How grew this feud betwixt the right and left?
Arguing with each other about what we think of Palestinian intentions is fruitless. So let’s ask them. It’s getting harder and harder these days to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with people...
View ArticleStepping Up: Part 1
Don’t get upset about legitimate criticism of Israel. It’s all too easy to accuse Israel’s critics of being anti-Semites. Guess what: some of them are. But let’s give the world the benefit of the...
View ArticleStepping Up, Part 2: “Yes, and…”
Let’s use tools from creative thinking to discuss this conflict logically. So, how do we engage our critics without performing a bunch of chest-thumping status displays (on both sides) that convince...
View ArticleKiller Popcorn
In a previous post, I urged Zionists not to get upset about legitimate criticism of Israel. I also mentioned that there are a lot of Israel-bashers out there who automatically spit venom at everything...
View ArticleWho’s Your Daddy?
Why hating Israel may come from hating your parents… Plenty of intelligent, educated Europeans and Americans go pale and start shaking with rage when they talk about Israel, but the murder of a million...
View ArticleHow grew this feud betwixt the right and left?
What should Israel do? That depends on what you think the Palestinians would do to the Jews, given the chance
View ArticleStepping Up: Part 1
Don’t get upset about legitimate criticism of Israel. It’s all too easy to accuse Israel’s critics of being anti-Semites. Guess what: some of them are. But let’s give the world the benefit of the...
View ArticleStepping Up, Part 2: “Yes, and…”
Let’s use tools from creative thinking to discuss this conflict logically. So, how do we engage our critics without performing a bunch of chest-thumping status displays (on both sides) that convince...
View ArticleKiller Popcorn
In a previous post, I urged Zionists not to get upset about legitimate criticism of Israel. I also mentioned that there are a lot of Israel-bashers out there who automatically spit venom at everything...
View ArticleWho’s Your Daddy?
Why hating Israel may come from hating your parents… Plenty of intelligent, educated Europeans and Americans go pale and start shaking with rage when they talk about Israel, but the murder of a million...
View ArticleWhat a Proportionate Response would look like
A truly proportionate response would be a terrible thing: we’d be trying to wipe the Muslim world out. A lot of people say that Israel’s response in Gaza is disproportionate, and I agree. It is...
View ArticleIsrael is not Jesus. Take it down from the cross.
It’s been said that people hate Israel because it’s the “Jew among the nations”. I certainly think this is true – as far as it goes. But wait, it gets worse. Israel is not only the Jew among the...
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