My following investigation appears in New Matilda: When Antony Loewenstein visited Haiti earlier this month he found a country still struggling to recover from 2010’s devastating earthquake – and foreign NGOs doing little to empower ordinary Haitians The earthquake shook Haiti’s National Palace to its core. The moment tremors hit on 12 January 2010, the…
An apology and explanation: when the tongue goes before the head on Israel/Palestine
During the recent world tour for my new book, After Zionism, I appeared with my co-editor Ahmed Moor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Here’s a report of the evening from the Palestine Chronicle. During the Q and A, a Jewish man, Jonathan Hoffman, co-Vice … Chair of the Zionist Federation and…
Assange to UN: “It is time for the US to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks”
More on the compelling Julian Assange speech to the UN here.
“After Zionism” discussion at Washington DC’s Palestine Centre
The following event took place to a packed room on 13 September with my co-editor on After Zionism, Ahmed Moor, the head of the Palestine Centre, Yousef Munayyar and me: Transcript is here.
As two-state “solution” dies a necessary death, one-state in Palestine gains serious traction
My following article appears in The Guardian today: The Palestinian finance minister recently warned that the two-state solution would be in crisis unless the Palestinian Authority (PA) immediately received more funds. “The two state solution is in jeopardy if the PA is not able to continue to function,” Nabeel Kassis… said. But Kassis was talking about…
Wait, they teach Israeli children to hate Arabs?
Here’s a revealing short film, shot at an Israeli army museum, that features a range of kids including one who says, “I picture a dead Arab and that makes me happy”: More here on the film-maker.
“After Zionism” discussion in New York brings thoughts on Gaza, Obama, Jews, Arabs and other related issues
Last week’s New York event for After Zionism with Mondoweiss founder Phil Weiss and me brings this interesting post about the discussion on Mondoweiss: Last Tuesday Antony Loewenstein, the Australian… co-editor of the new collection, After Zionism, and I, one of the contributors, gave a talk at the Brecht Forum in NY. It’s below.… Loewenstein, on…
Living under drones; the reality of US weapons in Pakistan
A new report documents the reality of what “precision” drone attacks mean for Pakistani civilians:
Another day and more shilling for Israeli electric car company Better Place
Here’s a classic example of how not to write business journalism stories. Pick a company, in this case Israeli firm Better Place, ignore any human rights questions that hang over the organisation (allegations of war crimes and complicity in the West Bank occupation, read here), and provide a glowing profile of the organisation’s head. Easy…
In the Syrian civil war, America and jihadis are on the same side
Yet more spectacular reporting from Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (the man has form) from the Syrian city of Aleppo (via the Guardian): Soldiers! Soldiers!” The man hissed his warning as he hurried past, two bullets from a government sniper kicking up dust from the dirt road behind him. It was enough for Abu Omar al-Chechen. His ragtag…