Iran, not an American project

A fascinating interview with a pro Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cleric in Qom, Iran: Look, in Iran, we have a few sources. We have two TV channels, radio, and then we have the newspapers, which are particularly popular among Iranians. Now, we also have the internet, and yes, we are familiar with these videos showing the murders…

We will spit in your face

Israel’s seriousness about peace is displayed yet again: Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the building of 300 new homes in the West Bank, defying U.S. calls for a halt to settlement growth. Activists for Bimkom association, which works for justice and human rights in planning and knows a thing or two about the situation…

Bomb them to liberation, right now

The Daily Show on the American media and political elite’s cluelessness towards Iran. Perhaps somebody should suggest an invasion soon? The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Crisis in Iran www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Jason Jones in Iran

Please, sir, may I suck harder?

So the Australian government’s whoring towards Israeli crimes is deeply appreciated by war criminals. This should make us so proud: Before she even arrived in Jerusalem for the Australia-Israel leadership forum, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard had made a lasting impression on local powers that be. In front of an elite audience of Israeli politicians,…

We can suppress civilians, too

Robert Fisk knows a correct comparison when he sees one: Iran and Israel: Unleashing a rabble of armed government forces on to the streets and claiming that all whom they shoot are “terrorists” is an almost copy-cat perfect version of the Israeli army’s public reaction to the Palestinian intifada. If stone-throwing demonstrators are shot dead,…

Obama is really like Hitler

A letter writer in this week’s Australian Jewish News: Obama’s demand for a cessation of all “natural growth” in settlements echoes Nazi sterilisation policies.

The world ignores Gaza

Forty international aid agencies and non-governmental organizations have released a joint statement condemning Israel’s blockade of Gaza, to mark the second anniversary of the coastal territory being hermetically sealed off from the outside world. “We, United Nations and non-governmental humanitarian organizations, express deepening concern over Israel’s continued blockade of the Gaza Strip which has now…

Being gay and Jewish

This is a great clip from 2006. Sacha Baron Cohen, as Bruno, meets some British skinheads. His subversion of Judaism and its relationship with “enemies” is almost transcendental:

We felt like colonialists and we loved it

Following my Mondoweiss report on Sunday’s Tel Aviv beach in Central Park event, here’s a Zionist telling of the same thing: Like the early Zionist pioneers (though I’m not sure how many of the Halutzim wore skimpy bikinis), we found a bunch of sand and helped bring it to life. Yes, it’s that nauseating.

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