I would call Bibi's and Yvet's latest quasi peace initiative an act of political theater, except that it does an injustice to real drama, which may move humanity to powerful action. This plan announced by Bibi today is more like performing anesthesia on a corpse (the peace process, that is). Israel's leader dredged up a second-hand peace plan he'd … [Read more...]
Hillary Clinton Back-Pedals on Two-States
In reading the transcript of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton's remarks during the recent Democratic debate, I was struck by a major waffle in her position on a Palestinian state. To paraphrase John Kerry: she supported one before she didn't. And all in the same debate. Here is her first pass at the subject, where she robotically repeats the standard … [Read more...]
Mandela and Lessons for Israel-Palestine: from Armed Struggle to Political Transformation
Though parallels and echoes between South Africa and Israel-Palestine seem obvious, over the years I hadn't given much thought to the lessons to be learned from Nelson Mandela's approach to apartheid. In light of his death today, his moral example and legacy seem even more relevant than they were yesterday, while he still lived. Here was a man who turned … [Read more...]
Naftali Bennett on Palestinian “Problem:” Like Shrapnel in the Ass; Palestinian State is Dead
Some people are Holocaust deniers, others are Palestine deniers. Almost the entire Israeli cabinet fall into the latter category. The world rightly condemns those in the former, among them the most recent president of Iran. For some reason, in Israel being a Palestine denier gets you a job as a minister. One of Israel's most prominent young right-wing … [Read more...]