Juan Cole

I want to follow up today on my postings over the weekend on how organizing to defend progressive congressional representatives and punish reactionary ones is far superior to street protests as political action on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.Cont’dPeople wrote to defend street protests or minded that I said I was annoyed. I stand by what I […]

Update: We’re way behind, progressive blogosphere. Today is the last day to make a push. You can vote again if it has been 24 hours. Let’s at least try to pull closer. Thanks to all the thousands who at least have so far prevented a rout! Vote early and vote often in the 2008 Weblog […]

This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who agree with it just reprint it so that it is everywhere in the blogosphere. It is a succinct and cogent refutation of the reigning right-Zionist talking points that have dominated American media reporting on this […]

Some videoblogging for a snowy Sunday (where I am). Israel renewed its strikes and shelling against targets in densely-populated Gaza on Sunday morning. Some 850 Gazans and 13 Israelis have been killed in the fighting. Cameraman films death of younger brother (CNN). Warning: graphic: Cont’d Aljazeera English gives voice to the children and other innocent […]

Regarding the Congressional resolution on Gaza, The breakdown of the vote is here. (h/t Antiwar.com. You may be looking at an endangered species list.Cont’d . . .Actually, although the vote appeared overwhelmingly to favor Israel, it may be only because the resolution was not worded in that way. The representatives were only asked to say […]

This kind of headline about large street protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza annoys me no end. The mechanisms are well known whereby the Israeli Right* is able to engage in this cavalier disregard for civilian life (and, some are saying possible occasional targeting of civilians. I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t matter if […]

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had been targeted. Iranian preachers had stirred up crowds over Gaza, and such incidents have the potential to provoke more severe tensions. On the other hand, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has […]

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had been targeted. Iranian preachers had stirred up crowds over Gaza, and such incidents have the potential to provoke more severe tensions. On the other hand, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has […]

The United Nations has now called for a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza, which is probably a sign that it will wind down not so long from now. Despite assurances given by outgoing US Secretary of State Condi Rice to her colleagues that the US would sign off on the resolution, in the […]