Following my article in yesterday’s Crikey about John Pilger, the Sydney Peace Prize and the Zionist lobby, the following letter by Justin Templer is published today: I have always enjoyed Antony Loewenstein, if only as an entertaining foil against the overly influential pro-Israel machine. But in his latest writings Antony’s enthusiasm overwhelms his sense of…
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The crimes of a rogue, Communist state
The trafficking of organs in China receives an unexpected revelation: In a rare admission of the extent to which this takes place, China Daily – citing unnamed experts – said on Wednesday that more than 65% of organ donations come from death row prisoners. China executes more people than any other country. Amnesty International said…
How the media brings war against Iran to a TV near you
The drive against Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons program is fraught with leaks and Israeli disinformation. Inter Press Service outlines the black ops: Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging…
Come this close to killing Arabs with your bare hands
The following advertisement just came through via the Daniel Pipes email list. Zionists must be salivating at this trip organised by the Israel Law Center: A once-in-a-lifetime experience: THE ULTIMATE MISSION TO ISRAEL Monday, October 26 – Monday, November 2, 2009 Experience a dynamic and intensive eight day exploration of Israel’s struggle for survival and…
How America is failing its children
Report: American Schools Trail Behind World In Aptitude Of Child Soldiers
Imagining a Middle East that doesn’t exist
Laura Rozen writes in Foreign Policy on the likely moves by the Obama administration towards Middle East “peace”: Aaron David Miller, a veteran Middle East peace negotiator for six secretaries of state, said Sunday that the Obama administration is planning to produce, “in late September or October,” either a conference or an announcement of a…
Gaza is a place with humanity
American film-makers Jordan Flaherty and Lily Keber recently visited Gaza and documented the human rights catastrophe there: Gaza Under Siege from Lily Keber on Vimeo. My documentary of Gaza is here.
On the ground in Gaza, hopes for peace still flicker
My following article is published in the Middle East newspaper, The National: Kamal Awaja lost his son in the recent Gaza war. He claims that Israeli soldiers murdered his child in front of his eyes before shooting his wife and himself in the leg, chest and arm. Today he lives with his large family in…
The Zionist settler mindset in all its racist glory
Life in the West Bank is something I discuss constantly on this site and I intend to try and increase that coverage. Here’s a good piece in the Guardian today about a settler who says he wants to leave his illegal home and claims many would follow if offered compensation by Israel. But it’s also…
Jews killing Nazis is the dream
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds is a Jewish revenge fantasy, showing Jews kill, maim and torture Nazis. I saw it last night and found it pretty entertaining, if a tad overlong. Witty, brutal, childish, surreal and self-referential. Don’t read too much into it and recognise that Tarantino isn’t really making any deep points about anything, and…