Comments on: Israel’s Phony Friends: J Street and The New York Times

By: discount tiffany jewelry

discount tiffany jewelry — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:47:10 +0000

Sorry I don’t understand your comment. I was very interested in the war in Gaza. I believe that Israel had a right to protect itself from attack. I also believe that Israel has no need to respect a Hamas government even if it was democratically elected since it is still committed to the destruction of Israel.

By: Gibson Block

Gibson Block — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:23:59 +0000

Hi Hanoi,

However, I know that I am not in a position to fully assess the details of the war.

So in my comment I was allowing that someone else could have a legitimate difference of opinion about it and not be an enemy of Israel. (Even if they were making an error)

By: Hanoi Paris Hilton

Hanoi Paris Hilton — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:08:56 +0000

You sound like a sweet guy, Gibson…

Let me paraphrase Trotsky: you may be uninterested in “the war in Gaza” but the war in Gaza is interested in you.

By: Gibson Block

Gibson Block — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00:15 +0000

Ron,

I read you regularly with interest. But that doesn’t mean I don’t question things you say.

1. What’s wrong with a settlement freeze? Do you think absorbing the West Bank is going to help Israel?

A settlement freeze is not the same as withdrawing before the other side commits to peace.

2. Why should the Arabs recognize Israel as a Jewish state? Isn’t recognition of Israel as a state enough?

It’s internal character is internal business. This seems like a ploy to avoid peace to me.

3. You imply that Mary Robinson is anti-semitic herself rather than an inept opponent of anti-semitism. You don’t come right out and say it but your statement is not clear.

4. Being against settlements and against the war in Gaza does not, in itself, make one anti-Israel.

Regards

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:50:13 +0000

The J Street crowd is something of a minor nuisance—-compared to the destruction caused by Alan Dershowitz. I suspect that the Israeli political establishment normally ignores them. The Harvard Law professor, however, represents an entirely different kettle of fish. He naively misleads the Israelis regarding the intentions of the Obama administration. Dershowitz continues to make one silly excuse after another in defense of the current occupant of the White House. One should indeed not spend too much criticizing J-Street’s back stabbers. The well-meaning Dershowitz is far more dangerous.