Washington Watch Articles From 2015
Thank You Julian Bond
When Julian Bond died last week, every major news outlet featured tributes praising his more than five decades of leadership in the struggle for civil rights.
An Open Letter to: Secretary of State John Kerry and Attorney General Loretta Lynch
No American citizen should be subjected to the treatment that George Khoury and Habib Joudeh received when they arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel last month.
Oren's Orgy of Self-Justification
In his new book, "Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide", former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, relates how late one night he received a frantic call from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alerting him to the fact that the Palestinians were preparing to petition the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a state.
BDS: A Legitimate and Moral Response to Israeli Policy
The Israeli government response to the "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions" (BDS) movement has been predictable.
Who's to Blame for the Mess in Iraq?
Despite the prolonged US-led coalition bombing campaign, the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) recently won victories in Iraq expanding the area under its control.
New York Times Ignores Dangerous Consequences of Pro-Israel Amendment to TPA
The New York Times' coverage of Congressional antics related to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation has ignored so many critical aspects of the bill that it might be time for the "paper of record" to change its motto from "All the news that's fit to print" to "All the news we think fits, we print".
Acknowledging the Past
I expected that I would be attacked for my column on the Armenian Genocide. Criticism can be good and, if constructive, can provide a springboard to discussion.
The Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel: Pointing the Way Forward
In 1971, I was in Beirut on a grant from my university to conduct research for my doctoral dissertation on the emergence of Palestinian national consciousness.