This Al-Jazeera documentary shows one of Israel’s courageous journalists, Haaretz’s Gideon Levy, as he documents his country’s brutal occupation and blindness towards it. As he says, Israel is that rare nation that practices apartheid and yet sees itself as the victim. Levy is one of the most inspiring reporters I know:
Debating ethics and journalism over US drone victim Anwar al-Awlaki
Yet another example of why Democracy Now! is one of the finest news shows in the world:
One million Jews coming to the West Bank
Haaretz editor Aluf Benn on Israel’s determination towards indefinite apartheid: The third Netanyahu government has one clear goal: enlarging the… settlements… and achieving the vision of “a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.” This magic number will thwart the division of the land and prevent once and for all the establishment of a Palestinian state. The…
New poll finds most Americans not keen on being droned to death
Satirist… Andy Borowitz has the exclusive results in the New Yorker: In a possible setback for the Administration’s controversial drone policy, a new poll conducted by the University of Minnesota shows that a broad majority of Americans are opposed to being killed by a drone strike on U.S. soil. The poll, which has a margin of…
Al-Jazeera tackles the question: on the road to Israeli apartheid?
After Israel introduces apartheid-style, separate buses in the West Bank for Palestinians, Al-Jazeera features a discussion about this worrying yet unsurprising development:
Hating Arabs is Netanyahu’s gift to Israelis
Gideon Levy in Haaretz: Benjamin Netanyahu’s children attacked an Arab cleaning man on the seaside promenade in Tel Aviv and caused him serious injuries. They attacked an Arab waiter in a Tel Aviv restaurant with chairs and their fists. They attacked an Arab from Upper Nazareth at the shore of Lake Kinneret because they heard…