A salutory tale by Paul McGeough in the Sydney Morning Herald on America’s dirty relationship with “thugs” in Kyrgyzstan. Yet more evidence that the “war on terror” continues under the Obama administration and human rights and democracy have nothing to do with it: The events of the last week in Bishkek have highlighted one of…
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A minor change in the “special relationship”
A Zionist mailing list sent the following story with the headline, “What next? Yellow armbands?” Yes, the Obama administration is like the Nazis. Seriously (and here’s the yarn via Jeffrey Goldberg): Roger L. Simon usefully posts a translation of a recent article from Ma’ariv, which reports that the U.S. is no longer regularly granting visas…
Since when has America had any interest in truly bringing peace to the Middle East?
Peace lovers in the Middle East, you’ll have to wait just a few more (decades) until Washington has the intelligence or ability to bring Israel and Palestine to a resolution (via The Cable): Although the public fireworks between top U.S. and Israeli officials may have died down in recent days, a fully fledged debate has…
How’s American Zionist Right views Arabs
The most interesting parts of this article by MJ Rosenberg are the quotes from some of America’s leading “pro-Israel” advocates. Racism, fear, bitterness and anger. Yes, Zionism is in great shape: Other than screaming by the right, there does not seem to be any significant aftermath to President Obama’s decision to oppose Israeli settlement expansion.… …
Israel has room to move and she knows it
While Israel bombs Gaza and injures a number of Palestinian children, The Cable reports on the latest theatre performance between Israel and Washington: The Obama administration’s list of “actions” it wants to see from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is open to negotiation, not a hard list of demands as many believe, according to one…
Reporters line up to get “access” to the Obama White House and make friends with the wrong kind of people
The corruption of journalism through the use and abuse of the “court reporter”, desperate for sanctioned leaks and gossip from those in positions of political power. Our industry is littered with them.
AIPAC moves into gear and asks Israel lovers to deepen the relationship
For anybody worrying about Israel’s decline into deeper repression and occupation (such as the former editor of Haaretz, David Landau), America’s leading Zionist lobby would like you and Congress to shut up, now and forever: America’s main pro-Israel lobby group is mobilising members of Congress to pressure the White House over its bitter public confrontation…
The Jewish Diaspora is turning on Israel
My following article, written with John Docker and Ned Curthoys, appears in New Matilda: It’s not just major western allies who are talking tough with Israel – evidence suggests ordinary Jews are also withdrawing their support from the rogue state Earlier this month the Sydney Morning Herald’s chief correspondent Paul McGeough quizzically asked if there…
What us Jews should be thinking about this Passover
Happy Passover to all my (observant) Jewish readers. Akiva Eldar in Haaretz has a message for you all: One of the harshest of the 10 plagues has smitten the children of Israel this Passover, and they are stumbling about in pitch darkness, bumping blindly into anyone in their way as they head toward the edge…