Even the United States has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand that Israel be recognized as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Israel’s Demand to be Recognized the Nation-State of One People a Non-Starter
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Israel’s Madrassas
At best, when taught in schools, extremist religious views dilute the quality of education; at worst, they breed violence.
Enabled by Obama, Netanyahu Attempts to Hold Back the Tide of History
President Obama does Israel no favors in the long run by urging European leaders not to support Palestinian statehood in a U.N. vote.
A Haggadah for AIPAC
President Obama’s recent speech on the Middle East and subsequent attempts to coddle Benjamin Netanyahu, not to mention the latter’s speeches to congress and AIPAC, have raised questions about Jewish attitudes toward redemption and liberation.
Obama: Surrendered Wife?
For some people, there’s nothing President Obama can do to prove his love for Israel. He could pull a Sammy Davis, Jr. and convert to Judaism. He could give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big kiss on the lips. He could personally expel Palestinians from East Jerusalem. And still Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin would kvetch. “Yes, but what have you done for us today?” the ultra-Zionist would say. “Did you call this morning? Where are the fresh flowers? What, you don’t love Israel anymore?”
Daylight Opening Between U.S. and Israel Barely Visible to Naked Eye
Obama cannot continue publicly regretting the consequences to Palestinians of occupation while passing the ammunition to Israel.
Palestine: the Logical Locus of Les Onzards
Palestinians need to mobilize around a liberation strategy that appeals to the widest possible base.
Review: The Sixth Crisis
The Sixth Crisis by Dana Allin and Steven Simon successfully provides an historical understanding of how the tensions between Israel and the Arab world have shaped the geopolitical realities of the region and influenced a looming crisis over Iranian nuclearization that will have worldwide repercussions.
Why Did Richard Goldstone Throw the Goldstone Report Under the Bus?
By half-heartedly retracting his report, Richard Goldstone not only won no friends in Israel, but sabotaged his human-rights reputation.
How Israel Should Respond to the Arab Revolutions
Israel has reacted to these revolutionary events in its vicinity with a very understandable fear. Crisis creates crisis. But it also creates opportunity. Israel can sit passively by and let the events within its neighbor’s borders define and dictate the reality that it will face, or it can seize the moment and be part of the change. By so doing, it can create a better reality for itself, and the region