Last night, I watched a fascinating PBS documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. We all know, or think we know about Manzanar. It was the “flagship” incarceration camp for interned Japanese Americans during World War II (there were others in Arizona and Idaho). The World War II iInternment decreed by Pres. Rooselvelt, was the […]
Beinart’s ‘Road to a New Jerusalem’
NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest piece on Israel’s attack on Iran’s Natanz centrifuge production facility. Please give it a read. As Christians will know, the founder of the Church, Paul, had a “conversion” on the road to Damascus, (the ‘Damascene Conversion’), which led him to break with his Jewish past and found […]
Gantz Negotiating to Form Unity Government with Likud
Benny Gantz, leader of Israel’s Blue and White Opposition appears to have abandoned his plan to form a minority government with the tacit support of the 15 MKs of the Palestinian Joint List. If current reports are to be believed, he has instead moved to forming a unity government with the Likud in which Netanyahu […]
The Case for Palestinian Return
The film, Dr. Strangelove bears the subtitle, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. An alternate, somewhat subversive title for this post might be: “How Israelis Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Right of Return.” 972 Magazine published a post by Tom Pessah which advocated for full recognition of Palestinian […]
