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Eugene Kontorovich's talk at NYU on Israel's borders
Yesterday, I attended a talk by Professor Eugene Kontorovich on "Disputing Occupation: Israel's Borders and International Law" at NYU. Here is a synopsis, based on my memory.
Kontrovich started off by saying what inte… Read More
A leftist talks about the "Israel-Firster" label (Tablet)From Spencer Ackerman in Tablet:
At the risk of sounding like the shtetl police, there’s a right way and a wrong way for American Jews to argue with one another. The right way focuses on whose ideas are better—for America, … Read More
Report: Hamas has already unofficially quit SyriaFrom Reuters:
The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence sources said on Friday.
“Meshaal … Read More
84 killed in Syria todayAl Arabiya is reporting that the death toll in Syria today is 84 people, most of them in Hama. There was also a car bomb attack and an ambush against Syrian forces, killing 12.
This is besides the massacre in Homs yesterday,… Read More
Fayyad whines that the world isn't focused on Palestinian Arabs anymoreFrom Al Arabiya:
Fayyad and Peres at Davos
The Middle East peace process is at its lowest point in two decades and the events of the Arab Spring have forced it down the world agenda, the Palestinian prime minister complai… Read More