Some things will seemingly never change: The new delivery to Israel of a massive consignment of US munitions, revealed by Amnesty International today, throws into question whether President Obama will act to prevent the US fuelling further Israeli attacks against civilians that may amount to war crimes, as were perpetrated in Gaza.
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No weapons for all is surely the ideal
A sign of the times: New Balad MK Haneen Zuabi, the first woman to be elected to the Knesset as a representative of an Arab party, has welcomed Iran’s growing influence on Palestinian affairs and praised Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon as a means of offsetting Israel’s regional military edge. Having Israel as the…
The boycotts are starting to work
21% of Israeli exporters have been directly affected by the boycott movement since the beginning of 2009. So reports today (29 March) The Marker, a Hebrew-language economic newspaper. This number is based on a poll of 90 Israeli exporters in fields such as high tech, metals, construction materials, chemistry, textile and foods. The poll was…
Why are we supporting this outrage?
Afghanistan, the land of freedom and equality: Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which “legalises” rape, women’s groups and the United Nations warn. Critics claim the president helped rush the bill through parliament in a bid to appease Islamic fundamentalists ahead of elections in August. In a massive blow for women’s rights, the…
Where do they learn this stuff?
I’m speaking today in Melbourne for Palestine Solidarity Week. Last night I received the following email (from a Lubavitcher Jew): Hi Anthony, Below is a photo of one excerpt from the display created by students for palestine in Monash Clayton. If you support this revisionism then in my eyes you are not welcome on the…
Foreign Correspondents’ Association
Prominent Australian journalist and writer Antony Loewenstein was Guest Speaker at an FCA Newsmaker Luncheon in Sydney on Thursday 26 March 2009. Antony’s address focused on the ways in which most of the Western media gloss over the realities of the Israel/Palestine conflict, not least the Israeli occupation, and related topics. This was a wonderful…
Time is running out for Israel to adapt
My latest column for New Matilda is about the realities facing the incoming Israeli government: The ground is slowly shifting in international attitudes towards Israeli policies. But the longer Israel delays changing direction, the fewer options it will have, writes Antony Loewenstein As the new Israeli Government under Benyamin Netanyahu begins its tenure, a small…
The boycott Israel issue heats up
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.
A crushing legacy
Profiling a lost generation of children in Gaza: Yair Lapid’s Friday news magazine program reported on the situation in Gaza’s refugee camps and found, “Six and seven-year olds looking for discarded food and plastic bottles.” A days work–12 hours–might bring them 5 Shekels (about a dollar), but they have no choice but to work to…
A perfectly healthy country
War crimes? What war crimes? Military Advocate General Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit on Monday instructed the Military Police Investigation unit to close the investigation into soldiers’ accounts of alleged misconduct and serious violations of the army’s rules of engagement during Operation Cast Lead. In a press release issued Monday the army said that the preliminary…