Over the past decade, dozens of people have asked me to explain why I shifted my political sympathies from an apparently pro-Palestinian to pro-Israel position. My stock answer is to imply that this is not the case by arguing that my fundamental opinions have not changed. I tell everybody that Continue Reading »

Vote comes after Netanyahu urges Likud MKs to vote against the bill, put forth by Yisrael Beiteinu; Opposition leader Livni says bill is anti-democratic, damages Israeli interests. Following a stormy debate, the Knesset voted against a contentious bill on Wednesday which called to set up panels of inquiry into human Continue Reading »

I’m sorry if my decisions to visit certain countries are troubling to some people. But my decision to play music in a country is purely based on a desire to connect with people through music Hi, Some questions: If you go to america does that mean you support american foreign Continue Reading »

  Now that the world has been treated once again to the sight of such selfless, humanistic, courageous, modern-day Martin Luther Kings and Rosa Parks, whose single-minded goal is to feed the hungry, unshackle the enslaved, and lift the downtrodden, allow me some additional suggestions beyond the lure of Gaza. Continue Reading »

Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976.[1] A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and supporters and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the Continue Reading »