Showing all posts in June 2019
Good reasons needed
Michael Scheuer, Anti-war, July 25: Israel, realistically, does not fall into the category of a life-and-death national interest. It is, at most, a national emotional interest, and therein is the problem. In the past 30 years, and especially during the post-Cold War Clinton regime, our definition of national interest has expanded to include a lengthy…
Murder, courtesy of us
Both the Howard Government and the ineffective Labor opposition have shown complete disregard for Israeli aggression in the Middle East. Greens leader Bob Brown issues a sensible statement: “The Prime Minister needs to reveal if Australia is still sending arms to Israel, and if so, exports should be suspended,” Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.…
So much anti-Semitism, what can we do?
The Australian government is determined to ban “terrorist” literature and other problematic material: The nation’s attorneys-general will consider banning books that praise terrorism and placing fresh restrictions on reality shows like Big Brother when they meet tomorrow. The federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, has placed these proposals on the agenda following the uproar over the “turkey…
Stand up now, or forever hold your peace
As the crisis in the Middle East continues to escalate and Israel now targets the UN in southern Lebanon, a number of prominent, so-called liberal bloggers in the US have responded with…virtual silence. If the likes of Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo want to barely engage on this subject, and simply stick to partisan…
Our kind of warlord
While the Australian Prime Minister John Howard supports Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment of Lebanon and Gaza (though, accurately, calls Ariel Sharon a “great sort of right-wing warlord”), and the US Zionist lobby advocates further violence in the region, American news programs are displaying an unsurprising lack of knowledge about Lebanon: Take Monday’s coverage of the conflict…
Co-existence is possible
It seems that some supporters of Israel aren’t too comfortable with alternative viewpoints: At Melbourne University today (Monday 24 July) Zionist students physically attacked left wing students from the Socialist Alternative Club who were petitioning against the war on Lebanon and handing out leaflets advertising the anti-war demo this coming Sunday. The Zionists repeatedly kept…