Iran doesn’t understand how its caginess about its nuclear program compares with Israel’s deceptions about its full-blown nuclear-weapons program.
Review: ‘Midnight on the Mavi Marmara’
Published less than two months after Israeli commandos boarded an international aid flotilla bound for Gaza and killed nine activists, Midnight on the Mavi Marmara is, in the words of editor Moustafa Bayoumi, “the first book about the attack,” but “will likely not be the last.” This collection of some four dozen essays from eyewitnesses and “activists, novelists, academics, analysts, journalists, and poets,” serves many purposes. Some essays are expressions of simple outrage. Others probe more deeply into Israel’s broader political strategy in the region and its human costs for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Author and Harvard scholar Sarah Roy’s essay offers a detailed and rigorous accounting of Gaza’s humanitarian and economic woes, while well-known academic and blogger Juan Cole’s excellent contribution emphasizes the deeper problem of Palestinian statelessness, the political fact of which the Gaza blockade and even the Israeli occupation itself are merely symptomatic.
With Abuse of Palestinian Children, IDF Hits New Low
Widespread reports that members of IDF abuse Palestinian youths makes you wonder just what childrearing practices they’re a product of.
Israel-Iran War: Not Inevitable
A chorus of pundits has lately been arguing that an Israeli attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities is either inevitable or commendable. Recently, Jeffery Goldberg predicts in The Atlantic that Israeli will strike by next July. Reuel Marc Gerecht, an editor for the Weekly Standard, urges that regional stability calls for Israel wasting no more time in launching a pre-emptive hit. These arguments predictably come from the neoconservative crowd who urged the United States to topple Saddam Hussein as an avenue toward reaching regime change in Iran.
The Lebanon Border: “Uniquely” Dangerous
After Hezbollah fought it to a standstill in the 2006 war, the Israeli Defense Forces have been training for a rematch.
Israel and the Rise of Ultra-Semitism
Something resembling genocide is gaining currency among elements of the Israeli government and public.
Does the Right Really Believe That the Left Supports Jihad?
Among conservatives aligned with Israel, some claim that the left supports jihad.
Wanted: an Accurate Assessment of Arab-Iran Animosity
When it comes to Arab-Iran animosity, a distinction needs to be made between the feelings of the ruler and the people.
Israel v. Palestine Brings Out the Jewish in Me
Is holding Jews to a higher standard helpful to peace in the Middle East?
Israel Playing With a Fire It Expects the U.S. to Put Out
American neocons openly express the hope that any Iranian response to the Israeli attack would trigger full-scale U.S. war against Iran.