My personal policy is that Israel must simultaneously make diplomatic overtures in support of a two-state solution, while focusing its military ambitions on recovery of its hostages, a blockade of Ga… (View Post)

I deliberately didn’t use those numbers in my original post. Who the fuck would believe anything published by Hamas? Nevertheless, it is not sustainable to suggest there have not thousands of Palesti… (View Post)

The innocent die but generally we want to avoid just murdering them anyway. It’s not obvious that Israel is prosecuting something different from an ethnic cleansing operation. (View Post)

From the NYT: Pressed on whether Israel was adhering to international law with its assault on Hamas, which includes a raid at Al-Shifa Hospital, Mr. Finer (Deputy NSA) said the United States was “con… (View Post)

The problem, we are told, with a “ceasefire”, is that it denies Israel’s right to defend itself. But after several weeks of bombing, all Israel has managed to do is kill ~10,000 Palestinians, of whic… (View Post)