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 [...]
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The View from my Window
Oct 19
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 [...]
A Cancer in Our Midst Redux
Aug 22
Exactly seven years ago I wrote an article about Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon and his references to the army applying “chemotherapy” to the Palestinian “cancer” in the West Bank and Gaza. As I noted then, the language he used is the language of fascism. Along with Lieberman (who also shows all signs of being a fascist) [...]
Sharon’s Disastrous Legacy
Aug 17
It’s hard to believe four years passed since Sharon declared a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Nehamia Shtrasler does an excellent job at summing up the disastrous consequences:
The evacuation could have been handled differently. It could have been used to enhance the status of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but Sharon didn’t agree to speak with him. [...]
A clear and clever presentation of how we must deal with global warming using game theory. Worth the watch:
One of the saddest aspects of Israel’s occupation and militarization has to do with the the huge role arm sales now play in the Israeli economy. It wasn’t always this way, and someday I hope to write a longer piece on the topic and my own peripheral involvement in this area. Besides the morally despicable [...]
More reactions from Israel here.
Zvi Barel discusses Israeli Obama bashers in Ha’aretz
Obama did not invent a new American policy. The United States has long held that the settlements are illegal; the same is true for the status of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The Americans are sticking to the same road map drawn up seven years ago, it’s [...]
Uri Avnery deconstructs all the arguments defending Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Normally I bring a key quote, but in this case i would end up just copy and pasting the entire article. Here is my own recent personal commentary on serving in the Israeli army and fighting a civilian population,
Gideon Levy on Yoav Gallant:
From the “neighbor procedure” of using people as human shields, which is a gross violation of a High Court ruling, a public scandal in itself; to the spirit of words uttered by a commander who is quoted by a number of the soldiers as saying that was preferable to harm bystanders [...]
The Sham “Fence”
Jul 14
Most who from the beginning oppossed the so-called “security fence” argued it was a sham and had nothing to do with security. The Shin Bet itself admitted as much a couple years ago. It’s main intent, like the settlements, is to annex as much of the West Bank as possible before an agreement with the Palestinians. [...]
Wonder Sticker
Jul 12
Uri Avnery on Bibi Yahoo’s wonder government:
Some weeks ago, Netanyahu appointed Hadas to one of the most sensitive positions in the security establishment: to coordinate all the efforts to free the “kidnapped” soldier Gilad Shalit.
If we do not want to assume that this man, a confidante of the Prime Minister and a former senior officer [...]