Israel doesn’t really learn very well. After the outgoing Mossad chief said that Iran isn’t really a threat now or in the foreseeable future, here’s Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu saying the exact opposite. He’s best ignored. Better still, mocked: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told foreign journalists Tuesday that the American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks…
Australian media minds still seduced by Zionist ideology (shame it’s as accurate as Exodus)
This is what passes for “journalism” and commentary over Israel/Palestine in Australia. First, this piece completely ignores the wider context of why people would want BDS against Israel. The best the ALP can do is say that local council has no business being involved? Want to make any comment about whether you agree with Israel’s…
Name how many barbaric ways the US lock people away?
The fear that Julian Assange, if sent to the US, may end up in Guantanamo Bay was raised by his lawyers yesterday. But in fact, argues this childish post in the Washington Post, the situation may be even more draconian (this is written in an oddly jovial style): Indeed, if Assange was convicted in U.S.…
Good morning Israeli fascism
Perhaps this is something to please us. Amnon Danker is former editor of one of Israel’s most popular dailies, Maariv, and he’s written an essay (kindly translated by Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein) on the dire state of Israeli “democracy”. Grim, depressing and blind. What’s the positive? That such people, thoroughly from the mainstream, are suddenly…
BDS against rapacious Sri Lankan regime
Well done: A public awareness campaign asking shoppers in Britain to boycott products made in Sri Lanka and sold in popular stores like Marks & Spencer continued last week with several members of the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) handing out leaflets and talking to shoppers on Oxford Street Saturday. Similar TYO events took place over…
We don’t need Israel to feel secure
American Jewish magazine Tikkun has turned 25. It’s covered matters related to the Middle East, from a left liberal perspective, for a long time, gradually becoming more alive to the impossibility of the two-state solution. Well, that’s my take anyway. I was asked to write a short reflection on this important milestone and it was…
American Zionist asks radical colonists to behave
The pain of a hardline Zionist in the face of Israeli occupation. Here’s Jeffrey Goldberg, former IDF prison guard, being a little upset about ongoing settlements in East Jerusalem but hey, what are you going to do about it? Nothing, as usual, just slam those who back real action like BDS: Let me also stipulate,…
Why people become refugees isn’t that complicated
Le diagramme du migrant [Refugee's diagram]Uploaded by AtelierZorobabel. – Classic TV and last night's shows, online. (For English press subtitles)
Wikileaks rally in Sydney 15 January
Time Saturday, January 15 …· 1:00pm – 4:00pm Location Sydney Town Hall We will be marching to the US Consulate general and then to Hyde Park. Organised by the Support Wikileaks Coalition (Sydney). Speakers include: Antony Loewenstein – Independent journalist and author David Shoebridge – NSW Greens Wendy Bacon – Director of the Australian Centre…
Of course the easy availability of guns in US is relevant
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sigh: After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. Wolff was right. Instead of hurting…