Israel’s slaughter in Gaza goes on. Latest news here, here, here, here, here and here. The real aim, largely ignored by the hopeless Western media? My friend and US colleague Souad Dajani writes: I’d add that Israel’s declaration (yesterday) that it would open crossing points into Gaza for humanitarian aid was meant to tell the…
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The futility of action
Israel wants to teach Hamas a lesson, but not reconquer Gaza during its current attack on the isolated land.
The policy on Israel
My following article is published in Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English-language newspaper: During this year’s US presidential campaign, both Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic contender Barack Obama expressed unwavering support for Israel. It was the only country in the world that required constant loyalty tests. Obama told the leading Zionist lobby, AIPAC, that he would…
We are defining ourselves this way
Gaza is being literally strangled by Israel and the world remains largely silent. Engagement with Hamas is the only long-term option despite the bellicose statements by the Jewish state’s political elite. This is what happens when Zionism becomes little more than militancy and occupation.
Their land is falling apart
First hand reporting from Gaza, written by a Palestinian under Israel’s criminal siege.
The delicate Zionist touch
One of Israel’s finest journalists, Amira Hass, on Israel’s shocking policies towards Gaza and the Hamas effect: The first thing that captures your eyes, after two years away, is a visual quiet. Gone are the flags of every color (including green) that once flew everywhere; the billboards commemorating shaheeds with their weapons, new ones popping…
We know who to blame for this
The UN tells the truth about Gaza (while the Western world largely ignores Israel’s war crimes in the territory): Although many leaders have commented on the cruelty and unlawfulness of the Gaza blockade imposed by Israel, such a flurry of denunciations by normally cautious UN officials has not occurred on a global level since the…
Obama: new neo-con?
My latest New Matilda column is about the incoming Obama administration and its likely foreign policy: Will Obama resist Zionist pressure and reveal his progressive side on Israel? Writing from the US, Antony Loewenstein isn’t optimistic I’m currently in the US on a book tour and I’ve been struck by the ubiquitous belief that Obama…
The threat from spice
Two weeks ago the Israelis issued for the first time a written list of goods that cannot be sent into Gaza for UN humanitarian needs. The list, which has baffled UN officials, includes spices, kitchenware, glassware, yarn and paper. This is the definition of collective punishment, illegal under international law.
