Posts Tagged: David Harris AJC
Why is the World Silent as Christians Are Persecuted?
On September 22, dozens of Christian worshipers were killed at a church in Pakistan. Many more were wounded. The assailants were jihadist suicide bombers. This...
Will Israel be a 21st Century Cassandra?
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. When this reputedly beautiful girl refused the romantic overture of Apollo, he placed...
Action in Syria is Costly But Necessary
Syria dominates domestic discussion and debate, as it should. Whether and how the United States reacts to the evidence of Syrian use of chemical weapons...
Give Peace Talks a Chance: Part Two
After recently publishing "Give the Peace Process a Chance" in the Huffington Post and Jerusalem Post, quite a few comments came my way - some highly critical. They...
Critics Should Give the Peace Process a Chance
There's no shortage of cynicism and skepticism about the restarted, U.S.-facilitated Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The questions come fast and furious: Why, of all times, now, when the...
Far Right Shouldn’t Demonize Israel’s Supporters
We are a passionate people and, when engaged in political disputations, frequently cross the boundary of civil discourse. I could personally testify to this...
Rashid Khalidi and Palestinian Rejectionism
To know why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has proved so intractable, it's worth reading the two op-eds published by The New York Times on March 13th,...
Gaza: Reverse Causality
The New York Times (Aug. 29) carried a feature article entitled "U.N. Report Predicts a Bleak Future for Gaza Unless Services Are Improved." Summing up the UN study,...
AJC Diplomatic Seder Crosses Borders (PHOTOS)
For just over three and a half hours on March 30, 2012, representatives of some fifty nations broke matzo together at the festive Diplomatic Seder...
