Israel/Palestine: Conundrums not Möbius Strips

You know you're in trouble when

2009-10-29T17:34:00.000-05:00

Saving Israel From Itself

2009-05-18T09:54:00.002-05:00

Professor John J. Mearsheimer argues that the two-state solution is the only way to guarantee Israel's long-term security as well as that of the United States.

UNITED STATES DISQUALIFIED!

2009-02-26T10:52:00.005-06:00

If you or I were in a conflict with another party, would we trust a third party with any role in helping us resolve that conflict, if we knew that the third party had given more than two decades of unconditional support to the party that was our adversary? The United States has for several decades provided unconditional support to Israel. In the United Nations the U.S. abstains, votes against or

The Israeli/Palestinian Conundrums

2009-02-26T10:39:00.007-06:00

The Israeli/Palestinian situation is “an intricate and difficult problem” in which the interests of one peoples are inextricably linked to the interests of another peoples. On a recent visit to Jerusalem, Bishop Wayne Miller reported on NPR http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=31386 some comments from a member of the Parents Circle – Families Forum. Those comments captured this

USA Gifted Weapons Devastated This Physician's Life

2009-01-19T14:34:00.003-06:00

The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from:http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlFrom the Los Angeles TimesIsrael TV news broadcasts a Gaza father's heartbreakDr. Izz el-Deen Aboul Aish, who gave

What is it about this Israeli/Palestinian situation?

2009-01-18T09:34:00.002-06:00

The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from:http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlWhat is it about this Israeli/Palestinian situation?What is it about this Israeli/Palestinian situation that makes it so

YouTube Video

2009-01-14T11:28:00.002-06:00

This clip has been watched by almost 1.5 million people. Perhaps if several million Americans watched it, they would be less reluctant to swallow hook, line and sinker the Israeli Möbius Strip Crowd’s framing of Israeli/Palestinian issues:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3P12aqVeZkQThe words from this clip are below:A poem -- By a Palestinian KidLook into my eyesAnd tell

Flip Side of the Israeli Narrative

2009-01-14T09:30:00.003-06:00

The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from:http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlThe following two articles challenge the Israeli talking points that dominate the American discussion of Israeli/

Does Israel have the right to exist?

2009-01-11T08:49:00.002-06:00

The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from:http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlWhat are the facts? How are the facts interpreted? What is the world view or set of assumptions that are used to define

The Imperative of Destruction

2009-01-09T15:40:00.006-06:00

The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from:http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlA basic mantra of the Israeli Möbius Strip Crowd is that Israel has the right to defend itself. These views appear

As Americans We Have Blood On Our Hands!

2009-01-07T09:27:00.008-06:00

*The Moebius Strip image was inspired by the January 5, 2009 Daily Show by Jon Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=213378This one-sided surface was immortalized in an Escher poster available from: http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A29.htmlWhen hundreds of people are killed thousands of miles from our borders, it is difficult for us to feel any