The Sri Lankan state has caused untold suffering against the Tamil people in the north of the country. The government reminds me of Israel, a rogue nation that indiscriminately kills civilians, something now even they acknowledge: In an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, alias Colonel Karuna, said president Mahinda Rajapaksa had made…
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Will the US really challenge this?
Russia talks sense (while Israel simply continues to expand settlements in the West Bank): Russia’s foreign minister has… said talks with the Palestinian group Hamas were “needed” to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East. “We are certain that this is needed,” the Russia interfax news agency quoted Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday after meeting…
Free trips to fellate Israel
Are there no limits to the whoring the political and media elite won’t display towards Israel? Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead a delegation to Israel next month as part of a bid to strengthen political, business and cultural ties between Australia and Israel. The tour, organised by pro-Israel lobby group the Australia Israel…
What form of censorship will come next?
The ever-growing rise of fascism in the Israeli state. And just the latest example: Today was the start of the 2nd Palestine Festival of Literature, slated to open at the Palestinian National Theater in East Jerusalem. The festival began as a call from Edward Said, to “reaffirm the power of culture over the culture of…
You can have your say about which rights and responsibilities matter
Want to be involved in Australia’s current debate over a possible human rights charter? Get online.
Blogging may be the future, perhaps
The Sydney Writer’s Festival was a blast over the weekend. One of the highlights was speaking and hanging with the author of Stuff White People Like, Christian Lander. Funny man, a very funny and perceptive man. Writer Irfan Yusuf – whose book, Once Were Radicals, I launched a few weeks ago in Sydney – had…
Beyond time to wield the massive stick
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Saturday: Settlements are not the reason that the peace process is failing, they were never an obstacle, not at any stage. Even when Israel pulled out of [Palestinian] territory, the terror continued. Even when we uprooted [Jewish] communities, we got ‘Hamastan.’ That is why I propose that…
27th May : Media Complicity? Reporting Gaza and Sri Lanka 2009
The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University present a seminar on: ” Media Complicity? -Reporting Gaza and Sri Lanka 2009”³ What happens when the journalists are shut out? What affect does this have on reporting? How should we be reporting Sri Lanka and Gaza from…
Because we can and should
Jews who want to discuss Jews and Israel in a critical way. The debate grows: On Monday, a discussion organized by the Jewish Community Centre for London entitled “Can We Talk about Israel?” illustrates just how much the Diaspora debate on Israel has changed. All the panellists were of the left, all opposed the occupation,…