Obama addressed a question about Middle East peace at a town hall in Tampa, Florida, today (emphases mine). Transcript courtesy of the Jewish liaison from the office of the Vice President, whom I met in DC and who always sends me Presidential quotations she thinks I want to hear.
In a marked difference from the Bush [...]
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Obama left peace out of the State of the Union, but he talked about it today
January 28th, 2010 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
Erza Nawi sentenced tomorrow
Ezra Nawi, Israeli activist, is due to be sentenced tomorrow for his peacework in the West Bank. He published a letter on The Nation’s web site worth reading. Of lesser susbstance is the Justice Ministry’s official response to petitions to have him freed.
June 30th, 2009 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
Join a virtual protest — Crash the state news of Iran
I’m very lucky to have friendly connections to Iranian society — through a number of people, including some Iranian citizens studying in America. Hearing about their crushed hopes that Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi’s likely electoral victory was stolen by unconvincing voter fraud by incumbent President Ahmadinejad is heart breaking. And for the sake of peaceful [...]
June 14th, 2009 Filed under: Politics. 1 Comment
Why I’ve Got Obama’s Back
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom launched today a campaign to back Obama’s push for two states, negotiations and an agreed end to hostilities. Sign the pledge! I’ve been working on this campaign for the past two weeks, taking a lead on the social media and web components of it, thus I’m very very excited to see the [...]
May 11th, 2009 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
Is this how the Christian Right felt when Bush was elected?
The euphoria of Obama’s first day in office is incredible. I came to work as any other day and set about my job forgetting about it all. Then in the middle of a conference call I checked the news and saw a huge photo of Obama’s first executive order outlawing torture. My eyes misted, I [...]
January 23rd, 2009 Filed under: Politics. 0 Comments
Haaretz ad: There is no democracy without a minority
An ad in today’s Haaretz paper against the banning of two Israeli Arab parties signed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and several other democratic and civil rights organizations:
Translation:
THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT A MINORITY
The Elections Committee banned / barred the Balad and Ra-am-Ta’al parties from running in the upcoming Knesset elections. [...]
January 15th, 2009 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
Hamas is not a moral “Get Out of Jail Free” card for Israel
The whole damn Jewish world uses the response that “Hamas is using human shields” as a moral Get Out of Jail Free card. When civilians die, Israel is just at fault as Hamas.
Israel is responsible for their direct killing, Hamas responsible for their being in the crosshairs, Israel for using bombs in civilian centers, Hamas [...]
January 6th, 2009 Filed under: Politics and War. 3 Comments
EV Comics: The 1-in-5 Majority Election Edition
December 8th, 2008 Filed under: Humor and Politics. 1 Comment
The shande in the Negev
New entry into the nomenclature catalog here: Shande. noun.
1. an embarassment, a shame.
2. The Jewish community’s ignorance of and disinterest in what Israel does to the Bedouin. All. Year. Round.
November 20th, 2008 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
Obama promised Carter peace
Embedded video from CNN Video
November 12th, 2008 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
