Gideon Levy, whose writing often appears on this blog, responds to A.B. Yehoshua’s criticism:
When one employs tanks, artillery and planes in such a densely populated place one cannot avoid killing children. I understand that Israeli propaganda has cleared your conscience, but it has not cleared mine or that of most of the world. Outcomes, not [...]
A debate between Neve Gordon and Lany Davis on the war in Gaza. An earlier interview with Neve Gordon may be found here.
Yesterday’s New York Times had an article about how the current Gaza war has overwhelming support in Israel. I have no doubt that is true. But, except for serving as a vehicle to get the “Israeli viewpoint” across, this article is not newsworthy.
Despite all the evidence out there that the Israeli army consistently resorts to lies and disinformation to justify its actions (cf. the Shehada story), many US media outlets continue to quote Israeli army spokespeople as if they are Moses conveying God’s own truth. However, for anyone with the slightest bit of objectivity, the Israeli army MO is [...]
If you have the opportunity, don’t miss seeing Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir. Like any true work of art, the film defies being boxed into any genre (“animated documentary” is what many call it). Yet in my mind it is one of the two best anti-war films I have ever seen (the other also being [...]
I admit that my fascination with the Madoff scandal is related to the fact that I personally know people and institutions affected by his scheme, particularly through dealings with Ezra Merkin, whose family I knew in my childhood. But Madoff seems to be a popular metaphor with others, as in this article by Frank Rich.
In the original version of this blog, a good deal of the material I wrote was not in blog posts but in HTML files. That was because the software I used didn’t have an easy HTML visual editor, like Wordpress does. Today I added this page which contains links to those articles.
To start off, here is another excellent article by Glenn Greenwald.
Horrific images of the fighting Gaza. The comments make fascinating reading. I’ll comment on the comments later.
Despite the grim news, I for one don’t see everything as doom and gloom. David Remnick writes eloquently on why we should still be hopeful for progress.