Killing Kids is So American

According to news reports, 15-year-old eighth-grader Jaime Gonzalez, who was shot and killed yesterday by police in his middle school in Brownsville, TX, was hit at least two times: in the chest and once “from the…

Israeli Ethic of Killings Fires Back at Israel

The Unbearable Slowness of War (III) War means killings. Invariably, these demand a justification process, an ethics system sanctioning the unacceptable violence. This is when war is translated into slow talks conducted in dark classrooms…

A mistaken case for Syrian regime change

“War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.  Although not mentioned, the “strategic prize” of the first stage…