When War Becomes Criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been named along with three leaders of Hamas as targets of arrest warrants by the ICC.
Tagged: Israel
Embassies, Attacks, and Iran
The simple fact is that Iran has never balked at attacked embassies. And far from bombing or invading Iran, we have usually just rolled with the punches.
Suez 2.0?: The Houthis v. International Shipping
History might be repeating itself. So, who are the Houthis and what are they doing in the region that is causing such wide-ranging effects?
Support for Israel is Strong, But….
I think that there is a direct parallel between the softening of support for Ukraine on the right and for Israel on the left.
Settler Colonialism is Just History
The term ‘settler colonialism’ has been widely bandied about, but what does this term actually mean, and does it apply to Israeli-Hamas conflict?
The Posters
“Why tear down the Kidnapped posters?”, they ask. The posters are political propaganda and should be treated as such.
Of Course They Cheered The Murders
The big difference here is they are championing fresh slaughter instead of historic murders.
Auribus Teneo Lupum: Holding a Wolf by its Ears
The situation with Israel and Gaza can’t last forever. A wolf by the ear. You can’t safely hold him. You can’t safely let him go.
Juxtaposition Nation: Israel at 75
Israeli society and culture are just as seemingly contradictory as are its geography and settlement.
Reverse Causality
When it comes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, media warps cause and effect through misrepresentation and decontextualization.
When the Cat’s Away: China Brokers Deal Between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia has shuffled the deck in the Middle East, cutting the US out of the pot.
Netanyahu Out as Israel’s Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu had been Israel’s Prime Minister for 15 years, continuously since 2009, until today. Naftali Bennet’s coalition took power by one vote in the Knesset.
President Biden Calls Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas: Read It For Yourself
With the latest escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging on, President Biden had calls w/PM Netanyahu and President Abbas
President Trump Touts Israel-Bahrain Agreement
While it is good news, the latest peace deal in the Middle East is very much in the category of “to be determined.”
Israel, Cyprus, and a Personal Journey Through the Crusades
While on a trip to Israel and Cyprus with my father this past May, I attempted to see as many of its physical remnants as possible.
Jonathan Rowe: “Did the Ancient Jews in fact have a Republic?”
Did the Ancient Jews have a “republic”? I don’t think they did. But what about contemporary leading theologians?
Chemi Shalev: Trump’s Triumphs Demolish Netanyahu’s Fortress GOP Strategy – Haaretz
In the outgoing dogmatic GOP, Trump’s equivocations would have earned him a place in the all-time rogues gallery of Enemies of the Jewish People, somewhere between Obama and Father Coughlin. Today, Evangelicals shrug them...
Cooler Than Lukewarm
Looking for suggestions in the decidedly unlikely event of lunch with a member of Congress.
The Presidential Power of Printing Passports
When a Supreme Court Justice calls an entire city a “delicate subject,” there’s pretty much only one city he could be talking about. Burt Likko breaks down today’s division-of-powers decision.
First Monday 2014
Same cast, brand new season! Burt Likko offers a look at some of the high points of the Supreme Court’s docket for the 2014-2015 Term.
