My following New Matilda article is published today: While the rest of us toasted the New Year, newmatilda.com correspondent Antony Loewenstein was in Cairo for the Gaza Freedom March In late December, one year after Israel’s brutal military assault on the Gaza Strip, some 1300 people from 43 countries descended on Cairo to draw attention…
Articles in New Matilda
Is Washington’s peace process over?
My latest New Matilda column is about the failure of the two-state solution: With hopes for a two-state solution waning, the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas is prompting new calls for a one-state solution, writes Antony Loewenstein The decision of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resign and not stand in proposed January elections is a blessing…
Introducing…Miss Aceh
My following article in New Matilda is about the Indonesian province of Aceh: Despite recently implementing sharia law — including the stoning of adulterers and homosexuals — Aceh does not fit the stereotype of an Islamic state, finds Antony Loewenstein Muslim extremists in Aceh were outraged when a young woman from the province, Qori Sandioriva,…
Can Fayyad make a difference?
My latest New Matilda column is about the favoured Palestinians in the West: ‘Moderate’ Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad may be popular with western leaders, but under his watch the gulf between rhetoric and reality is growing, writes Antony Loewenstein The Western-backed Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, was… interviewed earlier this month on… ABC Radio National’s… Saturday Extra.…
Gaza blockade is great for al-Qaeda
My latest New Matilda column is about the growing militancy in Gaza: The recent shootout in a Gaza mosque has highlighted the way Israel’s blockade of the strip radicalises people and encourages terrorism, writes Antony Loewenstein Gaza is facing yet another threat exacerbated by the ongoing Israeli siege: Islamic fundamentalism. In mid August, 24 people…
The view from Gaza
My latest column for New Matilda features on the ground reporting from Gaza: Six months after the Israeli offensive in Gaza, Antony Loewenstein went to see how its people are coping under Israel’s continuing blockade The no-man’s land you must cross to get from Israel into Gaza is a 500-metre stretch of sand. We —…
These are not the conditions for peace
My latest column for New Matilda is about the realities on the ground here in the Middle East: In Palestine and Israel, Antony Loewenstein is finding that facts on the ground offer little hope for any solution soon, despite optimism elsewhere that change is on the way A few nights ago in Jerusalem I met…
‘If You Don’t Agree With Us You’re Antisemitic’
My latest New Matilda column, co-written with Independent Australian Jewish Voices blogger Michael Brull, responds to predictable charges of political bias by the Zionist lobby: Labor MP Michael Danby’s accusation of antisemitism against two Jewish writers is a false and dangerous misuse of that term, write the accused, Michael Brull and Antony Loewenstein Sometimes, people…
Where to now for Jewish America?
My latest column for New Matilda is about the American Jewish community and its inability to see the writing on the wall regarding Israel: In the US, moderate Jewish voices on the Middle East are gaining strength, but many American Jews are still reluctant to criticise Israel, writes Antony Loewenstein During the “Salute to Israel”…
Fear in the lobby
My latest column for New Matilda is about the Zionist lobby and its hopefully stunted plans for the Middle East: Public and private noises from the Obama administration have the Israel lobby spooked. Now they’re getting ready for the fight of their lives, writes Antony Loewenstein Last week in Washington 7000 delegates from America’s most…
More articles in New Matilda
- Political Vaudeville — October 22, 2008
- Besieged Inside — September 29, 2008
- Blogging Their Way to Freedom — September 4, 2008
- Vote 1: Militant Zionism — August 12, 2008
- Telling it Like it Isn’t — July 21, 2008
- Battle of the Brainwashed — July 3, 2008
- No Such Thing as Humanitarian Intervention — June 10, 2008
- Weapons of Mass Instruction — May 21, 2008
- Family Affair — April 29, 2008
- We Must Engage Hamas — April 7, 2008
- An Accidental War — February 6, 2008
- Israel & Palestine: Not Negotiable — December 9, 2007
- Osama’s Book Club — January 31, 2006
- Ariel Sharon’s War — January 18, 2006
- Democracy for Our Friends and Dependence for Our Enemies — July 6, 2005