The role of the Arab world in creating and maintaining the Palestinian refugee crisis, more than 60 years after the state of Israel was born. There is much blame to be shared around.
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J Street is calling but are we really listening?
I’m on my way to the first J Street conference in Washington DC. Extreme Zionists in the US call the group “cranks“. Other so-called leading Jews in the US are equally spooked. What, some Jews meeting who don’t love the settlements and want to bomb every country in the Middle East? Lynch them! Gideon Levy…
The result of Sinhalese repression year after year
Why are so many Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka and wanting to come to Australia? Here’s why.
Obama either takes Palestinian justice seriously (or not)
Australians for Palestine public advocate Michael Shaik publishes the following in the Australian: Nine months since the end of the offensive, Gazans continue to live in plastic tents alongside the ruins off their homes because Israel refuses to allow building materials into Gaza. … The Israeli government reasons that, by inflicting such punishment on Gaza’s…
We are keeping the Gazan people alive, barely
A strong New York Times story about the Gaza tunnels that keep the people there alive: Dusty sacks filled with cans of Coca-Cola were being loaded onto trucks by young boys, headed for supermarkets in Gaza City. Thousands of motorcycles were lined up on display in a nearby stadium, ranging in price from $2,000 to…
Rapping the Palestinian streets in Australia
Ramallah Underground, a Palestinian hip-hop group that talks about life under Israeli occupation, are in Melbourne now:
Provoking trouble on the Lebanese side
Israel continues to meddle inside Lebanese territory, a violation of international law: The detonation of Israeli surveillance devices near the southern village of Houla represent a success for Israel against archenemy Hizbullah, while also raising pressure on the Shiite group and further eroding the security situation in south Lebanon, a number of analysts told The…
Perhaps tea can be used to kill Jews
Collective punishment, pure and simple: Israel has decided to allow coffee and tea into the besieged Gaza Strip starting on Thursday, a Palestinian official said. Nasser As-Sarraj, undersecretary of the Ministry of National Economy said that Palestinian authorities received word from Israel of the change in policy, which apparently removes coffee and tea from a…
J Street Jews are bad people, repeat after me
Next week’s J Street conference in Washington DC (controversy abounds, so I can’t wait to be there to experience it up close) continues to draw the wrath of hardline Zionists. Here’s Isi Leibler, recently calling for the ex-communication of dissident Jews: This weekend J Street is launching its first major convention at which it claims…
Amira Hass; a beacon to us all
One of Israel’s finest journalists, Amira Hass, has won the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour described Hass as “one of the greatest truth-seekers of them all.” This is her acceptance speech: Allow me to start with a correction. “Ah, how impolite,” you’d rightly think. But anyway, we…