While recovering from the flu this weekend, I moved on from the previous newspaper-like design. In an ideal world, I would know my design basics and start over with something “borderless” for a “without borders” motif. New stuff: Share This buttons below each post enables anyone to share the pages with any number of social [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Rep. Gary Ackerman’s full statement against the settlements
Courtesy of APN‘s weekly Legislative Round Up, it’s lengthy and thus below the fold. Italics added are mine to highlight statements made that hugely depart from the way Israel is generally discussed in Congress. All the more remarkable that Gary Ackerman, longtime posterchild of AIPAC, is the speaker of these words, for he and perhaps [...]
Mar 10th, 2009 Israel 2 Comments
Sen. Kerry calls for a freeze on settlements and being a better mediator for peace
Kerry’s words on Israel, the Palestinians and Gaza. The tide is turning. Four strategies for a new Middle East policy: Freezing settlements: On Hamas: On Syria and Iran: Wow. Music to my ears.
Mar 10th, 2009 Israel 0 Comments
Reps. Ellison and Baird’s reports on visiting Gaza
Representatives Keith Ellison and Brian Baird are to be commended for visiting Gaza. The New America Foundation hosted a conversation about the future of the United States’ policy toward Gaza with Ellison and Baird, included below. They also briefly show a video about the kinds of “luxury” items that are smuggled through the Hamas tunnels, [...]
Mar 10th, 2009 Israel 0 Comments
The best explanation of Clinton’s visit
Thanks be to Bernard Avishai for these “translations” of Clinton’s visit which, if accurate, are music to my ears: First, Clinton said that the immediate priority is to get to a cease-fire in Gaza, and she’s helped raise $4.4 billion for Gaza reconstruction. She and Obama have also reportedly received a letter from Hamas through [...]
Mar 5th, 2009 Israel 0 Comments
I have a cool boss
My boss is presently in Ghana on an AJWS fellowship for several months and took the photo above. I found his travel journal notes lend extra context to this mesmerizing photo: So I recovered quick enough to join 3 of my other AJWS volunteers for an excursion up to Kumasi, the center of the ancient Ashanti [...]
Mar 3rd, 2009 On the Web 0 Comments
I am 26, I am a brown belt, I am an activist
Thanks to the three dozen-some people who left birthday wishes on my Facebook wall and the twenty-two people who gave to my birthday cause. The outpouring of friendship was lovely. And I didn’t end up doing any party or gathering, I felt so warm in the company of my friends that a party was just [...]
Mar 3rd, 2009 Israel, Jew York Culture Shock, Kung Fu and Musings 1 Comment
Another Gershom Gorenberg video; debates neocon David Frum
I found this 48 minute conversation actually rather boring with only a few moments of entertainment. The information that Gorenberg conveys is certainly important and well-known to the pro-peace movement. And Frum barely gets a word in. And when Frum makes sweeping statements against Israel’s power or interest in making peace with Palestinians, Gorenberg briefly [...]
Mar 1st, 2009 Israel 1 Comment