Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has become the first of any college or university in the U.S. to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
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Writers can have an impact
Sri Lanka is currently in the middle of military and civil chaos, with the regime causing untold civilian misery. One prominent Tamil is calling the campaign against her people “genocide.” In the midst of this uncertainty, the Galle Literary Festival recently took place, with prominent writers including Australian expat Germaine Greer talking about politics, culture…
Avoid easy classifications
Leading Australian foreign affairs correspondent Paul McGeough, whose new book on Hamas, Kill Khalid is released soon, tells the Columbia Journalism Review how the world should view the militants: Rather than describe Hamas as a terrorist group, I would say they’re a group that uses terror as a weapon and I think there’s a significant…
When peace has no chance
This Hamas official gets it straight when describing the Israeli election: This shows that the Zionist voters clearly start choosing the one who is most extreme in his speech, the one who wants war with the Palestinians. This troika, this trio of terrorism of Lieberman, Livni and Netanyahu chose the dramatic development in Israeli society…
Journalist Antony Loewenstein on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
If You Love This Planet is a weekly radio show broadcast around the world by famed activist and doctor Dr Helen Caldicott. Recent guests include New York Times columnist Frank Rich and Times writer Bob Herbert. Her latest interview: Australian author Antony Loewenstein joins Dr. Caldicott on the program to discuss the delicate situation in…
A challenge to the status-quo
I spoke at Sydney’s Politics in the Pub event last week on the crisis in Gaza (photos here). Actress Judy Davis and Palestinian activist Rihab Charida joined me in discussing ways to analyse the conflict and how to move forward. The following letter was endorsed by 300 participants at the meeting on February 6 and…
War comes at a cost
Yes, we can: [Irish] trade unionists are to launch a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a major campaign to secure a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, Stormont heard today. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) launched a report on Israel and Palestine compiled by senior members who visited the troubled region.…
The story of Zionist victimhood
No other nation in history has dealt as humanely, and with such compassion, in its fight against terrorism as Israel. That “compassion” was sadly lacking in Gaza.
The new Austria beckons
Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, the big winner in Israeli elections, on what the result says about the Jewish state: “We’ve turned into a significant party, the third largest in Israel,” Lieberman said. “It’s true that Tzipi Livni won a surprise victory. But what is more important is that the right-wing camp won a clear…