I don't know whether Bibi was trying to tell the American people that Israelis had the pygmy gene in their DNA, but he had one of those awkward moments that doesn't often happen to him, in which he said that while Pres. Obama led "a great people" he (Bibi) led "a much smaller people" allowing one to draw the implication that Israel was "not a great people." … [Read more...]
Assange’s Delusions on Bibi and Mideast Peace, Amazon’s Spinelessness
The problem with writing a blog is that you write one thing one day and by the next it's overtaken by events and you have to backtrack and take back almost everything you said the day before. Such is the case with Julian Assange, about whom I wrote that it would be enormous folly for the U.S. to prosecute him for espionage violations for his role in the … [Read more...]
Roger Cohen to Obama: ‘Break Some Bones’ to Get Extended Settlement Freeze
Roger Cohen is usually an elegant, dispassionate writer. But in his column today which describes a dinner for Mahmoud Abbas hosted by American Jewish leaders, he's talking tougher than I've ever heard. First, he says that the Israel-Palestine peace negotiations are poised to go over a cliff. Listening to his dinner companions, the U.S. diplomat and … [Read more...]
Roger Cohen: If Russians and Poles Can Make Peace, So Can Israelis and Palestinians
They announced the Pulitzer Prize winners yesterday and someone who truly deserved one was not among the winners: Roger Cohen. His brave reporting in June from the streets of Teheran after the allegedly fraudulent presidential election was absolutely riveting. You felt like you were there at a crucial moment of Middle Eastern history. And Cohen's humanity … [Read more...]