“There is no pro-Israel candidate” and other Middle East mishegaas
- A superbly insightful op-ed by NY Jewish Week editor-in-chief Gary Rosenblatt says that no matter what candidate — Obama, Clinton, or McCain — the next president’s approach to Israel is going to be the same.
- Washington Jewish Week and JTA run op-eds by Americans for Peace Now on peace and apartheid. APN also launches “PeaceTube” video feed.
- Tonight at DC JCC: “What Makes an Army Jewish?” a panel discussion between Yehuda Shaul, co-founder of Breaking the Silence, and Adam Hartman, right-wing Israeli military soldier-turned ethicist.
- Feb 25th, “On the Way to Gender Equality in Israel: a Comparative View” will present several expert perspectives on the struggle for gender equality in Israel, including recent initatives and developments. Location info here.
- Mort Zuckerman, editor of US News & World Report, says Israel is a client state of the U.S.
- Israel21c (ich) has video of “Chefs for Peace” who cooked meals for the Oslo negotiators — and check out their recipe list.
- Brit Tzedek v’Shalom’s annual advocacy visit to DC announced for June 21 - 24!! Check out last year’s agenda and email adam {at} btvshalom(.)org for upcoming details.
- A former U.S. Army captain and a former Israeli Chief of Staff weigh in on the Winograd Report at Middle East Progress — and how the Israeli military knew it was screwed from the get-go.
- Did you know Israeli President Shimon Peres has his own blog at Haaretz??
- Rabbi Arthur Washow’s Shalom Center launchs a special resource section on the Gaza/Sderot crisis.
how is rosenblatt’s editorial “superbly insightful?” what sort of lefty jewish blog is this anymore? unless your comment was sarcastic, and i just didn’t get it…
rosenblatt implies that the only distinctive israel policy was giuliani, the hawk of the hawks! he then goes on to level mccain’s, obama’s and clinton’s policies into one weak, moderately pro-israel/pro-palestinian puddle.
his piece is NOT arguing for an end to allowing israel to be the deciding issue for jewish voting. he is merely noting that no one this election is pro-israel enough for him, so no one is worth considering in that realm, so it’s best not to vote based on israel for THIS ELECTION. a revolutionary statement it was not, and definitely not superb.
—invisible_hand · February 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
The URL for Rosenblatt’s editorial appears to have moved to:
http://thejewishweek.com/index.....amp;a=4484
—themicah · February 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
[...] don’t know how many times we have to be over these moronic smears. But Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo lays [...]
—Jewschool » Blog Archive » Just call me a snowball in hell… · February 27th, 2008 at 11:54 am