September 26th

No Drama at Turtle Bay In Print by Ziad Asali - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 26, 2012 - 12:00am At the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting, the world will be watching—though with markedly less intensity than last year—to see what the Palestinians will do. » Read more

September 18th

A Hollow Call For "Justice" In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 17, 2012 - 12:00am Ben Cohen's response to my recent piece systematically proves every point I make about Israel's cynical new campaign to raise the issue of Jewish refugees. In particular he demonstrates that this is not about defending the rights of Jewish refugees, since no substantive demands on their behalf are made, but simply about using them to try to obliterate the claims of Palestinians. It's one of the oddest cries for "justice" I've ever encountered, since it seeks merely to deny the claims of others. » Read more

September 7th

You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Recently Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon announced on twitter that he was launching a new “viral campaign” about Jewish refugees and migrants in Israel from the Arab world. From his official perch, Ayalon has jumped into a debate that already engendered much back-and-forth, including on Open Zion, when it was introduced in the U.S. Congress in late July. » Read more

September 4th

Is peace a “vital” American interest? In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - September 4, 2012 - 12:00am “Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a vital national security interest,” the voice of the American foreign policy consensus has intoned, with its trademark gravitas, for the past decade. “But,” it continues sagely, “We cannot want peace more than the parties themselves.” Around Washington wise heads have nodded grimly at the self-evidence of this hegemonic dictum.  » Read more