Why Does Peter Beinart Still Think We Occupy Gaza?
Here’s Peter’s article, and me telling you why he’s wrong, fisking merrily along the way… Gaza myths and facts: what American Jewish leaders won’t tell you. Myth: Gaza is free. Fact: it has been under...
View ArticleThe World According to Beinart: Israel is Immoral. But Don’t Worry, So Is...
Below is the next installment of my critique of Peter Beinart’s writings. The article from which I quote (indicated by italics) was published on August 4th, 2014. What Would You Do If Hamas Attacked...
View ArticleBeinart: Israel Never Misses an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity (Part 1)
Who Are the True Jewish Allies of Hamas? By Peter Beinart (Haaretz.com, 8/6/2014) The destruction of the two-state solution and the suppression of nonviolent protest convince Palestinians that Israel...
View ArticleBeinart: Israel Never Misses an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity (Part 2)
The following is a continuation of my critique of Peter Beinart’s article, “Who Are the True Jewish Allies of Hamas?” That same month, Israeli finance minister Yuval Steinitz boasted that, since 2009,...
View ArticleThe Israel ‘Open Hillel’ Isn’t Willing to Have
Peter Beinart published the following on Haaretz.com on 10/14/2014: “The Israel Conversation American Jewish Leaders Aren’t Willing to Have. “ Don’t ignore or demonize the young American Jews flirting...
View ArticleBeinart to the US: Never Mind Israel, Just force a Two-State Solution
Peter Beinart published the following article on Haaretz.com on 10/29/2014, and my comments are interspersed as usual. “U.S. to Israel: Never Mind Peace, Just Be Polite” Instead of dissing Defense...
View ArticleArrogance: America, Bibi, and Beinart
Yet another Beinart article, with more remarks by yours truly. Why Are Obama Officials So Mad at Netanyahu? Because They Can’t Get Even. Obama’s not the first president to loathe Bibi. But the others...
View ArticleBatten down the Hatches! Beinart Tells Us The Orthodox are Taking Over The...
In “The New American Jewish Struggle over Israel: Hawks Versus Ultra-Hawks” (Haaretz.com, 11/12/14), Peter Beinart claims that “J Street isn’t the only group challenging the American Jewish...
View ArticleThe Redemption of Peter Beinart
In his article responding to the Har Nof massacre, Peter Beinart demonstrates why he is worthy of response (“After the Horror, a Test for Both Left and Right,” Haaretz.com, 11/19/14). Peter Beinart has...
View ArticlePeter Beinart, the American Jewish Establishment, and the Jewish Nation-State...
This is a general response – as opposed to my usual paragraph-by-paragraph critique – of Peter Beinart’s 12/3/2014 article on Haaretz.com, titled “The Jewish-American battle for Israeli democracy Stops...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: This Election Matters. More Than Any of the Others
Thomas Friedman is here to scare us into believing how critical these elections are for Israel. Now, every other Israeli election was also critical, but this Israeli election is criticaler, and maybe...
View ArticleBibi’s Incitement and Beinart’s Incitement
In his latest piece (“What Rudy Giuliani and Benjamin Netanyahu Don’t Understand About Incitement,” http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.633534), Peter Beinart manages to lump Bibi in with...
View ArticleGaza is Full of Dispair, But I Know the Solution! Or So Says Roger Cohen
I do not normally find Roger Cohen worthy of response. His writing connotes a detachment from the situation, and I do not find him particularly creative, insightful, or critical; just read on for one...
View ArticleKiller App
So an associate was playing ‘Fit Brains’ on her smartphone. Rosetta Stone, the company which distributed Fit Brains, describes it as fun and healthy, with all kinds of benefits to body and mind. It’s a...
View ArticleDennis Ross, Peter Beinart, and Me
It seems Peter has been reading my columns. In a recent Haaretz installment, Peter does to Dennis Ross what I have been doing to him. And now I will show that Peter’s fisking is only an excuse to push...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Peter’s Grandmother
Recent events in Paris have driven Peter Beinart inward. He engages in some introspection, waxes nostalgic, and demonstrates some humility. But don’t worry – Israel is still a brutal colonizer. In his...
View ArticleBibi’s Greatest. Mistake. Ever. And Why!
So Peter Beinart is here to tell us “why the Iran speech to Congress is Netanyahu’s biggest blunder yet.” Yes, in his twenty-something years on the international scene, Bibi’s yet-to-be-delivered...
View ArticleBibi, Obama, and the Zionist Dream
Jeffrey Goldberg has recently penned an article on the latest Boehner-Obama snafu, or as he calls it, The Netanyahu Disaster. Goldberg is one of the most influential writers to cover Israel and the...
View ArticleHow to Write So People Will Listen
Thomas Friedman is one of the most influential critics of Israeli policy. So in an effort to learn from his success I studied his technique and came up with some striking results. So read on – you too...
View ArticleHow To Be A Pundit
The job of a pundit is to express positions in ways that persuade or reinforce. The good ones do it with evidence. The really good ones can get away with literary slight of hand. One important method...
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