Category Archives: Writings

Overcoming the “Manufactured Crisis” with Iran

Posted on March 3, 2014 by admin

Gareth Porter’s new book chronicles U.S. and Israeli efforts to ensure the perpetuation, rather than the resolution, of outstanding concerns about Iran’s nuclear program. By Josh Ruebner, March 3, 2014. Gareth Porter’s “Manufactured Crisis” Negotiations began last month in Vienna between Iran … Continue reading →

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Forget the Failed Peace Talks—Boycotting Israel Is The True Path To Justice

Posted on February 12, 2014 by admin

AlterNet Forget the Failed Peace Talks—Boycotting Israel Is The True Path To Justice Secretary of State John Kerry’s diplomacy in Israel/Palestine has devolved into political theater of the absurd. February 12, 2014 | After Secretary of State John Kerry’s tenth trip … Continue reading →

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Smear Job

Posted on November 16, 2013 by admin

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013, 4:21 AM Washington: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin baselessly asserts in her Op-Ed “Anti-Semitism, academic freedom and Brooklyn College” (Nov. 14) that I support “anti-Semitic” policies, “condone terrorism” and “advocate the elimination of the Jewish … Continue reading →

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Israel and its apologists can no longer defend the country on its merits, instead they must try to suppress debate

Posted on November 15, 2013 by admin

Josh Ruebner on November 15, 2013 In yesterday’s New York Daily News, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin scurrilously attacks Brooklyn College President Karen Gould and the university’s Political Science Department for encouraging an open debate on campus about Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians. She … Continue reading →

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The Paradoxes of Liberal Zionism

Posted on October 18, 2013 by admin

In the Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. XLII, No. 4 (Summer 2013) pp. 87-88, I wrote The Paradoxes of Liberal Zionism, a book review of False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine, by Tikva Honig-Parnass. Click on the … Continue reading →

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Twenty years since Oslo, US leadership has yielded endless ‘process’ with no ‘peace’ in sight

Posted on September 13, 2013 by admin

Josh Ruebner on September 13, 2013 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993. (Photo: AP) Yasser Abed Rabbo, a key participant in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the past two decades, is far from … Continue reading →

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Five Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian ‘Peace Process’

Posted on September 6, 2013 by admin

This September marks the twentieth anniversary of that sun-drenched day on the White House lawn, when a beaming President Bill Clinton brought together a reluctant Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, with an exuberant Palestine Liberation Organization chair, Yasser Arafat, for … Continue reading →

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Egyptian coup should trigger broad re-examination of U.S. militarization of Middle East

Posted on July 17, 2013 by admin

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/311451-egyptian-coup-should-trigger-broad-re-examination-of-us-militarization-of-middle-east By Kevin Martin and Josh Ruebner – 07/17/13 02:00 PM ET The Obama administration has engaged in astounding linguistic jiu-jitsu to avoid calling the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohamed Morsi what it most obviously is: a coup. The president … Continue reading →

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$40 Billion Arms Deal for Israel: Why Obama’s Palestine Rhetoric Rings Hollow

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

WORLD AlterNet / By Josh Ruebner Actions speak louder than words: Obama is in negotiations to prolong U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel long after he leaves the White House. The American and Israeli flags. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com April 15, 2013 | … Continue reading →

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‘Israel lobby’ to push for aid despite sequestration cuts

Posted on March 4, 2013 by admin

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/285991-israel-lobby-to-push-for-aid-despite-sequestration-cuts By Josh Ruebner, author, Why Obama failed to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace – 03/04/13 12:45 PM ET   The long-dreaded sequestration has arrived, bringing with it potentially catastrophic consequences for governmental programs designed to benefit those most in need. The NAACP … Continue reading →

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