We are all used to politicians donning the kneepads and performing the requisite acts of subservience to The Lobby, especially at election time, but what Obama did [at the AIPAC convention] was so ingratiating, so obsequious, so devoid of self-respect that he evoked images of a Negro slave grovelling before his white plantation “massah.”

"At the end of the day, the Olmert government has not resolved the contradiction between the approaches and does not appear to have a cohesive strategy regarding Gaza and Hamas. Hence the zigzag nature of Israel's approach."

"It would be more constructive if Israel-Gaza relations, including on a ceasefire, were dealt with as part of overall Palestinian-Israeli relations. This, however, would require ending the Palestinian-Palestinian rift and the current domestic Israeli political crisis, which has left the current Israeli government unable to deliver on anything."

"...in spite of all the clamor and excitement around terrorism for the last several decades the international community has never managed to satisfactorily define the term. It thus remains an abstract concept. Someone's patriotism can be someone else's terrorism and vice-versa."

"The proposed play’s plot thesis is that racism is a moral crime for which all of society eventually pays. The author hopes that some directors will realize its potential on stage to be an effective educational presentation for schools or universities."

"...the AIPAC audience cheered, revealing a strange ambivalence that exists even among members of this hard-line of this pro-Israel group: cheering McCain's support for more war in Iraq and Obama's call for and end to the war; and McCain's mockery of diplomacy and Obama's emphasis on negotiations. Strange and depressing, but still interesting."

"...Obama's declarations at the AIPAC conference are very, very bad for peace. And what is bad for peace is bad for Israel, bad for the world and bad for the Palestinian people."

"Although the Court's decision was related to commitments made in relation to a Jewish divorce case, this decision will potentially have a significant impact on all religious communities in Canada, including Muslims."