The Jewish Electorate Institute, a voter initiative of Jewish Democrats, released a poll of views on Israel. It is a remarkable poll both for its results and for the questions it asked. Previous polls by J Street, American Jewish Committee and Pew have offered useful information on changing attitudes, but neglected to ask questions they […]
BREAKING: Police Secretly Break Up, Arrest Israeli Sex Traffickers Who Repeatedly Raped Bedouin Girl
חשיפה: 8 תושבי שגב שלום נאשמים באונס קבוצתי של קטינה בת היישוב, פעמים רבות ולאורך תקופה ממושכת. צא”פ מונע מהתקשורת הישראלית לדווח על הפרשה החמורה UPDATE: A few days ago I broke the mysterious story of a secret Shin Bet arrest of an Israeli Bedouin entrepreneur, Yaquub al-Qiaan, 46 for unspecified security offenses. Though Israeli […]
Israel Destroys Gaza’s Only Library as Biden ‘Threatens’ Reporter Who Asks About Gaza
The above video is a panel I produced with Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye’s Israel-Palestine bureau chief, Shir Hever, an Israeli-German political economist and myself: “Israel’s War on Gaza and Civil War at Home.” It was a comprehensive look at the issues leading up to the current conflict and the impact they’ve had on Israel […]
In the Middle East, Is Hope Still a Dirty Word?
Either PT Barnum or HL Mencken (depending on who you ask) once said: “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” That saying was particularly apt on Election Night 2016. I’d like to apply the saying to the region at hand–the Middle East: no one ever went broke underestimating the chance […]
