That necessary comparison

Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the restrictions endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories was in some respects worse than that imposed on the black majority under white rule in South Africa.

Helping the “enemy”

Oh, the irony: Documents released today by Wikileaks reveal that a US defence contractor may have sold millions of dollars worth of telephone tapping and other surveillance equipment to the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chavez.

Arabs shunned, Jews sigh

While legal challenges continue over Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank – and the vast majority of the Jewish Diaspora remains silent in the face of daily abuses against the Palestinians – a new report speaks volumes about the true nature of “democratic” Israel: Jews live longer and enjoy lower infant mortality and poverty…

The Jewish state’s empty centre

Danny Yatom, former head of Mossad and deputy for the Israeli Labour Party: The leadership in Israel has made political survival its only goal. Moral and ethical codes that were once fundamental have been eroded.

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