Posted on October 30, 2009 by Christa
The most important interview on any global affairs issue the Daily Show has ever had happened last night with the appearance of Mustafa Barghouti and Anna Beltzer, both advocates for a nonviolent solution in the Israel Palestine conflict. There are so many great sound bytes in the unedited version that appears on the Daily Show [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Christianity, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Humanitarian Crises, Islam, Judaism, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Religion | Tagged: anna baltzer, israel, jon stewart, mustafa barghouti, nonviolence, palestine, the daily show | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 25, 2009 by Christa
For those of you who keep track of my discussions on the Arab-Israeli conflict both in and out of the blogosphere, you’ll note that I tend to bring up famous Israeli author Amos Oz. A lot. A whole lot. And I’m about to do it again.
Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, International Law, Peace and Conflict Resolution, UN Security Council, United Nations | Tagged: adolf hitler, amos oz, binyamin netanyahu, hamas, holocaust, mahmoud ahmadinejad, nazis, un general assembly | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 15, 2009 by Christa
Obama’s speech in Cairo threw down the gauntlet for Israeli leaders to respond. The New York Times observed that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech was as much done for the Israeli evening news as it was for the Obama administration. I found it boring, infuriating, and tend to agree with Aliyana Traison of Haaretz that it [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Dialogue, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Judaism, Obama Presidency, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding | Tagged: aliyana traison, amos oz, barack obama, binyamin netanyahu, demilitarization, eric alterman, isabel kershner, israel, israeli settlements, nationalism, palestine, palestinian authority, palestinian refugees | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Christa
Cairo is an ancient city that has become a modern urban hub of the Arab world. It is the primary place to produce Arabic pop music, the favored study abroad location for Americans looking to study the Arab world, and the birth place of Pan Arabism and the Muslim Brotherhood. Ponder all those contradictions for [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Christianity, Dialogue, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Islam, Judaism, Obama Presidency, Religion | Tagged: akbar ahmed, barack obama, cairo, chris matthews, Dialogue, dialogue of civilizations, diplomacy, egypt, frankie martin, hardball, just vision, michael hirsh, peter daou, reza aslan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2009 by Christa
I’ve gotten some great feedback from my question to y’all about the US boycott of the UN sponsored conference on racism. I’m still welcoming more opinions, but I’m going to go ahead and get started in crafting my own. First, I think we all need a little background information.
The Failed 2001 Conference
This conference was designed [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Dialogue, Human Rights, United Nations | Tagged: amos oz, barack obama, durban, israel, mahmoud ahmadinejad, palestine, racism, zionism | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 18, 2009 by Christa
When people decide to take regional conflicts and play them on the world stage, things can get pretty messy.
Case in point, the US’ recent decision to boycott a UN sponsored conference on racism because of its controversial statements that could be applied to Israel.
” Washington has confirmed it will boycott a UN forum [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, United Nations | Tagged: racism, United Nations | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2009 by Christa
This same reader keeps pushing me towards creating more meaningful and well rounded answers to many of his questions and you know…I’m kind of starting to resent him. =-P
The Problem
What if attacks are launched from mosques, universities, and other civilan locations? What if munitions are stored there? What if your enemy purposely sets up in [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Ethics, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Response to Comments, War Crimes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 4, 2009 by Christa
A very dedicated reader of my blog responded to a post, appropriately urging me to answer my own original question:
I just noticed the original question was, “What should Israel do?” Yet, all that’s written here is what Israel shouldn’t do. I think the origingal question still stands. What, if anything, should Israel do in response [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Response to Comments | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 3, 2009 by Christa
In an effort to do a better job of listening to the Israeli debate over the current offense on Gaza, I bring you an incredibly thought-provoking opinion piece from Aluf Benn of the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.
On the false sense of security that has resulted:
“We so badly wanted to hope that the replacement of the failed [...]
Filed under: 2008 Presidential Election, Arab-Israeli Conflict, US Politics | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Christa
I’ve talked about what I think Israel should, or at least shouldn’t, do with respect to Hamas rockets being fired across their borders from Gaza. But I haven’t really spoken about what I think the Palestinians should do.
The Power of Protesting
I was reading articles about the various protests that have taken place all over the [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Peace and Conflict Resolution | Tagged: gaza, hamas, israel, israeli defense force, nonviolence, nonviolent protest, palestine | 10 Comments »
Change Results By Changing Tactics: A Moral Dilemma
This same reader keeps pushing me towards creating more meaningful and well rounded answers to many of his questions and you know…I’m kind of starting to resent him. =-P
The Problem
What if attacks are launched from mosques, universities, and other civilan locations? What if munitions are stored there? What if your enemy purposely sets up in [...]
Filed under: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Ethics, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Response to Comments, War Crimes | Leave a Comment »