The following story by Natalie O’Brien appears in today’s Australian newspaper: Australia’s most outspoken Muslim leader, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, has compared the Israeli bombing of Gaza to the Holocaust, sparking outrage among Jewish groups. Sheik Hilali, the imam of the nation’s biggest mosque at Lakemba, southwest Sydney, lashed out at the Israeli leaders, branding…
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Pick another country
Boycotting Israel will become mainstream soon enough: Pro-Palestinian groups meeting at the World Social Forum that ended Sunday launched a call for a worldwide boycott of Israel and a day of action on March 30. “This is not intended to be an anti-Semitic action. It’s a call against the apartheid that Israel is practising,” said…
Crooks dressed in uniform
While countless international and Israeli human rights group discuss ways to pursue war crimes charges against the Jewish state (and Hamas), one reserve soldier has written to the people of Gaza with a heart-warming tale of love and care: I spent many days in your home. You and your family’s presence was felt in every…
The master teaches well
Zionists claim that Israel is a moral state, an inspiration to the world – let’s put aside for a moment the call, made yesterday by Housing and Construction Minister Ze’ev Boim, to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh; the actions of a rogue state. The utter destruction in Gaza shows, according to a writer from the…
The ease with which they lie
Israeli officials are wonderful at lying, telling the world that black is white or that “there is no humanitarian crisis” in Gaza. This kind of deception has an infamous pedigree. The lobby group, Australian Committee for Truth in the Middle East, has just published its latest missive and included the following necessary history lesson: Let…
Bringing it home
A good example of global issues taking root in local communities, such as Melbourne’s suburbs: Moreland Council has publicly condemned the “Israeli massacre in Gaza”. Cr John Kavanagh was the lone voice of dissent against Cr Enver Erdogan’s successful motion to condemn Israel’s actions at last week’s council meeting. Although a ceasefire is now in…
Keep running and running
Our responsibility is to make life as difficult as possible for Israelis suspected in war crimes against the Palestinians. Nowhere should be safe for them. Example one: An Israeli colonel involved in Operation Cast Lead returned to Israel in haste on Friday, fearing arrest on charges of war crimes during a visit to the UK.…
Why can Israel get away with it?
Haaretz, January 4: The forces that entered the Gaza Strip last night represented the largest ground operation in the coastal territory since Israel withdrew in the summer of 2005. Palestinian sources reported massive artillery shelling and air force strikes accompanying the advance of the infantry, armored and combat engineering corps. The ground invasion was preceded…
Let us see this Gaza ad
The US-based group End the Occupation has a problem we should know about: Thanks to a generous emergency grant from Cultures of Resistance, we produced a 30-second commercial about the U.S. role in Israel’s war on and siege of the Gaza Strip. We thought, “What better way to bring this important information to the attention…
Decision to boycott Max Brenner products
The following letter was sent today to Australian-based, Israeli chocolate company Max Brenner by a non-Jewish reader of my website: Dear XXX, I reside in Melbourne and have heard from many about your delicious chocolate beverage etc. I finally made a visit to your outlet in Glen Waverley a few years back, but discovered that…