Australian Tim Minchin wants to talk to both Israelis and Palestinians:
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Australia’s “uninhibited affection” for Israel
I wrote recently about the Australia Israel Leadership Forum, a love-fest between the political and media elites in both countries. Haaretz writer Amir Oren offers a Zionist perspective on the largely unreported meetings: Last month the report “Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers” was published by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation…
What the Australian/American alliance really means
Scott Burchill and Kristian Lewis, The Age, 8 January: The only rationale left for our involvement in Afghanistan is to restore Washington’s military credibility, which was badly tarnished in Iraq. As John Howard said recently, a withdrawal from Afghanistan would be “an enormous blow to American prestige”. For the same reasons it bombed Serbia in…
Zionists continue to be alert and alarmed about IAJV
I co-founded Independent Australian Jewish Voices (IAJV) nearly three years ago. Since then, our achievements have been modest, but the key aim has always been to expand public debate over the Middle East and show to the wider community that not all Jews back Israeli apartheid in the occupied territories. It’s therefore pretty amusing to…
Gaza’s suffering is Israel’s shame
My following article is published today by the Sydney Morning Herald/The Age: The 85-year-old Jewish, anti-Zionist, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein is a sturdy looking woman. Her slightly hunched frame hides the determination to continue a life-long dedication to social justice. This week in Cairo she joined close to 1400 international delegates on the Gaza Freedom…
Australians’ Gaza protest
The following appeared in the Melbourne Age on 1 January: By Andra Jackson A delegation of Australians including Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein are among hundreds of people from around the world who will hold mass protests in Cairo and Gaza today over Israel’s continuing blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Today marks the first anniversary of…
ABC Radio covers the Gaza Freedom March and the crisis over Gaza
The following story appears today on ABC Radio’s AM: TONY EASTLEY: More than 1300 international peace activists from 40 countries, including Australia are in Egypt this week. The self-styled “freedom marchers”, many of whom are Jewish, include prominent authors, lawyers and journalists. They had hoped to cross the border to Gaza for a planned protest…
Understand that last year’s Gaza assault was only the beginning
Gazans are remembering their dead after Israel’s attack. But according to the New York Times: In the year since Israel launched its devastating military offensive against Hamas in Gaza, the country’s political and military leaders have faced intense international condemnation and accusations of possible war crimes. But Israel seems to have few qualms. Officials and…
Australians rally to support the Gaza Freedom March
The following petition, drafted by Michael Brull in Sydney, is aimed at Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Israel ’s siege on Gaza is vicious and cruel, and it must end immediately. Its continuation means continued war on the basic necessities of life for the population of Gaza . Any ordinary, decent person would assume the…
How useful is terrorism to fight medical problems?
How’s this for advertising, using the idea of a terrorist attack in Sydney to make a point about bowel cancer?