The New York Times has published another editorial again criticizing the Israeli government’s settlement policy in East Jerusalem. (Editorial, Mr. Obama and Israel, New York Times, Mar. 27, 2010, at A18). Somewhat more substantive than many of the articles to appear over the past two weeks (which refer to mainly the new settlement construction announced that “embarrassed Mr. Biden and complicated efforts to restart peace negotiations” as “an affront,” “an insult” and so on) with the online counterpart to the print edition carrying this map showing just how serious the settlement issue is:
The Wall and the Times
Mar 27, ’10
9:57 PM
Explaining a Gaza atrocity
Mar 25, ’10
9:13 AM
Norman Finkelstein speaks at Harvard Law School tonight about the Goldstone Report. A teaser:
I was rereading the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center’s 350-page response to Goldstone: Hamas and the Terrorist Threat from the Gaza Strip: The main findings of the Goldstone Report versus the factual findings. It is such an embarrassment that you almost — I said almost — begin to feel sorry for the authors. If you have read the Goldstone report, you will recall the harrowing passages [Paragraphs 1112-26] of Palestinians forced to kneel blindfolded and handcuffed in sandpits surrounding Israeli tanks that are firing away or moving back and forth.
So, listen to what this Israeli report conjures up: “Hamas operatives would position innocent civilians near IDF tanks to prevent IDF soldiers from shooting at them” (p. 196). You get it: a “Hamas operative” drags a Palestinian civilian in front of an Israeli tank and then says: “You stand right here to make sure the Israeli tank squad doesn’t fire at us.” No doubt the tank squad obliged and stood idly by.
(via Mondoweiss)
Norman Finkelstein: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion
Mar 1, ’10
12:20 PM
Looking forward to this book (via Mondoweiss):
This month OR Books publishes Norman Finkelstein’s important new book about the Gaza conflict, ‘This Time We Went Too Far.’ What follows is an excerpt from the book, Chapter 5, “Inside Gaza.” (all rights reserved to Finkelstein and OR Books.
