Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben & Jerry’s, published an op ed in yesterday’s NY Times, about the controversy over Unilever’s decision to abandon the Occupied Territories as a market for their ice cream. In it, they strongly affirmed their commitment to the partial boycott (though they didn’t use the term and couldn’t […]
Israeli Pilots: We Couldn’t Stop the Rockets, So We Took Our Frustration Out on Gaza Apartment Towers
The Israeli news site, Mako, published a series of remarkable interviews with IAF pilots whose Gaza bombing runs aroused the consternation of much of the world, as they watched 12-story buildings filled with media offices, bookstores, publishing houses, and residential apartments pulverized into rubble in a matter of seconds. From the start of this Gaza […]
Israel Loses the War, Again
Israel keeps fighting wars…and losing them. It invaded Lebanon in 2006 and 2008. It invaded Gaza in 2008, 2012 and 2014. During each of these massive military operations Israel boasted of its prowess, its destructive power. It taunted its enemies, falsely claiming it assassinated them, only for them to live to fight another day. A […]
Israel Destroys Gaza’s Only Library as Biden ‘Threatens’ Reporter Who Asks About Gaza
The above video is a panel I produced with Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye’s Israel-Palestine bureau chief, Shir Hever, an Israeli-German political economist and myself: “Israel’s War on Gaza and Civil War at Home.” It was a comprehensive look at the issues leading up to the current conflict and the impact they’ve had on Israel […]
