Category Archives: Israel

Begging to Be Attacked

See update below. A computer virus (or worm) hits the front pages: Stuxnet. The piece of “hypersophisticated malware” has apparently targeted the Iranian nuclear program; and might have been successful already. The sharp drop in the number of fed, spinning … Continue reading

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Two States Are Not a Solution

When recently having read, with growing admiration, Shlomo Sand’s sober and, in essence, scientific analysis of ‘The Invention of the Jewish People,’ in which he reduces Jewish, largely ethnocentric, nationalism, or Zionism, to a great misconception and anachronism, I became … Continue reading

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Much Ado about Nothing

  Not even as an example of bad journalism, the rather warmongering piece by Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic last week isn’t really worth of reading through all its fifteen printed pages. That there had been or will be a Point … Continue reading

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On the Road

  U.S. House Resolution 1553, to which about one third of House Republicans have signed on, would in fact give Israel a green light for striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Repeating ad nauseam perceived threats by Iran and, in particular its … Continue reading

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Out of Control

Thanks to enduringamerica.com. The report of Al Jazeera reporter Jamal Elshayyal proves that there were two casualties even before Israeli commandos boarded the lead ship of the Freedom flotilla. Sad to say, but today I am more convinced  than ever that this state … Continue reading

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