A professor who is a friend sent me an invitation he recently received to participate in a conference in Israel later this month. He was so shocked by the agenda that he sent me the e-mail. It's being organized by the Tel Aviv University think tank, the Institute for National Security Studies. There is no such thing as an Israeli think tank that is … [Read more...]
Israel: the Garrison State
NOTE: If you frequent progressive websites like Think Progress, the Nation or others, you may've read that their web traffic has been substantially reduced due to an adjustment Google made in its algorithm to downgrade websites dealing with controversial political subjects. I've done some general research on Tikun Olam's site traffic over the past eight … [Read more...]
Amnesty International Calls for International Arms Embargo on Israel in Aftermath of Gaza Massacre
Amnesty International today released a statement seeking an international arms embargo against Israel due to the indiscriminate slaughter it is wreaking in Gaza. Photographs of today's protest at the Great March of Return reminded me of the portrayal of the Final Days in the battle between Darkness and Light. Smoke from burning tires, waving Palestinian … [Read more...]
Shurat HaDin Files ICC Claim: Hamas Responsible for IDF Murders in Gaza
Usually, after writing a post I won't come back to the same story unless it's quite compelling and newsworthy. But I make an exception in the case of the legal nitwits who run Shurat HaDin, who I profiled yesterday when they lost a major U.S. Supreme Court decision. That ruling overturned a $700-million judgment by a lower court against the Arab Bank. I … [Read more...]
