Tony Karon, Rootless Cosmopolitan, March 4: Once upon a time, Israelis and Palestinians looked to the U.S. to intervene at moments of heightened confrontation to mediate between the two sides and contain the damage. The Bush Administration, however, has proved entirely incapable of playing this role, because its own diplomatic efforts are hidebound by the…
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Welcome to your racist Jewish state
Version one: Harsh words were exchanged Wednesday as Knesset Member Effie Eitam (National Union-NRP) addressed remarks made by a number of Arab lawmakers during a rally in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm in protest of IDF activity in Gaza. “The day will come when we will banish you from this house (Knesset) and the…
Believing in (our) democracy
Al-Jazeera English on the American plans to overthrow the democratically elected Hamas government (based on this stunning Vanity Fair article):
Going after civilians
Israel’s leading human rights organisation reveals the barbarity of the Jewish state: B’Tselem expresses grave concern at the large number of children and other uninvolved civilians among those killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip in recent days. According to B’Tselem figures, from 27 February to the afternoon of 3 March, 106 Palestinians were killed…
The convenient narrative
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, February 2: Even yesterday evening, after the IDF already had killed about 50 Palestinians, at least half of them unarmed, and including quite a number of women and children, Jerusalem continued to claim, “At present there will be no major ground operation.” It’s incredible: The IDF penetrates the heart of a crowded…
The easy test
Israel is unsure whether striking Palestinian civilian areas is illegal under international law. Here’s a hint: it is. The ongoing attacks in Gaza will only lead to further conflict and a growing Palestinian support for Hamas resistance. The price these commanders will pay, for committing war crimes, is an ongoing battle by human rights lawyers…
Jewish bombing to peace
The Palestinian president has accused Israel of “international terrorism“, saying its assault on Gaza constitutes “more than a holocaust”. Mahmoud Abbas’s comments on Saturday came as more Israeli air raids brought the total death toll over four days to 86 people, at least a third of which have been children, according to medical sources:
Let the countdown begin
Tick, tock (courtesy of Forward): Israel is in a diplomatic and military jam that keeps getting worse, but has no obvious solution. It is rapidly approaching the demographic tipping point, when Palestinian Arabs outnumber Israeli Jews in the land now under Israeli control. When that happens, Israel will find that it has become a minority-rule…
The Gaza life
While Amira Hass discusses the Gaza breakout that never happened, Prof. Abdelwahed from the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at Al-Azhar University of Gaza reveals life via email in the Israeli-controlled strip: 1- We have been without electric power supply for almost two days. 2- Gaza authorities have run out…