BY GLENN FRANKEL New book reveals that Israel’s secret relationship with apartheid South Africa went far deeper than previously understood. History is a great teacher, but sometimes it packs a nasty sense of irony. A case in point: South African Prime Minister John Vorster’s visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem in April [...]

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The 7-page memo seen by the NYT and signed by CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus authorizes US troops to engage in clandestine intelligence-gathering in the greater Middle East. The article implies that the memo also authorizes more military teams to go into unconventional conflict situations in both unfriendly and [...]

By Juan Cole Ahmadinejad went on to warn President Barack Obama of the US that the Tehran Declaration represents a “historic opportunity for him” should he genuinely want “change,” — an opportunity to begin respecting the rights of other nations and to abandon wrong and inhumane policies, treating other countries instead with justice and fairness. [...]

It is difficult to understand why anyone would take Mort Zuckerman seriously. He is a New York based but Canadian born Israel firster who made a fortune in real estate before buying The New York Daily News and the US News and World Report. He now fancies himself as a leading journalist and political commentator. [...]

Some Dare Call It Treason “Guilt by Association makes treason transparent,” advertises the blurb on the back of this book.  And if I were limited to so brief a summary, these are exactly the words I would choose!  This book is a many-splendored thing, and I hope in the space of this review to be [...]

Gilad Atzmon argues that whatever way the Israelis decide to respond to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the humanitarian aid mission “is a clear signal to Israel that the game is over” and that “all that is left for Israel is to come to terms with its true nature: a shameless racist, murderous and terrorist state”. [...]

Congratulations! By Paul Balles To the best of my knowledge, you are the second Western government official with the courage to take action against Israeli passport fraudsters. In March, the UK expelled an unnamed Israeli diplomat, but waffled on the identification of Mossad as the culprit.  Reported in the Guardian, “Without mentioning the Mossad by [...]

AMERICA’S NEW “LOST GENERATION” The calendar says 2010 but it feels like 1955, not the real 1955, not by a long shot, but a fictional, “Hollywood version” with Americans cowering under their beds from the Red Menace, “Duck and Cover,” and a bland, colorless ignorance is seeping into our souls.  Instead of cowboy movies, where [...]