Look Up in the Sky…

“Victory in Iraq will bring something new in the Arab world: a functioning democracy that polices its territory, upholds the rule of law, respects fundamental human liberties and answers to its people. A democratic Iraq will not be perfect. But it will be a country that fights terrorists instead of harboring them, and it will [...]

Moral Nihilism

Mark A LeVine, who is apparently a professor of modern Middle Eastern history, culture, and Islamic studies at the University of California, Irvine, has penned a critique of Michael Walzer’s recent piece on the justness of Israel’s war against Hezbollah. In the course of spelling-out a rambling argument, he uncorks this gem:
To begin with, Walzer [...]

On Mel’s Passion

Dangerously worded as it was, Gibson’s drunken comment was, it could reasonably be argued, a statement against the arrogance of the Israeli military: “They started all the wars in the world.”
– Andrew O’Hagan, The Telegraph, August 2, 2006 (Hat Tip: Normblog)

David Gelernter and the Debasement of Jewish Politics

I have always found the assumption that American Jews vote first and foremost on the issue of Israel deeply offensive. The mere suggestion has an odious whiff to it, as though the Jewish vote can be wooed merely by toeing a particular policy in the Middle East. It also has an element of the absurd [...]

Incoming

“Interestingly, Hamas is ready to stop launching rockets and return the captive soldier if Israel discontinues its assassination policy, releases Palestinian prisoners and returns to the negotiating table to carve out a peace agreement based on Israel’s withdrawal to its 1967 borders.”
-Neve Gordon