The Politics of Ambiguity
Not long after Israel began its military offensive in Gaza last month, a senior Bush administration official told the Washington Post that the Jewish state had embarked on its campaign in order to create ‘facts on the ground’ before the Obama administration assumes office on January 20th.
In our first collaboration together, Arthur Neslen and I push the envelope, discussing how this ‘leak’ has helped frame an otherwise confusing and brutal military operation, and illuminates the unfortunate tensions that exist between America’s president-elect, and the present Israeli government.
If you haven’t read Arthur’s work before, now is as good a time to start as any. For those Tikkun readers among you, I interviewed Art about his fabulous book, Occupied Minds, in the January/February 2007 edition of the magazine. A PDF copy of our convo can be downloaded from the Clips section of this site.