Category: Foreign Policy
M.J. Rosenberg: The Sheer Silliness of the Peace Process
by M.J. Rosenberg | May 23, 2013 | Foreign PolicyThe New York Times reports that Secretary of State John Kerry is not pessimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” In Jerusalem to begin a little shuttle diplomacy between the Israeli capital and Ramallah, he said he hopes that by “being methodical, careful, patient, but detailed and tenacious, that we can lay out a path ahead […]
M.J. Rosenberg: On Middle East Peace, Obama Is Killer of Hope
by M.J. Rosenberg | May 20, 2013 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsI would not have expected to be so pleased by Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott a major conference in Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinians. But I was. I say that because I do not support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). Or to be precise, I do not support it as applied to […]
M.J. Rosenberg: Pro-Palestinian Is Not Anti-Israel But the Opposite
by M.J. Rosenberg | May 14, 2013 | Foreign Policy(Permanent hatred of Israel justifies its policies toward the Palestinians, say advocates like Alan Dershowitz. That’s demonstrably false, says M.J. Rosenberg. There was no such animus when Yitzhak Rabin was prime minister in the mid-1990s. Image source: AP.) Sometimes it is instructive to listen to what Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says because his way […]
The Failed Neocon Attempt to Destroy an American Anti-war Organization
by M.J. Rosenberg | May 5, 2013 | Foreign Policy(Daniel Pipes hoped to destroy the National Iranian American Council. His plan backfired: AP) The war over war with Iran has many battlefronts. Inside Washington, the battle line is between a small coalition of peace and security, non-proliferation and religious groups opposing war and favoring a peaceful solution to the stand off with Iran, and […]
New Case Turns Heat Up on Obama to Address Human Trafficking
by Yuko Narushima | May 2, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Legal AffairsEditor’s Note: Federal and local authorities were called to the compound of a diplomatic mission from Soudi Arabia this week to “rescue two women,” according to Jackie Bensen, a TV reporter for an NBC affiliate in Washington, citing an unnamed source. “One woman had reportedly tried to flee by squeezing through a gap in the […]