Category Archives: Richard Silverstein

A note on Silverstein’s post

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

I read Richard Silverstein’s post on Tikun Olam explaining why he left Israel Reconsidered. I have no problem with anything he wrote except this:  “…I have a rule that if someone is hostile to me in debate I’m hostile in reply. … Continue reading →

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Israel must stop shooting unarmed people

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, June 9, 2011  Here’s a tip on how to deal with these unarmed Palestinians in Syria (or elsewhere) racing fearlessly in broad daylight at our well-defended borders: We should stop killing them. We should … Continue reading →

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Naksa Day: How Do You Spell Relief? R-O-R

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

There’s an old American TV commercial in which the narrator intones seriously: “How do you spell relief, R-o-l-a-i-d-s.”  There is only one way for Larry and Israel to redeem the crimes of Naksa Day, 2011: R-O-R. Before getting to that … Continue reading →

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Israel didn’t kill the protesters – they killed themselves

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

During the rather one-sided confrontation on the Syrian border yesterday, the Israeli army wasn’t saying anything about using rubber bullets. The army’s line was that the would-be “infiltrators” were first warned verbally, then shots were fired in the air, then sharpshooters fired … Continue reading →

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Patriotism? Nuts to That

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

I felt ambivalent about Larry’s post about Israeli patriotism for a number of reasons, but the main one is that patriotism, as that wise saying goes, “is the last refuge of scoundrels.” Patriotism tells us very little about a country … Continue reading →

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Occupation: ‘Not the End. Not Even the Beginning of the End. But Perhaps the End of the Beginning.’

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

I might go a little farther than Churchill’s famous quotation above and say that perhaps we are near the beginning of the end of the Occupation.  All this despite the fact that we face some of the worst conditions for … Continue reading →

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Israel’s great white hope

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Israel’s leading opposition party, Kadima (Forward), and its great white hope, Tzipi Livni, showed once again that they are the true leaders of the peace camp. Today Egypt fully opened its border with Gaza, allowing people to pass both ways … Continue reading →

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Bibi’s “straw man” strategy

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

Despite what Netanyahu is broadcasting these days, nobody to the right of Hamas, certainly not Obama, is asking Israel to return to the exact 1967 borders – the country’s borders before it conquered the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza in … Continue reading →

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Obama just lost the Palestinians

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

In his speech on the Middle East, Obama gave the Palestinians nothing and gave Israel a lot, which means he strengthened the status quo, which Israel is perfectly happy with and only the Palestinians want to change.  By saying the Israeli-Palestinian border should … Continue reading →

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Israel: Nation for All Its Citizens

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

I do not favor a Jewish state, at least not one as defined by classical Zionism in which Jews  have superior rights to other citizens of Israel.  I am in favor of a state in which Judaism and Jews have … Continue reading →

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