Posts Tagged Aaron’s Israel Peace Blog
[Neve Gordon has appeared many times on this blog. I don't usually do "guest posts" but I received an email with what follows and asked Professor Gordon for his permission to reprint it here. The far-right in Israel is crossing dangerous boundaries. --the editor] On May 31, I joined some 50 students and faculty members [...]
Sixth in a series. Sadly this probably won’t be the last. Question 1: Israel, like every other country has the right to self defense. The flotilla was an attack on Israeli sovereignty! Imagine if they had tried to land on the coast of Florida, how would the US react? Answer: Surely Israel has the right [...]
When we moved to Israel in 1983, my first job was at Israel’s largest (at the time) software consultancy. One of my colleagues was a modern Orthodox (“dati”) man. I was far less to the “left” then, and since this man actually lived in a Tel Aviv suburb, not the settlements, I assumed he was [...]
Chris Hedges is a writer and thinker whom I greatly admire. In the past I have written about his book War is Force that Gives us Meaning. Recently I came across an article he wrote at Truthdig, Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction, which is both insightful and depressing. About a year ago I [...]
I have cited Colin Dayan’s book Cruel and Unusual several times. Here is a lecture by the author herself:
“A Game Changer”
Dec 11
Real News Network does a good job presenting the significance of the possible prisoner exchange:
Professor Tony Judt at NYU, whose writings have often appeared on this site, recently gave a lecture at NYU. As always, it is well worth reading. In fact I would argue it is mandatory reading for anyone who considers themself “leftist” or “progressive.” Judt provides the historical background for the political debates of today. He [...]
Portraits of Power
Dec 1
Photographer Platon photographs dozens of the world’s leaders at the recent General Assembly meeting. Be sure to listen to his commentary on each of the photos. Listen to the audio interview with him first, by clicking on the last icon of the thumbnails.
November Roundup
Nov 30
November was a very busy month for me so I haven’t had time to write extended commentaries. Meanwhile I am posting links and short comments on articles that interest me on Twitter. If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in the widget on the lower right hand side of this page. One article [...]
As I’ve noted many times my blood starts to boil when so-called progressives start talking about how we need to return to being “a nation of laws.” As we see in the video, Israel has scrupulously followed the law in perpetrating this crime against innocents:
Israel’s use of the law to expropriate Palestinian land is quite [...]
The attacks against Judge Goldstone’s report on the Gaza war fall into three categories: personal attacks against him, attacks on the accuracy and veracity of the findings and attacks against the UN body that commissioned the report. In this recent interview with Bill Moyers, Judge Goldstone responds to all these attacks and others as well. [...]
The View from my Window
Oct 19
I realize its been a month since I’ve posted here, and I have restricted myself to posting articles in Twitter. I’ve been extremely busy with a move and with work, so I just haven’t had time to write more extended pieces. Just to share a bit of where I’ve moved, what folows are a copy [...]
As I noted in my twitter postings, Judge Goldstone’s report on the Gaza invasion condemns both Israel and Hamas for war crimes. As reported in the NY Times:
The report called Israel’s military assault on Gaza “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity both [...]
In discussing my previous post with some friends, it occurred to me that the Declaration of Independence, which expresses the fervent hopes of the founders of this country, is famous for its phrase: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among [...]
A Nation of Laws – Redux
Sep 3
On more than one occassion I have expressed my outrage at the “progressive”/”liberal” mantra that the US is “a nation of laws” and the associated demand to call Bush & Co to account for their war crimes. According to this narrative, Bush & Co are to blame for the sorry state we are in: using [...]