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Martin Krossel is a freelance political journalist living in New York.

The Arab League Notices Syria

Martin Krossel wrote on November 23rd, 2011 at 12:00 pm

The Arab League’s threat to suspend Syria because of Bashar al-Assad’s regime’s murderous crackdown on demonstrators can be dismissed as empty symbolism.
The League’s resolution allowed member states to impose political and economic sanctions, but it specified none. (Reports say that the army has killed 400 protesters in this month alone, and 3,500 since the popular more

5 Comments Topics: Arab Spring, Despotism, Middle East, Syria

The First Jewish President? Not Even Close.

Martin Krossel wrote on September 21st, 2011 at 6:41 pm

This week’s New York Magazine cover story, by John Heilemann, suggests that Barack Obama might be “The First Jewish President”. At any time this would be controversial. But this week it seems particularly provocative because of Republican Bob Turner’s historic victory over Democrat David Weprin in a special New York Congressional election. The outcome in more

30 Comments Topics: Israel, Middle East, Palestine

No Football on 9/11

Martin Krossel wrote on September 11th, 2011 at 9:22 am

At one point during the National Football League’s recent labor troubles, an analyst that I caught on radio expressed complete confidence that dispute would be settled before the season started. This year’s Opening Sunday falls on September 11 and neither the NFL nor its players would want to take the public relations hit associated with more

21 Comments Topics: anniversary, Memorial Day, mourning, remembering, September 11, terrorist attacks, Veterans Day

20 Years of Misreporting the Crown Heights Riot

Martin Krossel wrote on August 23rd, 2011 at 11:20 am

Twenty years ago this week rioting broke out in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section. Ari L. Goldman, a Professor at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, was part of the team of reporters covering the riots for the New York Times. His riveting account of his experience has just appeared New York’s Jewish Week.
In 1991, reporters could more

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Voters Can’t Afford More Hockey Franchises

Martin Krossel wrote on August 12th, 2011 at 7:12 pm

KDUS Radio in Phoenix reported on Thursday that a Canadian-led ownership has made a bid to buy the city’s National Hockey League team, the Coyotes. The team has lost money consistently since it moved to Phoenix from Winnipeg in 1996. Last year alone the Coyotes lost $37 million.
In 2009 former owner Jerry Moyes put the more

8 Comments Topics: Austerity, Franchises, hockey, Local Government, sports

Silence? What Silence?

Martin Krossel wrote on July 31st, 2011 at 7:00 am

Michael Walzer, co-editor of Dissent magazine, has just written about a trip to the West Bank town of Hebron. He went with a group that calls itself “Breaking the Silence.”
Breaking the silence? Really? As if the West Bank is not the world’s least silent issue? more

17 Comments Topics: Arabs, Hebron, Israel, Jews, West Bank

Justice Still Waits in Buenos Aires Bombings

Martin Krossel wrote on July 20th, 2011 at 7:54 am

B’nai Brith Canada has just issued a press release to mark the seventeenth anniversary on July 18th. of the planting of a car bomb that destroyed the Association Mutual Israelite Argentina (AIMA) building, Jewish community center in Buenos Aires Argentina. The attack killed 85 people and wounded more than 300. The bombing was the second more

2 Comments Topics: anti-semitism, Argentina Bombings, Hezbollah, Israel, terrorism

Israel Isn’t the Obstacle to Peace

Martin Krossel wrote on May 21st, 2011 at 9:56 am

Obama is making another push for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But his efforts will fail unless the Arab world accepts the existence of the Jewish state. more

19 Comments Topics: Israel, Obama, Palestinians, peace process

Why is New Reform Rabbi Repeating Anti-Israel Rhetoric?

Martin Krossel wrote on March 31st, 2011 at 5:52 am

When it comes to his stance on Israel, the new leader of the Union for Reform Judaism has some baggage that should trouble supporters of the Jewish state. more

12 Comments Topics: Israel, Judaism, Palestinian Authority, peace process

Western Media Ignore Anti-Semitism in Egypt

Martin Krossel wrote on February 23rd, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Why has the return of one of the Muslim Brotherhood’s most radical clerics to Egypt and the anti-Semitic attack on Lara Logan received such little attention? more

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Will Israel Regret the Peace Treaty with Egypt?

Martin Krossel wrote on February 5th, 2011 at 9:35 am

If a hostile regime replaces Mubarak, Israel may have given up the Sinai in exchange not for permanent peace, but for a mere thirty-year truce. more

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Obama’s Missed Opportunity in Cairo

Martin Krossel wrote on January 28th, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Last year, Obama gave a major speech at Cairo University. Why didn’t the press or White House care enough about reform in Egypt to make the case then? more

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Where Was the Left’s
Civility in the
Bush Years?

Martin Krossel wrote on January 20th, 2011 at 6:35 am

The Left likes to claim that political discourse has become less civil since Obama’s election. Have we forgotten how bad things were during the Bush administration? more

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Saudi Peace Plan Won’t End the Hate

Martin Krossel wrote on January 12th, 2011 at 11:57 am

The press has had fun with a story about Saudi Arabia capturing a vulture suspected of spying for Israel. But the farce only highlights how far away Mideast peace is. more

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Are American Jews an Obstacle to Peace?

Martin Krossel wrote on December 17th, 2010 at 11:20 am

In his latest column, the New York Times’ Roger Cohen accuses Israel’s American Jewish supporters of delaying peace in the region. But is his charge valid? more

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Is Fayyad’s Moderate Image a Myth?

Martin Krossel wrote on December 13th, 2010 at 11:05 am

The promotion of a discredited “study” contesting Jewish claims to the Western Wall only undermines the moderate image of new Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad. more

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Documenting the London Review’s Anti-Israel Slant

Martin Krossel wrote on November 22nd, 2010 at 8:34 am

A new study of the London Review of Books’ coverage of the Middle East is leading some to ask: is it the most anti-Israel publication in the world? more