing of the U.S. has been tightening the noose around the Palestinian economy using the pretext of Hamas’ upcoming assumption of control of the Palestinian Authority. All I can say is thank God there are alternative international forces which aren’t bound by Israel and the U.S.’ draconian notions.
The NY Times [...]
Jewish Week writes that Henry Siegman, prominent Mideast analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations, is consulting with Hamas moderates who “do not preclude at all a recognition of the State of Israel despite the charter.” Back in 1999, Siegman helped draft a report advising ways to reform the PA to make it more [...]
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