Max Blumenthal has become one of the leading American Jewish voices against Israeli oppression.
So maybe Israel simply isn’t worth it
Magnes Zionist with beautiful poetry: In fact, I would argue that the ambivalence that some Jews are feeling [towards Egyptian democracy] can itself be turned into an argument against a Jewish state. For if the price to pay for a Jewish state is acquiescing in tyranny and injustice for reasons of realpolitik – as Israel…
No wonder Egyptians don’t trust the West, why should they?
Robert Fisk on the infantile comments of our leaders towards the Egyptian streets. Perhaps it’s time to throw out our democratically-elected men with some serious people. They couldn’t be much more obsequious: Only when the power of youth and technology forced this docile Egyptian population to grow up and stage its inevitable revolt did it…
Israelis enjoying themselves shows the importance of BDS
Here’s a tip for the Israelis who made this almost comical anti-BDS video. Featuring people having fun in Israel utterly misses the point. Increasing numbers of people globally are boycotting Israel for this very reason; fun-loving Israelis are loving life while Palestinians are brutalised down the road in the West Bank and Gaza under Israeli…
America isn’t leaving Iraq for years to come
Don’t believe the political and media hype that Washington is on its way out. Quite the opposite, explains private military contractor writer David Isenberg: You thought private security and military contractors were downsizing in Iraq? Think again. On February 1 the… Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a report “Iraq: The Transition from a Military Mission…
Power to the Egyptian people in song
Don’t tell Washington or Israel; the Egyptian people don’t care what you want in their country:
Cables of a failed war
Just one of the latest Wikileaks-related cables, this one from London in 2009: Prime Minister Brown was “very pleased” by President Obama’s December 1 speech describing the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and HMG would like U.S. and UK public statements to remain in synch, Philip Barton, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Cabinet…
Once upon a time there was an atheist Jew talking about religion
This Sydney event later in the week sounds fun and I’m happy to be invited: Thursday, February 10 …· 1:00pm – 2:00pm Upper Chapter House, St Andrew’s Cathedral; Sydney Panel Discussion : Imagine no religion: Would we be better off? Simon Smart, Antony Loewenstein & Jane Caro Format: Each month the City Bible Forum will…
We stand with Assange in Australia
I attended this Wikileaks rally in Sydney to show support for Julian Assange and what Wikileaks stands for: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has the support of the “greatest minds in the world”, according to his stepfather Brett Assange. Speaking at a rally held at Sydney’s Town Hall in support of the 39-year-old Australian, Mr Assange…
