Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Gilad Shalit Shahira Amin • Egyptian journalist Shahira Amin writes an open letter to Israel explaining her interview with Gilad...
State Dept. Fails to Protect Identity of “Senior Administration Official”
Your US tax dollars at work: The State Dept. recently set up June 21 background briefing to update journalists on efforts to restart Mideast peace talks. Although reporters knew who was giving the briefing,...
Holy Colonial Masters
Aussie cartoonist Bruce Petty, who draws for The Age, thinks Israeli colonial masters are only interested in cheap Palestinian labor. Memo to Petty: Why not accuse Israel of organ-harvesting too? P.S....
“Why The Stink Over the ’67 Borders Now?”
A borderline-confused Greg in Australia wants to know: Why the stink over the ’67 borders now? Charles Krauthammer articulates the clearest explanation I’ve seen on why the 1967 borders are...
Bibi’s Speech: Soundbites From an Egged Bus
As luck would have it, I was on an Egged bus, en route to my son’s school for a parent-teacher evening, during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Besides the rattling of the bus,...
Time is Ripe for Israel to Export Democracy
The idea of Israel exporting democracy to its Arab neighbors always seemed like a far-fetched idea for this jaded blogger. But the time is ripe for David Suissa’s hopeful 22-State Solution: Israel...
Saeb Erekat Can’t Stop Spinning
There’s a perverse pleasure watching Saeb Erekat, Big Media’s favorite liar, spinning his resignation from the Palestinian negotiating team. He now claims he quit because PaliLeaks happened...
Mideast Clarity ATF, After Tom Friedman
I agree with a lot of points Tom Friedman makes about Israeli concerns over Egypt. But he puzzles me with this comment: To put it bluntly, if Israelis tell themselves that Egypt’s unrest proves why...
Rounding Up the Reax to PaliLeaks
A collection of what’s being said about the sturm und drang of the Palestinian Papers published in The Guardian: Elliott Abrams: Third, what some newspapers are calling “offers” or “agreements”...
Why Time Doesn’t Care About Israel
Time cover story claims decadent Israelis no longer care about peace.
