This is just horrifying:
The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month’s parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism…
Glenn Greenwald makes an exceedingly basic point that’s worth taking a moment to think about:
I can’t express how many emails I’ve received in the last…
By now, I suspect most people have seen Zbigniew Brzezinski’s smackdown of Joe Scarborough:
It is, of course, awesome to see Scarborough’s smug sense of…
Good news out of Israel. Just after some seriously extreme right-wingers won choice spots on its candidate list, Likud is slipping in the polls:
Heading…
Well, this is certainly encouraging:
President-elect Barack Obama is considering the appointment of Daniel Kurtzer, former American Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001) and Israel (2001-2005), to…
I’ve been groping for the right international analogy for the historical significance of Obama’s election, and it’s been tough, given the sui generis nature of…
Ezra has a great suggestion for how to protest the McCain campaign’s Islamophobic, anti-Arab campaign against Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi:
Presumably, this experience has not…
From the AP:
The Kraft family, owners of the New England Patriots, have completed a new agreement that makes them the title sponsor of the…
This was one of the dumbest questions I’ve ever heard asked during a debate:
If, despite your best diplomatic efforts, Iran attacks Israel, would you…
Most of us probably have a friend who spent a few weeks in Israel. We know Israel is our ally in the Middle East. And…
Forty-six activists, including a Holocaust survivor, are sailing from Cyprus to Gaza seeking to deliver supplies and raise awareness about the the heinous ongoing humanitarian…
Following yesterday’s statement of a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran should be careful to not make “provocative remarks” over…
You know that when your name is turned into a verb, it’s either a very good thing or a very bad thing. In the case…
John McCain gave a big speech to AIPAC yesterday in which he mostly talked about how great a threat Iran poses to Israel and the…
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