What to read on Gaza

Posted By Stephen M. Walt Sunday, January 4, 2009 - 4:43 PM Share

I'll be posting on the situation on Gaza over the next couple of days, but if you've figured out that mainstream coverage in the United States isn't telling you everything and want to broaden your perspective, you might take a look at the following:

Mondoweiss (lots of interesting commentary and additional links).

Tony Karon (smart and angry background by a TIME correspondent).

Nir Rosen (dissecting the power politics that underpins the conflict).

Daniel Levy (especially his piece on why Americans should care about what is happening in Gaza).

Glenn Greenwald (on the gap between American public opinion and the policy of the U.S. government).

Reading the Financial Times, BBC News, and Ha'aretz is also a useful antidote to the coverage we've been getting over here.

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DAVE

12:54 AM ET

January 6, 2009

Mondoweiss?!?

How interesting. Stephen Walt constantly claims he is not "anti-Israel"...so, who does he list as recommended reading? Philip Weiss, an anti-Zionist blogger who traffics in David Duke-type conspiracy theories about "Jewish power" in the United States. (In fact, David Duke is a fan of Mondoweiss...)

So, Professor Walt, why are you such a fan of Mondoweiss? Do you agree with Weiss, that Jews "have too much money"? Do you agree with Weiss, that Jews "control every facet of the media"?

Will Professor Walt respond to these questions?

 

H.AROUET

12:49 PM ET

January 6, 2009

Yes, these are the best sites for information

Why don't Jews and Arabs fight in America? Because we are all equal before the law. I can't declare you the wrong religion, confiscate your property and ban you from citizenship because of your religion.

Gaza is a prison, and their crime is that they were born the wrong religion.

Israel's legal system is a perpetual motion machine of injustice-driven conflict. It is a 60 year war against the wrong-religion people who contaminate the society and refuse to disappear. This failed state model, linking rights to religion, brought us 300 years of war in Europe. It's not going to be any different in the middle east.

Decriminalize religion, and make all people equal.

 

Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.

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