Review: ‘Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine’
This is an intriguing work of historical writing. For the parameters that it has set itself, it succeeds.
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Review: Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman
Jeremy Hammond makes it very clear that free markets are what we do not have. His arguments along with Ron Paul’s consistent correct view of what the market manipulations will result in—economic disaster.
Read MoreReview: ‘The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict’
This is the best that academic political history gets.
Read MoreJohn Baird: in defense of ‘what is right’
A recent interview on al-Jazeera (posted March 31, 2012) with John Baird, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs did nothing to change the image of Canada that is tending to be current in the international arena.
Read MoreReview: Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping
The Truth May Hurt gives a good introduction into the real world of Canadian politics. Its narrow focus on Lester Pearson, often touted as Canada’s pre-eminent peace-keeper, reveals many areas where Canada simply operates as an appendage of the U.S.
Read MoreReview: The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans
This is a powerfully written work, valuable in its own right as a source book, and within that offering many ideas and resources for those wishing to provide more information with more impact concerning the plight of the indigenous Palestinians.
Read MoreReview: The Unmaking of Israel
“The Unmaking of Israel” is a well worthwhile study in current political thought in Israel from the Jewish perspective looking for a fair, equitable, and democratic state, alongside the same for the Palestinians.
Read MoreReview: Beyond Tribal Loyalties
This is a wonderful work of human emotional effort and physical presence to overcome layers of prejudice, lies, and mythology.
Read MoreReview: The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders
“The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders” is an apparently comprehensive textbook on the newspapers and journals published in Palestine, and more specifically after the nakba, within the Israeli green line.
Read MoreReview: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival
For all my criticisms of the work, it is engagingly written and may be fairly indicative of the general Israeli academic mindset at this point in time.
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