Following my article in Crikey yesterday about a new survey that indicates many Australian Jews are questioning Zionism and Israel, this letter is published today: Margaret Bozik writes: Methinks it is Antony Loewenstein that protests too much. There has never been any time in history when 100% of the Jewish community would have described themselves…
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Are these consequences for Middle East commentary?
Sydney-based film-maker Daz Chandler has made this short documentary about free speech, the Israel lobby, Australian media, bashing Muslims, yours truly and Palestine:
Survey puts Israel and Zionism under scrutiny
My following article appears in Crikey: Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation has released the preliminary findings of its survey of Australian and New Zealand Jewry in which… 6200 Jewish people answered 144 questions on a variety of subjects, including anti-Semitism, Israel and Zionism, inter-marriage, education and identity. It’s the biggest study of its sort…
My Israel Question Sydney launch
My Israel Question will have its Sydney launch on 17 September at Gleebooks in conversation with Australia’s leading foreign correspondent, Paul McGeough: At this event, Antony Loewenstein will have just returned from the Middle East and Paul McGeough from Afghanistan. Loewenstein and McGeough are the foremost Australian journalists and writers covering these war-torn, troubled countries.…
My Israel Question third edition out today
The third edition of my best-selling book, My Israel Question, is released today: Antony’s Loewenstein’s My Israel Question was a bestseller when first published and generated a storm of controversy, critical praise and robust public debate. Loewenstein’s forensic discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues here in a fully updated and expanded new edition, examining the…
When loving the establishment is a media natural
Accusations of left-wing bias against public broadcasters is a mainstay of the culture wars (witness the latest non-story in Australia over the ABC). Mehdi Hasan, senior political editor of the New Statesman, argues that the BBC is an inherently status-quo enforcing organisation: The BBC’s bias is thus an Establishment bias, a bias towards power and…
Sri Lanka: a war without end
Sri Lanka has largely fallen off the media radar despite the human rights situation for Tamils in the country remaining dire. Britain’s Channel 4 led the way this year with some fine reporting on the massacres. Now this: Just three months after the Sri Lankan government declared the country liberated from the Tamil Tigers, video…
Reaction to Pilger award reveals Zionist lobby’s fear of dissent
My following article appears in Crikey: In 2003, Palestinian politician and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi won the Sydney Peace Prize. The Zionist establishment reacted with outrage, accused her of extremism and pressured then New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to not present the award. The campaign was a disaster and convinced large swathes of…
IAJV August newsletter
The following email was just sent to the Independent Australian Jewish Voices list: Dear all, We would like to inform you of upcoming events and relevant information about the Israel/Palestine conflict. Saree Makdisi, a professor of English Literature at the University of California in Los Angeles, nephew of Edward Said and leading Middle East intellectual,…
Yet another lovely friend of Israel
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently led a delegation to Israel. It was a trip of stunning insignificance. Slogans were expressed, Palestine was largely ignored and Israel was blindly supported. This week’s Australian Jewish News features an “interview” with Gillard. It’s quite an achievement for the reporter and Gillard herself to say nothing of…