A tribute to Michael Jackson via the Saudis:
Showing all posts in June 2019
It’s the only humane way to fight
Naomi Klein called for a boycott against Israel during this year’s Gaza war. Here’s a report from her latest visit to Palestine: BILIN , West Bank – Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing…
The brutal state known as Israel
Back in June last year, Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer was detained and tortured by Israel after returning to Gaza from London. One year on, Omer writes of the failures of the Israeli state to acknowledge their crimes, let alone apologise: I want to address the denials from Israel and the inaccurate reporting by a few…
Oh darling, beat me with that box
What does a Western-embraced dictator do with a woman who loves to invade countries and break things? Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi showered then-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with gifts during her historic visit to Tripoli last year, according to a government report.Gaddafi, who did not hide his admiration for the woman he called…
Get used to the company, Jews
Iran is burning. Not to worry, the Jewish Forward reports: “Already, in Washington policy circles, the Israelis’ mantra, let’s bomb them, has gone off the table,” said Marshall Breger, a former Reagan and Bush senior White House aide and Orthodox Jew who has been engaged in interfaith dialogue with senior Iranian clerics. “It’s not considered…
A trail of abuse
Former Israeli Supreme Court President Aharon Barak: If you ask a Jew whether he supports equality with the Arabs, he will say: ‘Certainly’, and if you ask if he supports kicking all the Arabs out of here, he will say: ‘Certainly’. He sees no contradiction between the two. The country’s Supreme Court is facing unprecedented…
Can the Arabs please stand up?
A column in the Gulf News, that mentions my recent essay in Haaretz, argues that Arab-Americans must be more involved in US political and media life to affect government policies towards the Middle East: Their presence in the media and on Capitol Hill is still small, however, and many more are needed. But what would…
How to be a civilised country
It’s encouraging that the neo-conservatives, who still embrace torture, have not totally infected the American public: Six in 10 Americans approve of having an international convention saying that “governments should never use physical torture” as a means of trying to get information, while 39 percent say such a ban is too restrictive, according to a…
Jews can be bigots, too
Why is the global Jewish Diaspora remaining largely silent as Israel’s far-right gains in strength and puts forward racist policies? Is it because they agree?
Caring about human rights everywhere except Palestine
This is the latest weekly ad by Israeli peace group Gush Shalom: Those who oppress Millions of Palestinians For 42 years – Rave about the freedom fighters -… in Iran. Those who rejected the results Of the Palestinian elections – Are shocked by the thwarting Of the people’s will – in Iran. Those who shoot…