Israeli credibility really couldn’t be lower. It now admits to using white phosphorus (after denying it for months). And in further worrying signs of decline, voices of dissent are being smeared like never before. Even J Street is waking up: J Street is gravely concerned about escalating threats to the character of Israel’s democracy –…
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Israel uses white phosphorus in civilian areas (says Israel)
This latest statement by B’Tselem warrants consideration: B’Tselem has sent an urgent letter to the judge advocate general, Maj. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, demanding that he immediately order a Military Police investigation into the circumstances of the firing of phosphorus shells at the UNWRA compound in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. This morning, the media reported…
New Gaza documentary shows the world will not forget
A trailer for a new documentary, Aisheen: Still Alive in Gaza, that tells the personal stories of life in the world’s biggest prison camp after Israel’s devastating onslaught:
Abbas is bought and sold and he’s happy about it
This Guardian “exclusive” interview with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is a thoroughly dispiriting affair. It’s a profile of a man with little or no freedom to move, totally bank-rolled by the Western powers (while the ever-expanding occupation making true independence utterly impossible) and powerless to do much except imprison Hamas officials and anybody who opposes…
Zionist incitement grows against critical voices
With growing signs in Israel of crushing dissent, this article by Hadas Ziv, director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel and published in Maariv, is revealing of a deeper mindset. At what point does the world realise that many hardline Israelis have no interest in real democracy? In the course of Operation Cast Lead there…
Poor old Israel just can’t get a break, worries Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick loves everything about hardline Zionism. She couldn’t survive without constantly warning about the threats faced by Israel. Her latest article continues the familiar theme: the world hates Jews, we are alone and please can we bomb Iran soon? Since the Holocaust, old-style right-wing anti-Semites in Europe have had a hard…
Australia rolls out the welcome mat for war criminal retirees
My following article appears in today’s Crikey: The news that defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka may claim temporary asylum in Australia due to fears for his life… is the latest saga in the country’s ongoing tragedy. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith denies that Australian officials in Colombo ever received an…
Dershowitz accuses Goldstone of “evil”
Does anybody else notice the increasing vitriol of blind Zionists, as the world slowly turns against the Jewish state? Stand up to the plate, Alan Dershowitz: Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year’s Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and…
What is happening to the war-scarred children of Gaza?
I’ve been publishing the compelling stories by Australian Donna Mulhearn during her recent trip to Gaza. Here’s her latest and last reflections: Dear friends, The children concentrated hard as they drew the blood spurting out of bodies, the helicopters firing bullets onto people below, the aeroplanes dropping bombs. They also drew weary palm trees, grey…
Jessie Boylan reports on the wild lands of Sinai and Gaza
I posted a few days ago a wonderful essay by Australian photo-journalist Conor Ashleigh about his experience in Egypt and Gaza during the Gaza Freedom March. A colleague Jessie Boylan was with him and she has also filed a compelling travelogue on the journey.