This week marks the sixth anniversary of the death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie by an Israeli bulldozer. Her mother spoke recently on the Rafah/Gaza border about her daughter’s legacy: You asked about Rachel and how people respond to her here, and I—most everybody, at least if they—you know, they know her name when…
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The hidden war on the island
It seems that if a Sri Lankan journalist is to survive, he or she should never miss breakfast with the President.
Halper supports peace
The following letter appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: I never heard the PM program to which Athol Morris refers (Letters, March 14-15), but I did hear Jeffrey Halper interviewed by Fran Kelly on the ABC Radio National Breakfast program on March 11. Professor Halper never mentioned being against the existence of a Jewish state…
World’s leading investigators call for war crimes inquiry
The Jewish state has a few self-inflicted problems to manage: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson and Justice Richard Goldstone among signatories “shocked to core” by recent events. A 16-strong group of the world’s most experienced investigators and judges have today (16 March) called for a full international investigation into alleged abuses of international law during…
To challenge Jewish nationalism
There was a major piece in yesterday’s LA Times about the necessity of anti-Zionism. Times are changing.
An institute to learn water-boarding
Calling US-friendly despots, torturers and liars: When a Marine helicopter bore George W. Bush away from the Capitol the afternoon of Jan. 20, the American people turned their attention, and desperate hopes, to his successor. Bush, meanwhile, moved into a new home in Dallas and took up the work of his post-presidency. He had often…
How to wish peace in the Middle East
A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site.…
This is how Israel is seen
Today we stand in solidarity with individuals who challenge the military might of the Israeli military and illegal occupation of the West Bank: Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets – as well as the extensive use of…