“There are No Innocents”: A Year to “Cast Lead (What You Won’t Read in the Papers)

 [note: This article, belatedly published here, was originally written by Idan Landau in his Hebrew Blog "Lo Lamut Tipesh" (don't die stupid), it contains links to several sources. whenever possible I've provided english versions of the links. However, some of the links are for blogs, some for media articles with no available translation. Those links were [...]

A reflection, one year later

The following is a personal reflection, or some ungathered thoughts about what happened exactly a year ago. This is not an analysis or a review of the war in the Gaza strip and southern Israel last winter, cynically called here ‘cast-lead’.  Many of those already exist around the web.  I just wanted to add a [...]

late bloomers

The mainstream reaction to the evidence presented by “Shovrim Shtika” was shown here. But it was not the only public response. Prominent politicians, media representatives, authors, academic figures and such – most of them recognized with what is called the “Zionist Left” (a term that describes most of Israel’s left – a [...]

A Duty To Defend Ourselves

A claim that’s being heard over and over, made by Israeli spokespersons as well as by leaders of the free world, is that Israel has the right to defend itself. Of course, this isn’t true. Israel has an obligation to defend itself, or rather, its citizens and their sovereignty, just like any other country. It’s [...]