September 18th

A Hollow Call For "Justice" In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 17, 2012 - 12:00am Ben Cohen's response to my recent piece systematically proves every point I make about Israel's cynical new campaign to raise the issue of Jewish refugees. In particular he demonstrates that this is not about defending the rights of Jewish refugees, since no substantive demands on their behalf are made, but simply about using them to try to obliterate the claims of Palestinians. It's one of the oddest cries for "justice" I've ever encountered, since it seeks merely to deny the claims of others. » Read more

September 7th

You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Recently Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon announced on twitter that he was launching a new “viral campaign” about Jewish refugees and migrants in Israel from the Arab world. From his official perch, Ayalon has jumped into a debate that already engendered much back-and-forth, including on Open Zion, when it was introduced in the U.S. Congress in late July. » Read more

September 4th

Is peace a “vital” American interest? In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - September 4, 2012 - 12:00am “Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a vital national security interest,” the voice of the American foreign policy consensus has intoned, with its trademark gravitas, for the past decade. “But,” it continues sagely, “We cannot want peace more than the parties themselves.” Around Washington wise heads have nodded grimly at the self-evidence of this hegemonic dictum.  » Read more

August 29th

Bulldozing the Special Relationship In Print by Hussein Ibish - Foreign Policy (Opinion) - August 28, 2012 - 12:00am Only the most naive observers would be surprised by the verdict from an Israeli court on the civil case brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie, the American activist killed in 2003 at the hands of the Israeli military. The court ruled this week that Israel was not responsible for the death of the 23-year-old student, referring to it as a "regrettable accident" that Corrie herself could have prevented by staying out of the area. » Read more

August 28th

Bibi's own "tree limb" In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - August 28, 2012 - 12:00am Over the past few years it was frequently alleged, not least by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that the Palestinian leadership had climbed out onto various political “tree limbs.” The implication was that on issues such as the settlement freeze, Palestinian leaders adopted rhetorical positions that were not in keeping with their real strategic options and hadn't allowed themselves sufficient room to climb down. As a consequence, it was suggested, they were stuck with unworkable policies.  » Read more

August 16th

Paul Ryan, Meet Dr. Lewis and Mr. Bernard In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - August 16, 2012 - 12:00am Mitt Romney's vice presidential nominee pick, Congressman Paul Ryan, doesn't have a lot of foreign policy experience. But neither does Romney himself, nor did President Barack Obama when he was nominated by the Democratic Party four years ago. Romney's selection confirms the conventional wisdom that, barring unforeseen developments, this will be an election almost entirely fought over domestic policy issues, particularly the economy. » Read more

August 15th

What Edward Really Said In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - August 15, 2012 - 12:00am Few contemporary thinkers have been more revered and reviled than the late Palestinian-American professor Edward Said. But even his most ardent critics can hardly deny that Said was one of the most significant public intellectuals of our time. And while he is probably best remembered for his political activism, it was as a major literary theorist that he produced his most important work.  » Read more

August 14th

Another Look at Palestinian Culture In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Opinion) - August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Given the current conversation about issue of Palestinian culture and its relationship to politics and economics, I feel it's appropriate for me to add my own Palestinian-American perspective. » Read more

Palestinian culture is not about failure In Print by Ziad Asali - The Daily Star (Opinion) - August 14, 2012 - 12:00am Given the current conversation about issue of Palestinian culture and its relationship to politics and economics, I feel it is appropriate for me to add my own Palestinian-American perspective. » Read more

August 7th

“Dear President Perez” In Print by Hussein Ibish - NOW Lebanon (Opinion) - August 7, 2012 - 12:00am A major controversy erupted last week when Israel announced that Egyptian President Mohammad Morsy had sent a letter in reply to Ramadan greetings he had received from Israeli President Shimon Peres. Spokespersons for Morsy's office, his Freedom and Justice Party, and the Muslim Brotherhood issued angry denials, calling the reports “fabrications” and “lies” spread by the Israeli media in order to embarrass Egypt’s new Islamist president. » Read more