The New Arab reports, based on apparent Egyptian sources, that a significant portion of Jared Kushner’s vaunted deal of the century will involve baubles offered to the al-Sisi regime in return for taking responsibility for Gaza. The story is both eye-opening and shocking in its audacity and presumption. It foresees the Gulf States ponying up […]
2017: Support Tikun Olam
Many of you know how hard I work at putting together this blog. You have some sense of the hours of research, the cultivation of sources, and then the literary crafting of these posts, and all that this involves. It’s intense work. Even sometimes frustrating work. But there is nothing I’d rather do than this. […]
Marwan Barghouti Calls for Armed Resistance from Israeli Prison, Gets Solitary Confinement
Marwan Barghouti is not just the most famous Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli jails. He’s the most popular Palestinian political leader hands down. In the past, he’s negotiated with Israeli authorities on a number of critical issues involving Israeli-Palestinian relations. He’s been willing to serve as a bridge between the two parties despite the life […]
Avrum Burg’s Vision for New Israel
Avrum Burg published an op-ed in Haaretz responding to the hysteria over EU parliamentary president Martin Schulz’s Knesset address. He gets in a few terrific zingers against Naftali Bennett and contemporary Israeli politics in general: Naftali Bennett is one of the shallowest people I’ve ever encountered here…Give me Moshe Feiglin…but spare me this hollow charisma. […]
