The attempt by supporters of Israel to smear anybody with the anti-Semitic brush will only increase as the Jewish state takes its place in the gallery of rogue nations. Take the London Independent columnist Howard Jacobson, who wrote in his paper in February that much criticism of Israel during the Gaza war was, you guessed…
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This is what we’re paying for
Months after the Gaza war, the people there are still struggling to regain dignity. Fafo, founded by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in 1982, has released a devastating report: The Gaza Strip is characterized by widespread physical damages, but six weeks after Israel’s attack ended, renovation of houses in need of repair had barely…
Don’t take these junkets
It’s encouaraging that the Sydney Morning Herald runs this story today, continuing the necessary push-back against free trips to Israel taken by journalists and politicians, mostly too clueless (or pleased?) to realise that such visits seem to magically end up resulting in returnees praising the wonders of democratic Israel. Have these free-loaders no back-bone? How…
This is what the Jewish state faces forever?
Thomas Ricks writes the following on his Foreign Policy blog. Bleak beyond belief: Ariel Siegelman, an Israeli specialist in counterterrorism, offers the best explanation I’ve seen so far for what Israel was trying to do in the Gaza attack: For almost three years [after the 2006 Lebanon war], there were no illusions; we knew that…
Come on, join the right side of history
This is something one doesn’t see every day. The former editor of the Australian Jewish News, Dan Goldberg, writes what Jews should be acknowledging this Passover: The bitter truth — hard as it may be to write, horrible as it is to admit — is that the occupation has brutalised us, corrupted our children and…
Yes, destruction is a Jewish trait
This is the man, Danny Zamir, who was instrumental in IDF soliders coming forward to share their horrific stories over Gaza. And then he writes this offensive drivel in the Jerusalem Post: The guiding principle that directs IDF combat soldiers, both in their planning and conduct in combat, encompasses a balance between two needs: to…
We have no idea what is going on there
Philip Rizk, 27, is a freelance journalist and blogger who has been reporting from Gaza since 2005 and was taken by Egyptian security forces after a pro-Palestinian rally in Cairo on February 6. He was released a few days later without being charged. While in Gaza, he filmed The Palestinian Life, a documentary highlighting non-violent…
Attacking Haaretz is a sure sign of desperation
Don’t feel sorry for the IDF. The world now knows exactly what they did in Gaza. Trying to blame Haaretz is a comical attempt to deflect responsibility for war crimes. It won’t work internationally: IDF reservists have asked Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz to launch a criminal investigation against Haaretz for publishing “testimonies” by soldiers of alleged…
This is what we support
Part 1: Over 150,000 Palestinians in Gaza (around 10 percent of the population) are struggling without tap water as a result of the damage caused to wells, pipes and waste water facilities during the recent 23-day Israeli offensive which ended on 18 January. Part 2: Ever wanted to scrawl graffiti onto the West Bank separation…
Expose, expose, expose
Australian-born Zionist spokesman, Isi Leibler, now living in Israel, wrote recently in The Jerusalem Post about the revelations of IDF abuse during the Gaza war. He knew who to blame: Few would deny that over the past years Haaretz, notably its English Internet edition – has more effectively damaged Israel’s image in the West than…