Aluf Benn: Why Israel’s New Moderate Coalition Will Have Even Worse Relations With Obama

  Why Israel’s New Moderate Coalition Will Have Even Worse Relations With Obama By Aluf Benn (original here) Last Tuesday, Israelis woke up to a new political reality. In the middle of the night, as the Knesset was voting to … Continue reading →

Rep. Joe Walsh’s one-state solution

(original here) Rep. Joe Walsh’s one-state solution What would happen if a lawmaker advocated solving Israeli-Palestinian dispute with a one-state solution and encouraged one of the parties to the conflict to, well, leave to facilitate this outcome? That’s the position … Continue reading →

“For younger Jews, Horowitz BDS smear is cynical exploitation”

(original here) For younger Jews, Horowitz BDS smear is cynical exploitation For previous articles on this, see NY Times fails to publish professors’ letter of protest at Horowitz advert,  and  Massive US support for BDS revealed by hate advert in NY Times … Continue reading →

Cal State University Hosts Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe- Says No to McCarthyite Campaign

“Breaking news/a good day for free speech: despite extensive efforts by the new Amcha Initiative to get Israeli historian Ilan Pappe booted from Cal State University campuses, where he is scheduled to speak next week, the presidents of Cal State … Continue reading →

Jewish activist to AIPAC: Stop Silencing Dissent! (video)

“On March 4, 2012, 22 year old member of Young Jewish and Proud (the youth wing of Jewish Voice for Peace) Liza Behrendt stood up at the 2012 AIPAC Policy Conference in a breakout session called “The Struggle to Secure … Continue reading →

Gideon Levy: “It’s just a matter of time before U.S. tires of Israel”

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/it-s-just-a-matter-of-time-before-u-s-tires-of-israel-1.416297

In fundraising, Israel is a hard sell

Political disagreements are increasingly influencing people’s choices on where to direct their money, writes Chemi Shalev in Haaretz. “It is getting increasingly difficult to persuade donors, especially younger ones, to give money for Israel – this was the main conclusion … Continue reading →

The subtle reformulation of Jewish identity in America

Joseph Dana from +972 Magazine (http://972mag.com/author/josephd/): “The film looks like yet another sign that a subtle reformulation of Jewish identity in the United States is well underway. An identity in which Zionism plays a small, if not insignificant role. An … Continue reading →

Extreme Responses to Political Dissent

This entertaining piece gives some disturbing insight into the degeneration of political dialogue in our own society and the scary extent to which rational debate has become difficult. It indicates clearly who are the extremists among us and bears directly … Continue reading →

Education and Behavior In Israel and Palestine

By Lawrence Davidson http://mwcnews.net/focus/editorial/12758-education-and-behavior.html Education as Indoctrination Over the last ten years there have been periodic outbursts of rage over the alleged anti-Semitic nature of Palestinian textbooks. Most of these episodes have been instigated by an Israeli based organization called … Continue reading →