Sometimes, just sometimes, there is accountability in the Australian media. The following adjudication from the Australian Press Council was released this month: The Press Council has upheld a complaint by Moammar Mashni about a photograph accompanying an article entitled Aussie war graves in line of fire that appeared in The Herald Sun on February 6,…
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Another failed war on terror hit
The massive crisis in Sri Lanka is starting to get some media traction (and discussion about Western complicity, especially Britain and its arms sales). Too many journalists and nations still regard the onslaught against the Tamils as part of the “war on terror“. Big mistake. John Pilger tackles the subject calmly and offers a necessary…
That familiar apartheid ring
There’s another great letter in today’s Australian newspaper in response to yesterday’s smear of Israel critics: I don’t think the blame for identifiying Israel as an apartheid state can be laid exclusively at the door of the Australian “hard-left” It is only seven years since Michael Ben-Yair, a former Israeli attorney-general, wrote: “In effect, we…
Time to welcome open debate
Following yesterday’s article in the Australian newspaper by two supposed leftist academics praising Israel, my following letter appears in the paper today: Israel recent war against the Gazan people has caused many people around the world, including Jews, to reassess their support for Israel. With countless men, women and children murdered and the illegal use…
When unions back oppression
The following message was sent to the Trade Union Action Committee of the British Palestine Solidarity Campaign: An interesting notice appears on the website of The JC.com under the title “New labour movement is ”˜pro-peace’” (30 April 2009). The article states that: “A new international trades union movement committed to work for peace between Israel…
Blame those leftist extremists, please
Long-time supporters of Israel are having a tough time at the moment. War crimes were committed in Gaza during the recent war. The prospects of a two-state solution are beyond grim. Western-led tensions between Hamas and Gaza are real. The new Israeli government has no intention of seriously pushing for peace, only worsening the West…
It’s called journalism, Israel
One of Israel’s finest journalists, Amira Hass, returned from reporting in Gaza – unlike any other Israeli reporter – and was promptly charged by the “Middle East’s only democracy”.
Seven Jewish Children
Zionists in Australia call it “anti-Semitic”. So do Zionists in Canada. Likewise in the US. Seven Jewish Children is a play about Jewish responsibility and culpability over Palestinian suffering. Here’s the script: No children appear in the play. The speakers are adults, the parents and if you like other relations of the children. The lines…
Fear in the lobby
My latest column for New Matilda is about the Zionist lobby and its hopefully stunted plans for the Middle East: Public and private noises from the Obama administration have the Israel lobby spooked. Now they’re getting ready for the fight of their lives, writes Antony Loewenstein Last week in Washington 7000 delegates from America’s most…
Kicking them back to the stone ages
Survivors of Israel’s attack on Gaza have been forced to use mud to rebuild their homes.