The Jewish People Have Endured So Much, What I’m Going To Put Them Through Is Nothing.
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The future leaders of hate
A fascinating essay on Israeli student group Im Tirtzu [If You Will It]: The Second Zionist Revolution: A newspaper distributed to passersby describes the vision of the movement, which claims to have 1,000 dues-paying student members and more than 6,000 participants in its symposia, demonstrations and community projects. Under the rubric of “strengthening the values…
Seriously, Arabs are humans, right?
A Palestinian blogger comments on Israel’s proposed “loyalty” law: I am Mohammed Al Safoori. I swear by the Torah of the Jews that I will be a loyal citizen to the State of Israel, and will respect traffic regulations, pay my taxes and put up a picture of Mira Awad in my living room. I…
Jews, stand up or shut up
This story in Politico shows the ways in which any US politician who dares even question Israeli government policy faces a challenge from the Zionist lobby: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) knocked off incumbent Al Wynn in a 2008 primary by tapping into liberal resentment of the Democratic congressman and portraying him as a tool of…
A very bad Zionist joke?
This article in Haaretz is the kind of piece that defines Zionist chauvinism, racism and ignorance. Welcome to modern Israel: With a rare combination of diplomatic sense, psychological understanding, clear logic and a deep and comprehensive grasp of security, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved a brilliant draft law last week by majority vote. The…
The temptation to expand was there from the beginning
Tom Segev writes in Haaretz that Israel could have once chosen peace but as usual decided to pursue Greater Israel: On December 5, 1967, then-chief of staff Lt. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin suggested to prime minister Levi Eshkol that a Palestinian state be established in the West Bank. The minutes of that conversation are kept today…
The Soviet days are back
William Blum’s Anti-Empire Report on the paucity of real debate in the US: Like clinical paranoia, “the threat from Iran” is impervious to correction by rational argument. Two new novels have just appeared, from major American publishers, thrillers based on Iran having a nuclear weapon and the dangers one can imagine that that portends —…
Nations of disrepute
The international boycott movement against apartheid Israel is unstoppable. Sri Lanka joins the rogue’s gallery:
The settlers marinate
The Financial Times provides a necessary cold shower to those who think President Barack Obama’s talk about Middle East peace is realistic in the short-term: The Palestinians, in any case, have little hope of winning a reprieve from the settlements in the near future. The farming village of Jeet in the northern West Bank, for…