As usual, Amira Hass in Haaretz hits the point in one swoop: The achievement of the failed flotilla to Gaza – mainly, it must be conceded, by its dead – is that the demand is being heard from everywhere that Israel halt its policy of siege. The government of Israel was not willing to listen…
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Throwing money to Abbas won’t halt the dogs of war
The startling ineptitude and chosen powerlessness of Barack Obama, after speaking in Washington to Palestinian puppet leader Mahmoud Abbas: U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Israel to work with all parties to find a solution for Gaza and offered the Palestinians $400 million in new aid as Washington sought to contain the fallout…
Now those Turks can go to hell
Jewish blogger Realistic Peace has a pithy way of getting straight to the point (see his post on the Gaza flotilla). His latest highlights the hypocrisy of the American Zionist lobby: Spencer Ackerman has an excellent and succinct post on the hypocrisy abounding now that the American Jewish leadership has decided Turkey is an enemy,…
How to define collective punishment
Israel now permits, over the last week, soda, juice, jam, spices, shaving cream, potato chips, cookies and candy, into Gaza.
Australian Jewish students can’t handle posters that support Palestine
The Australian Jewish News now runs an online TV channel. So what are they producing? Videos such as this, where students at UNSW talk about the supposed anti-Israel sentiment in the wake of the Gaza flotilla. Perhaps the most tragic part of this is one Jewish ‘leader’ showing the camera where on a map of…
Sailing the Zionist ships into the sunset
You have to laugh (because otherwise you’d cry). I look forward to the growing millions around the world being convinced that Israel has every right to occupy and blockade the Palestinians for “security”. Good luck with that one: Israel’s National Student Union is planning a flotilla with hundreds of yachts from Israel to meet at…
The need for a thorough examination of Colombo’s crimes
Louise Arbour, head of the International Crisis Group: There was never any Goldstone report on Sri Lanka.
Self-criticism must start at home
An intriguing piece, by an Israeli reservist major, that at least acknowledges the direction his country is heading. Is it too much to ask more in the Zionist Diaspora to speak out and demand the Israeli government change path? This hardening of the heart is not limited to our leaders. They, after all, merely reflect…
What on earth has happened to my people?
Muzzlewatch reports on the Tea Partification of the American Zionist community: On June 6th, 2010, peace activists including members of Bay Area Women in Black and Jewish Voice for Peace held a silent vigil outside the main entrance to the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation’s annual “Israel in the Gardens” celebration. The peace activists called…
My talk in Christchurch
During my recent speaking tour of New Zealand, I engaged with thousands of people, including a full house in Christchurch. Here’s the video and audio (neither amazing quality, since it’s compressed files, but you get the gist). I discuss the Middle East, the realities in Gaza and how to engage Hamas: Antony Loewenstein talks in…