Gershom Gorenberg If Palestinians adopted a Gandhian nonviolent strategy, could they reshape the entire conflict with Israel and finally realize a two-state solution? If so, why haven’t they done so? Or perhaps they really have at certain times and places, and Israel has broken that form of resistance as well? Those questions have been asked [...]
The Missing Mahatma: Searching for a Palestinian Gandhi
March 29th, 2009 · 24 Comments · Culture and Ideas, Judaism and Religion, Politics and Policy
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Ehud Barak LOL
July 4th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics and Policy
Haim Watzman “Demolish the home of a mentally deranged Palestinian? What a joke,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared today in an exclusive interview with the influential South Jerusalem blog. Barak revealed that, in advocating the destruction of the home of the bulldozer terrorist who killed three Israelis and wounded dozens of others on Wednesday, he’d [...]
Tags: collective punishment·home demolition·Israel·Palestine·terrorism
