CHERNUS on Israel, Palestine, and the U.S.

Ira Chernus 3 4x6I’ve been a Jewish peace activist for over 30 years — studying, teaching, organizing, and writing frequently about Israel, Palestine, U.S. foreign policy, and the American Jewish community.

NEWS FLASH” gives you news and opinion items that are likely to be overlooked or under-reported in the American mass media .

Here are links to MY OWN RECENT ARTICLES:

Israel’s “Pathology,” Truthout, November 14, 2009

US Words Thwart Middle East Peace, Commondreams, November 2, 2009

Politics Sparks Religious Conflict in Jerusalem, Commondreams, October 27, 2009

What’s Obama’s Score on Mideast Peace?, Truthout, October 16, 2009

Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment, Tomdispatch, October 6, 2009

Israel’s Supporters Ask, “What Sin?”, Truthout, September 23, 2009

Zionism Vs. Zionism, Truthout, September 18, 2009

Obama’s Israel-Palestine Gamble, Foreign Policy in Focus, September 16, 2009

Why Is Jane Fonda Being Accused Of An “Attack On The Heart and Soul Of Israel”? Alternet, September 10, 2009

Holocaust Still a Political Football, Truthout, September 5, 2009

“Socialized Medicine” and Hamas: Big Lies Thrive, Commondreams, August 27, 2009

Israel Not as Powerful as You May Think, Commondreams, August 20, 2009

“What do Palestinians Want?” is the Wrong Question, Truthout, August 16, 2009

Inching Toward Compromise in the Middle East, Foreign Policy in Focus, August 10, 2009

Tel Aviv Murder Reflects Israeli Fears, Commondreams, August 4, 2009

Diplomatic Suckerhood: Why Israel Is Fighting Toward its Own Demise, ReligionDispatches, July 16, 2009

Hamas Getting on Board Peace Train, Commondreams, July 7, 2009

Forbidden Israel: Sex and the Settlers, Alternet, July 7, 2009

Charge of Anti-Semitism, Truthout, June 30, 2009

Palestinian Violence Overstated, Jewish Violence Understated, Tomdisptach, June 25, 2009

Israeli Leader Reveals Why Israeli Shuns Negotiation, Commmondreams, June 23, 2009

Time for Jews to Abandon the Old Foundation Myth of Israel?, ReligionDispatches, June 17, 2009

“Palestinians” without “Palestine”, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 16, 2009

Is Israel’s Aggression a Question of Pride?, Alternet, June 11, 2009

AIPAC Wall Beginning to Crack, Truthout, June 9, 2009

Game-Changer? American Jews Reaching a Tipping Point on Israel,  Alternet, May 27, 2009

CIA Briefs Obama for Talk with Netanyahu, Commondreams, May 18, 2009

For articles that I’ve written before May, 2009  (and there are a lot of them),  click on this link:   “ISRAEL, PALESTINE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST”