As usual, Gideon Levy, one of Israel’s finest journalists, reveals his country’s inherent hatred of non-Jews: There is no “demographic threat.” There is a threat to society’s values, which will be determined not by statistics but by the amount of social justice. Talk of a “demographic threat” is not legitimate. Imagine what would happen if…
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Israel’s dark racism
Haaretz editorial, July 20: Every day the Knesset has the option of passing laws that will advance Israel as a democratic Jewish state or turn it into a racist Jewish state. There is a very thin line between the two. This week, the line was crossed. If the Knesset legal counselor did not consider the…
Blame anybody but us
The incomparable Keith Olbermann on the Bush administration’s desperation over Iraq (more than usual, one must admit):
The rules
Haaretz asks: What possible good can self-hating do for the Jewish people at large?… Always remember: in the mind of many Zionists, criticism of Jewish attitudes or Israeli policies constitutes “self-hatred.” Nothing more, nothing less.
Petraeus the Messiah or just a very naughty boy?
In the face of all indicators that the Iraq war has been lost, the standard fall back position for the dead enders has been to insist that all judgment should be reserved until General Petraeus gives his progress report in September. We are reminded that this will be the Rosetta Stone of hard hitting truth…
Secrecy breeds cardboard porkbuns
With the Chinese authorities claiming… a report about contaminated food on… Beijing TV was fake when in fact it may well be true… – imagine the thought of… steamed buns… made with cardboard instead of pork – is the Chinese government realising the pointlessness of web censorship? The internet and mobile phones have undermined attempts by China’s secretive rulers to…
Putin calls Britain’s bluff
Contrary to the reasons being presented, the recent bouts of saber rattling between the UK and Russia have nothing to do with the assassination of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. Besides, who is going to believe that the British government has taken a sudden interest in the death of a former-KGB agent? Heck, the Brits…
Jews in denial, part 69
How serious is the mainstream media about Israel/Palestine? Well, Dennis Ross is still regarded as an expert, so I rest my care, your honour. Given far less coverage is the Christian Zionist movement and its close ties to the Jewish establishment: Thousands of members of Christians United for Israel headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday…
Iraq talking points fail scrutiny
Listen to or read any of the few remaining defenders of the Iraq war and the right wing bloggers parroting their talking points, and you will hear repeated dire warnings about Al Qaeda taking over Iraq, following the US home to attack them on US soil, and about Iran attacking our coalition troops and reaping…