It is not hard to imagine how Americans would react if they learned that Al Qaeda had hired top lobbyists to help promote its agenda in Congress. Or if they heard that influential active and retired government officials were being paid to attest to Hezbollah's good character. They would be...

First, let me put all my cards on the table. I believe that the intentional killing of civilians whether by Palestinian terrorists on the ground or by the Israeli Air Force from the sky is a war crime. As far as killing kids, I will paraphrase what Lincoln said about...

It is hard to believe that anyone would give credence to reports of the supposed moderating of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's terms for negotiating an agreement with the Palestinians. But, incredibly, some people actually take him seriously, although, quite rightly, the Palestinians don't.

Here is the Jerusalem Post's

Imagine if the anti-establishment fervor that followed the 2008 economic collapse produced a political movement that was essentially progressive rather than reactionary.

The fury that swept the country might have been directed at the people who caused the collapse and the people who did nothing to mitigate its effects.

But,...

The "pro-Israel" lobby has cowboyed up for the fight against any Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations this fall. It may have already convinced President Obama to issue a veto if a statehood resolution comes before the Security Council and to vote "no" if it gets to...

A longtime CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East is predicting that Israel will bomb Iran this fall, dragging the United States into another major war and endangering U.S. military and civilian personnel (and other interests) throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Robert Baer made his...

Fortunately, the economic crisis in the United States has not produced a rise in anti-Semitism, as did crises in the 1890s and 1930s. There are two good reasons for that.

The less important reason is that the causes of the collapse are no secret; it was caused by the deregulation...

The House joined the Senate this week in passing a resolution, which Ha'aretz reports urges "President Barack Obama's administration to suspend financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority if its leaders push for a United Nations vote for unilateral recognition in September."

The AIPAC-drafted resolution, which was introduced by...

One of the biggest problems with our Middle East policy -- and international policy in general -- is the idea that the world is made up of good guys and bad guys and that one can determine which is which by nationality. For better or worse, that isn't true. One...

The "pro-Israel" lobby's latest hobbyhorse is "delegitimization." Those who criticize Israeli policies are accused of trying to "delegitimize" Israel, which supposedly means denying Israel's right to exist. Even President Obama has gotten into the act, stating in his May 19 speech that "for the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel...

The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin is a right-winger, a predictable neocon, and about as aggressive a defender of Binyamin Netanyahu as exists anywhere in the mainstream media. In fact, her entire political worldview seems to be dictated by her devotion to the concept of Greater Israel. Nonetheless, she...

The Netanyahu government is now just where it wants to be. It feels no need to take any action to accommodate the Palestinians or entertain President Obama's suggestions for restarting negotiations.

When Meir Dagan, a right-winger who just retired as head of the Mossad, warned that he...

Not surprisingly, my recent column on an ugly 1988 experience with AIPAC, the Israeli government, and late New York Times columnist William Safire elicited some controversy. I knew it would.

There aren't that many first-person accounts of encounters with the lobby (for obvious reasons) so my recollections of how...

If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can't have them now.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that essentially was a series of insults to Palestinians and every insult was met by applause and standing ovations....

I didn't expect anything good to come out of President Barack Obama's AIPAC speech today. I was wrong.

The President strongly endorsed "two states for two peoples" and explained to a skeptical crowd that the status quo is Israel's worst enemy.

Politely and nicely, he stuck it to Prime Minister...

There was absolutely nothing about President Barack Obama's Middle East speech to get excited about (and even less in his statement following Friday's meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu). The president did not even attempt to set out an action plan; he offered broad principles, ones...

On the surface it appears that President Obama has given up on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and, given the evidence, it is difficult imagining that there is something different beneath the surface. To wit:

Special Envoy George Mitchell resigned, clearly angry at the lack of support his peace efforts received...

The media is full of conflicting reports about whether or not Hamas is ready to recognize Israel. In some reports, Hamas spokesmen imply that it would. Others reports have them saying "never."

This Ha'aretz story encapsulates this contradiction in its headline: "Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will...

MONDAY UPDATE: Tonight the City University of New York will reverse the decision to ban playwright Tony Kushner for his views on Israel. See the New York Times update here. This whole Kushner suppression thing blew up in the right's face. Not only will Kushner get his degree...

Right-wing politicians and media figures have increasingly been comparing U.S. policies they don't like to the Holocaust, causing serious concern in the Jewish community.  When called on their  offensive exploitation of the memory of the Holocaust, they invariably respond that they "love Israel." Glenn Beck is famous for this...