Jewish Voice for Peace is urging controvercial filmmaker Michael Moore to select the topic of the relationship between the USA and Israel for his next film. JVP requests that people sign a petition to persuade Moore to “take the case”.…
An American graphic designer named Ann Petter who flew to Israel to take part in political demonstrations has been barred from the country as a “security risk” and has been detained since June 23rd. Petter is employed by Simon and…
Reuters reports, The U.S. general who was in charge of Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison said on Saturday she had met an Israeli interrogator in Iraq, a claim Israel denied but which was likely to irritate many in the Arab…
At News From Babylon, author William Hughes speaks with Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss of Neturei Karta outside the White House where a coalition calling itself “Jews United Against Zionism” protested Ariel Sharon’s visit. Rabbi Weiss — who wore a sign…
From this week’s NY Press letters section: I am outraged. How could the insufferable Jerry Nadler not make the list (“50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers,” 3/31)? What a bloviating hypocrite. I watch ole Jerry moaning about every oppressed group in…
Recently there has been a renewed round of criticism from all across the blogosphere directed towards the immensely popular war blog Little Green Footballs (LGF). Such popular sites as Metafilter, Daily Kos, and Winds of Change have led the charge…
US Newswire reports: A poll conducted by Zogby International, and released [on Wednesday] shows that 56 percent of Americans agree and 29 percent disagree that Congress should pass an Israel accountability act on weapons of mass destruction and human rights…
The Jewish Week is reporting that Rabbi Paul Joseph of Temple Emanuel in Lynbrook, L.I. may have been fired from his job for criticizing Israel’s and America’s current direction in a sermon. In the article, the Rabbi is quoted as…
The Associated Press reports: A former Israeli intelligence officer [reserve Brig. Gen. Shlomo Brom] charged Thursday that Israeli agencies produced a flawed picture of Iraqi weapons capabilities and substantially contributed to mistakes made in U.S. and British pre-war assessments on…
Rabbi Ascherman describes the settlers at Mitzpeh Yitzar as ”fanatical and violent”. [He] found it disturbing that the children of the original wave of settlers were more violent and hard-line than their parent’s generation. ”It’s very sad, the fist wave…