Netanyahu will deal with Jewish extremists with a "firm hand". We do live in strange times.

ليس وطني دائماً على حق. ولكنني لا استطيع ان امارس حقاً حقيقياً الا في وطني .

I have always felt that the occupation of Palestine is an American issue, because we give Israel something like $6 billion a year from our tax money.

How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?

The scariest thing for non-Jewish Americans in talking about Palestinian self-determination is the fear of being or sounding anti-Semitic. The people of Israel are suffering, and Jewish people have a long history of oppression. We still have some responsibility for that, but I think it’s important to draw a firm distinction between the policies of Israel, as a state, and Jewish people. That's kind of a no-brainer, but there is very strong pressure to conflate the two.

America’s biggest headache in the Middle East would be the Arab spring throwing up qualitatively better governing systems compared to the one in Israel.