As we mourn Muhammad Al-Durrah, killed by Israeli forces 21 years ago, I’ve been remembering two small personal incidents related to the boy’s death. The first one occurred a few months after his killing. I had gone to the Palestinian Occupied Territories as a freelance reporter to see for myself…
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I feel deep sadness about all the deaths described in my article, The strange, sad saga of the Taylor Force Act. I’ve personally visited the Palestinian Territories a number of times and have stayed in many Palestinian homes, including one in another small village near Qalqiliya. I’ve seen their desperate…
I write very little on this blog. My main work is at If Americans Knew.org. My articles are here. It’s also important to subscribe to our new blog, here, to see a frequently updated compendium of news and analysis. We also post on our Facebook page often. (Another organization I’m connected with is Council…
Bill Weinberg, a New York journalist who appears very conflicted on Israel, periodically makes false statements about me (and others), so I thought I’d post a letter to the editor I wrote to the Village Voice in response to one of his diatribes: To The Editor: Re “Standing up for Gaza…
Orlando Sentinel, Sept. 30, 2015 The leader behind the anti-Israel billboards tells why massive funding must stop. A Sept. 21 My Word column criticized a billboard by our organization announcing: “$10 million a day to Israel? Our money is needed in America!” (“Anti-Israel billboards mislead drivers”).…
Other nicknames for it are the “Anti-Palestinian League,” the “Anti-Muslim League,” the “Anti-Arab League,” the “Anti-Truth League,” “The Anti-Justice League,” etc. The ADL has a pattern of attacking people who provide facts they dislike about Israel-Palestine. A great many of the diverse organizations, writers and speakers who provide significant, factual…
I’m on a speaking tour in the northeastern United States and am being hosted in the homes of a wonderfully diverse array of committed, principled human beings – religious and secular; Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other; old and young. This is representative of the extraordinarily diverse collection of people working…
• Analysis: Emerging Iran deal is not a ‘sword at Israel’s throat’ – Jerusalem Post • They’re Palestinians, not ‘Israeli Arabs’ – LA Times • Olmert [former Israeli Prime Minister] found guilty of taking cash for personal gain – JTA • Danny Schechter Was an Observant Jew, Even if he…
Some articles I’m reading today: https://goingtotehran.com/snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-the-case-for-u-s-iranian-rapprochement-that-obama-must-still-make-leveretts-in-the-national-interest https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/26/new-low-obama-doj-federal-courts-abusing-state-secrets-privilege/ https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/American-Israeli-Rabbi-compares-Obama-to-Haman-395457 https://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=2200# https://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/netanyahus-spying-denials-contradicted-by-secret-nsa-documents/#.VRfx22YmRNI