Monthly Archives: June 2011

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, June 29. 2011 I just love Israel’s hasbara campaign against Freedom Flotilla 2. I mean, butter wouldn’t melt in these people’s mouths. “There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” says Ehud Barak. Gazans are “importing televisions … Continue reading →

The following is an interview I conducted with historians Ilan Pappe and Yoav Gelber, published Oct. 15, 1999 in The Jerusalem Post. At the time they were friendly colleagues at Haifa University, sitting in Gelber’s office; later, after Pappe called for a boycott of Israel, Gelber … Continue reading →

Here’s what I would offer Hamas for Gilad Shalit: 1) the imprisoned killers go free only to Gaza or abroad; 2) all the remaining 5,000-plus prisoners go home, wherever that may be; and 3) no more Israeli interference whatsoever in Gazan life – i.e. no more blockade of Gaza’s … Continue reading →

On the fifth anniversary (which fell on Saturday) of Gilad Shalit’s capture, I’m sorry, I don’t think Israel should meet Hamas’s demands for his release. As far as I know, nothing’s changed since the end of 2009, when Netanyahu agreed to release the 100-odd … Continue reading →

Larry first proposed we take on some significant and pressing current issue, like the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. While such matters need to and will be addressed in our future debates, I thought it would be prudent to … Continue reading →

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, June 22, 2011 Here’s a suggestion on how to stop racism at Israeli soccer games – the chanting of “death to the Arabs,” the hooting of monkey sounds at black players, all that stuff: … Continue reading →

Great news - Dimi Reider, one of the most thoughtful, original political writers in Israel, is joining this blog. He will be debating me from the non-Zionist Left, as well as writing whatever else he wants. I follow his blogging and Facebook comments very closely; when he … Continue reading →

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/former-mossad-chief-asked-to-return-diplomatic-passport-1.368584 What a small character this Netanyahu is. Now he’s asking ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan, Netanyahu’s only potent critic in this country, to return his diplomatic passport. As usual, Netanyahu tries to cover it up with a really bad, transparent lie.  … Continue reading →