Month: June 2009

. Netanyahu’s speech of political spin and a ploy Both Israeli Arab and nationalist political leaders blasted the speech as political spin. “There is no such thing as a demilitarized state, Netanyahu knows very well...

I just kind of half-watched Netanyahu’s speech while I was grilling some chicken. I noted that he did recognize the need for a two-state solution. That wasn’t really much of a concession, but it’s the first...

Max Blumenthal reporting from Mondoweiss On June 5, when several hundred Israelis marched from Tel Aviv’s Yitzhak Rabin Square to the Israeli Defense Ministry to protest the anniversary of the Six Day War, I was able to...

Daniel Pipes on the Iranian elections: “I think it about the best result possible.” The emerging meme on the right (when they even deign to discuss this election) is that the Iranian people woke up on Saturday and...

“Throughout my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things. That is why...