Is Obama the Most Pro-Israel President Ever?
Yesterday, I linked to the site of Amir Mizroch who called President Obama’s UN speech “the most pro-Israel speech [he thinks] anyone has heard at that world forum for a very long time.” Of course, this stands in stark contrast to the various folk who are trying to paint Obama as an Israel-hater. If there was … Read more
Obama’s UN Speech, Part II
Some more reactions from Obama’s speech at the UN earlier today. I wrote earlier that the speech was little more than a campaign speech that hit all the right notes for the domestic audience, but missed tremendously with the international audience (who were in front of Obama. At the UN.) Amir Mizroch watched the speech … Read more
Obama’s UN Speech
One could have easily predicted what Obama was going to say at the UN. Hooray for the fall of dictators; Iran is evil; doesn’t everyone love Israel; change can happen, guys! It is a pretty trite storyline that predictively had very little substance to it. And, of course, that is not the fault of Obama. … Read more
Fisk Goes Off About the Palestine Vote
Robert Fisk’s piece in the Independent is a beauty: In the new Middle East, amid the Arab Awakening and the revolt of free peoples for dignity and freedom, this UN vote – passed in the General Assembly, vetoed by America if it goes to the Security Council – constitutes a kind of hinge; not … Read more
Pre-UN Vote Israel-Palestine Links
Honestly, is there anything else to talk about these days? (Ok, tons, but still…) I have been crazy busy lately, so I thought today I would play some catch up. For now, then, everyone will have to deal with a veritable barrage of links (from only the last two days) to articles concerning the upcoming … Read more
Why is it so Hard for the New York Times to Accept International Law in Regards to Palestine and the Palestinians?
As the date of the Palestinian bid at the United Nations looms nearer various people, myself included (just look at most of my past articles), have decided to give a last ditch effort to revive the two state solution (this is where you will not find me writing about). I was passing through the New … Read more
On The Attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo
Last week, as the Israeli government was building a giant wall surrounding the Israeli embassy in Cairo, I opined that the wall should not be seen as a necessity because of anti-Semitism or a rejection of Israel, but rather as a reflection of the reality Israel has created for itself. Killing nine Turkish (and American) … Read more
Are Palestinians Ready for Statehood?
With the September UN vote quickly approaching, there has been an abundance of articles written about what the vote means, what comes next, what the legal consequences would be and about every other possible tangent – including a series by Chris; spoiler, he thinks it is a political ploy. Without getting to far into the … Read more
The Egyptian Military’s Broken Promises
Since the Egyptian military helped the people bring down Hosni Mubarak and created the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to act as an interim government, there has been nearly no revolutionary changes, leading many to downgrade Jan25 from a revolution to a military coup. Despite the demands of the Egyptian people, SCAF has done … Read more
No One Saw This Coming? Really?
So there was no mention that these were the same people, but it seems pretty clear that this would/will continue to happen. The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a “red line” for each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine when soldiers will be ordered to shoot at the feet of Palestinian … Read more
