From its launch in 2003, Tikun Olam has spoken boldly and provocatively for a progressive Jewish view of Israel-Arab relations, U.S. foreign policy, and American Jewish politics. Almost from the outset, this blog has offended. It has annoyed. It has angered. It has spoken truth to power; afflicted the comfortable. It has threatened vested interests […]
New Comment Procedures
This is just a short post to say that I’ve noticed, with the help of another commenter, that those who’ve been previously banned here have figured out a way to circumvent my comment filter. That’s called gaming the system. Since they don’t believe in the system or following the rules, they break them. A few […]
Support Exposing the Dirty Secrets of the National Security State
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know its value. You know the secrets I expose. You know how hard the Israeli security apparatus works to maintain opacity and impunity. You know how hard I work on behalf of transparency and openness. You appreciate the suffering of the Palestinian and Israeli […]
Israeli Court Finds Blogger Libeled Government Officials, Bank Executive, Demands WordPress Remove Posts
This is the second (here’s the first) in a series about the Israeli judicial system dishonoring the fundamental democratic value, freedom of speech. Recently, an Israeli district court in Tel Aviv found that a blogger had written posts that defamed various Israeli government officials and senior corporate executives. The judge ordered (this is the English language order) […]
