Let’s Talk is a fantastic movement brought forth by the Jewish organization Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, and it has posted on its webiste the powerful March 18 column by Nicholas Kristof.

Democrats are railing at just about everything President Bush does, with one prominent exception: Mr. Bush’s crushing embrace of Israel.

There is no serious political debate among either Democrats or Republicans about our policy toward Israelis and Palestinians. And that silence harms America, Middle East peace prospects and Israel itself.

Within Israel, you hear vitriolic debates in politics and the news media about the use of force and the occupation of Palestinian territories. Yet no major American candidate is willing today to be half as critical of hard-line Israeli government policies as, say, Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper.

— Link

Browse Timeline

• « Questions to anwsers about sister city project
• » Lee Iacocca: turn off your damned iPods for a second and throw the bum out of the White House

Related Entries

British documentary about guys who have sex with cars introduces UK to Yelm, WA...Brian Baird has new friends...Washington Post editorial policy against solving Israeli/Palestinian conflict...Update on Anti-Palestinian Legislation (HR 4681)...Soldiers strolling around villages at night...