Angry Arab: While watching the scenes in Egypt today [protestors breaking into the Israeli embassy in Cairo], [New York Times columnist] Thomas Friedman, should have tweeted this to himself: I am so clueless. … I have no idea what is going on in the Middle East. … I was sitting in my suite at the Marriott and…
This is what Israeli isolation looks like (and Washington can’t do much)
Tony Karon in Time.com shows what happens when you brutally occupy another people for decades; the world gets sick of it: Israel’s fallout with long-time ally Turkey is no isolated spat that will be repaired any time soon; it’s a dramatic illustration that no amount of U.S. backing can prevent the growing international isolation resulting…
Hate Muslims and multiculturalism; welcome to the Zionist party
The anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to reflect on one of the growing alliances in modern times; the far-right in Europe and beyond and hardline Zionism. Its most extreme form was expressed by the Norway killer Anders Breivik. He “loved” Israel because the Zionist state is constantly fighting, killing and demeaning Arabs and…
9/11 from the view of an Israeli (who doesn’t like to smear Arabs)
Amira Hass from Haaretz writes in the New Statesman with typical power on the 10th anniversary of 9/11: It was 4pm in Palestine and Israel when the Hollywood-style scene of the falling towers for ever invaded our imagery and vocabulary. I was at home, in Ramallah, and I have no recollection what I was writing…
Anorther day and yet more dishonesty over BDS, Palestine and Australian democracy
You would think Israel is about to be attacked tomorrow by aliens coming to suck the Zionism away. If only. In reality, today sees yet more craven politicians – including some Greens, who clearly have been pressured by the Zionist lobby and their Dear Leader in Canberra (aka Bob Brown) and just want BDS to…
Wonder why Americans are largely ignorant about the world?
Media diversity in the age of the internet offers even less excuses for the corporate press to ignore the depth and complexity of the world. And yet… Evidence one (via the Columbia Journalism Review): For the first time in history, mankind is developing a universal language: video. People now communicate with video on two billion…
Michael Moore on intolerant America and death threats
An extract from his new book reveals an atmosphere of mass hysteria, post 9/11 patriotism and blind hatred in the land of the free: ‘I’m thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I’m wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it ”¦ No, I think I…
When “liberal Zionists” slam BDS, you know moral compass is lost
What a sad sight. After months and months of the Australian Murdoch press, major political parties and the Zionist establishment shamefully suggesting that activists who back BDS against Israel are akin to Nazis, a supposedly “liberal Zionist” group, The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), releases a statement today and makes exactly the same comparison. If…