A round-up of news that caught my eye today.
Israel
Posted inPolitical Animal
Facing Abject Failure, Trump’s Delusions Are Expanding
The president’s statements about the Middle East and the U.S. Civil War are disturbing.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Ambassador to Israel is Truly Terrifying
The Senate confirmed a right-wing lunatic who will only encourage the Israeli government to indulge its worst impulses.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Nudges Israel and Palestine Towards Calamity
The White House has yielded to Israel’s version of the alt-right.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump is Our Enemies’ Best Recruitment Tool
He wants to return to disastrous Bush-era policies that got us into this mess.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Our Discourse on Israel is Stupid
American politicians criticized Secretary Kerry without justification.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What You Haven’t Heard About the Security Council Resolution
There were two other items in addition to the statement condemning settlements.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Netanyahu Brought This on Himself
His far-right policies and blatant disrespect for Obama made last week’s U.N. rebuke inevitable.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2014
A Tale of Two Zionists
The terms of the contemporary divide over Israel’s identity were laid out nearly a century ago by two fiery journalists, Vladimir Jabotinsky and Abraham Cahan.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, March/April/May 2014
Broken Promised Land
Truman’s quick recognition of Israel was tragic, dysfunctional, and quintessentially American.
