Sydney Morning Herald columnist Gerard Henderson displays an unsurprising lack of knowledge about the US Zionist lobby and then this: Meanwhile, back in Australia, a similar debate is under way. Next week Antony Loewenstein’s book My Israel Question will be released. In the publishing blurb, Loewenstein is described as a “young Australian Jew”. He is…
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Israel and war crimes
Robert Fisk, The Independent, July 24: They are in the schools, in empty hospitals, in halls and mosques and in the streets. The Shia Muslim refugees of southern Lebanon, driven from their homes by the Israelis, are arriving in Sidon by the thousand, cared for by Sunni Muslims and then sent north to join the…
News bytes
– How does a radical Zionist define “terrorist” and “freedom fighter”? – Australia’s indigenous affairs minister has a novel way of “showcasing” Aboriginal people to foreign visitors. Australia is truly regressing to the colonial age. – The perils of Australia’s Freedom of Information laws explained by the Sydney Morning Herald. – Gideon Levy says Israel’s…
Fair warning
Patrick Seale, Agence Global, July 19: The explosive impact on Arab opinion of the war in Lebanon and the martyrdom of the Palestinians should not be under-estimated, particularly in view of the graphic media coverage of Israeli atrocities, provided by Al-Jazeera and Hizballah’s satellite channel, Al-Manar. Israel’s indifference to Arab life risks convincing many young…
Asking some tough questions
The following article appears in today’s Canberra Times: Mad world; daring to question the role of Israel Jenna Price I can’t write about Israel. It is way too hard. In my family, I am alone in supporting Israel. In my country, there would be few who would support Israel and its actions – and the…
Who decides what’s fit to print?
My current New Matilda column is about the New York Times and its responsibility to publish government “secrets”: The NY Times has long been known as the newspaper of the political elite, amplifying and supporting the decisions of the American ruling class. The paper has been a recent critic of the Bush Administration, but was…
They hate us
There is something terribly wrong in “liberated” Afghanistan: The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan yesterday described the situation in the country as “close to anarchy” with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption. The stark warning came from Lieutenant General David Richards, head of Nato’s international…
The future of Palestine
The following letter appears in The Independent on July 21: Palestinian nation under threat Sir: The latest chapter of the conflict between Israel and Palestine began when Israeli forces abducted two civilians, a doctor and his brother, from Gaza – an incident scarcely reported anywhere, except in the Turkish press. The following day the Palestinians…