My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Michael Ledeen is a key figure in the neo-con firmament, a man whose ideas about the Arab world have been thoroughly proven false time and time again. It therefore makes sense that Australia’s leading Zionist lobby, AIJAC, has invited him here on a speaking tour to…
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They can’t help it
When a leading donor to America’s leading Zionist lobby, AIPAC, claims that the group is offering too much support for the Palestinians in advance of next week’s “peace” conference in Annapolis, it’s clearly time for a reality check. AIPAC’s modus operandi has always been to undermine any peace initiative in the Middle East. Their Australian…
How dare Jews speak out of turn?
Following my piece in Crikey yesterday on the bellicose statements by John Howard and Kevin Rudd over Iraq, Iran and a host of other issues, the inevitable fascimile responses today in Crikey: Bren Carlill, Policy Analyst with the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, writes: Re. “Howard and Rudd show their love for Israel” (yesterday, item…
Howard and Rudd show their love for Israel
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Before every federal election, Australia’s leading Zionist lobby, Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), poses questions to the Prime Minister and Opposition leader. In 2004, both John Howard and Mark Latham discussed Israel, the UN, Iraq, terrorism and immigration. This year AIJAC has again engaged the…
Marrickville meets Bethlehem, controversy erupts
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Back in 2003, Palestinian Christian politician Hanan Ashrawi was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize. The Zionist establishment reacted with predictable apoplexy and accused her of supporting terrorism and not recognising the Jewish state. After months of fruitless lobbying, then NSW Premier Bob Carr resisted Jewish pressure…
Australian Jewish leaders blast new NGO as anti-Zionist
The following article appeared in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post: Haviv Rettig The group Independent Australian Jewish Voices represents a fringe, anti-Zionist minority in Australian Jewry, according to communal leaders down under. The NGO misrepresents both its own agenda and the diversity of opinion among Australian Jews, the leaders said Wednesday of the group formed this week.…
Jews giving Jews a bad name
Here’s yet another sign of the dangers of Zionist extremism in a post 9/11 age. The Australian Jewish News reports: A visiting Israeli expert on Islam has urged Australia to cap its intake of Muslim immigrants, warning “life will become untenable” unless the Muslim population is kept in check. Raphael Israeli, a professor in Islamic…
Murdoch’s Middle East story
Following my revelations yesterday that Murdoch’s Australian isn’t too keen on robust debate regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict (and censored my commissioned article on Jimmy Carter’s book), Crikey today features some predictable responses: Nick Cater, The Australian’s Deputy Editor (Weekend), writes: Re. “The debate The Oz doesn’t want to have” (yesterday, item 4). Antony Loewenstein is…
The fear builds
If campaigners against Israeli apartheid need evidence that our work is bearing fruit, this New York Times article reveals all: The American Jewish Committee, an ardent defender of Israel, is known for speaking out against anti-Semitism, but this conservative advocacy group has recently stirred up a bitter and emotional debate with a new target: liberal…
Israel nuke slip no surprise, but what about Iran?
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Israel’s nuclear capability has been an open secret for decades, so when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert inadvertently admitted this week in Germany the existence of his country’s nuclear arsenal, the world shouldn’t have been surprised. We now know that Britain helped Israel’s nuclear program in…