Guy Frenkel, at The Blogs

Sep 17, 2014, 8:19 AM

Israel, Palestine, and Scottish Independence

As the world waits with bated breath (and no, I don't think that's too hyperbolic an expression) for the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence, it's worth taking a look at how the vote will impact the Middle East, and...

May 9, 2014, 9:26 PM

Israel and the Right of Self-Determination

The term ‘self-determination’ has been bandied around so often in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that it appears to have lost any real meaning or substance, save for the ones imposed by whomever may be invoking it. As...

Apr 6, 2014, 10:30 PM

Israeli Perceptions of the Boycott Movement: Myth vs. Reality

After months (and, some would say years) of relative negligence, the economic boycott ‘monster’ targeting Israel has finally reared its head; splashed across the front pages of newspapers, maps display the successes and (significantly larger, at least for the...

Mar 31, 2014, 12:21 AM

The BDS movement’s disingenuous universalism

In one of controversial blogger M.J. Rosenberg’s recent discussions on BDS, he claimed that a number of individuals and organizations located under the movement's umbrella are not anti-Semitic; indeed, as Rosenberg noted, there are probably many involved whose endorsement...

Jan 28, 2014, 2:36 AM

From ‘brother’ to ‘cousin’: Naftali Bennett’s political future at stake?

Trade Minister Naftali Bennett has never shied away from making clear his disdain for American Secretary of State Kerry’s peace initiative, declaring his plans to act, along with the right flank of the Likud, as a block against any...

About Me

Guy Frenkel is a New York-based American-Israeli peace activist, currently with the Blue White Future movement, as well as a number of other Israeli organizations working towards a two-state solution. All opinions expressed here are his alone.