An animator of the celebrated Israeli war film “Waltz with Bashir” has illustrated a new film depicting the life of a fictional boy in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli blockade of the coastal territory. Yoni Goodman’s short film “Closed Zone” runs only a minute and a half and was created for the NGO Gisha,…
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Does anybody actually want to solve this?
At least the Guardian editorial writers understand the situation, if most of the Western media still refuse to accept reality: Pledging aid for is the easy bit. Getting it delivered to Gazans living in tents after Israel‘s three-week bombardment is another matter. The $3bn that donors promised in Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday will have to penetrate…
Killing them a lesson
All hail the noble Jewish state: Ah, Israel, the holy land, light unto the nations! Barely a month after valiantly killing 1300 Gazans, maiming and wounding thousands more, and leaving the rest for dead in an open-air prison, Israel has stood up for its right to stand up to other people’s rights by forming its…
Learning nothing at all
Amira Hass, Haaretz, March 4: The hundreds of millions of euros that have been donated or pledged to help Gaza, as though it were beset by natural disasters, are overshadowing the trade ties between Europe and Israel. The Western countries concerned about humanitarian aid for the Palestinians also buy from Israel arms and defense knowledge…
Are there really many alternatives?
Australian journalist Paul McGeough, whose fine new book on Hamas and Mossad, Kill Khalid, was released this week – and launched tonight in Sydney to a packed-house – tells Canada’s The Star of his ideal Middle East: I came to the conclusion some time ago that both sides are incapable of achieving a peace on…
Talk to anyone you can
Just what is a neo-conservative Palestinian journalist to do when asked how to resolve the Israel/Palestine conflict?
Ruled by fools
Uri Avnery, February 28: Many people around the world believe in the anti-Semitic myth that we Jews are immensely clever and that all our actions prove our diabolical cunning. Therefore, the ascent of Hamas must be the result of a shrewd Zionist conspiracy. The existence of Abbas (and Arafat before him) hinders the Jews from…
They exist, talk to them
A group of former international peace negotiators on Thursday urged the world and Israel to abandon the policy of isolating Hamas and engage with the Islamist militant group. “The policy of isolating Hamas cannot bring about stability. As former peace negotiators, we believe it is of vital importance to abandon the failed policy of isolation…
Stop the killing machines
White phosphorus bombs used by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were produced and supplied by American arms manufacturers, according to an Amnesty International report that called for a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel. … A Palestinian human rights group has filed a lawsuit at the High Court in London over the United Kingdom’s continuation…
What any humane leader would think
Why Turkey will no longer remain silent in the face of Israeli crimes in Palestine. The Jewish state’s isolation over its barbarity grows. Over to you, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: We are always telling them [Hamas)]to act differently, that we are for a two-state solution: Palestine and Israel. They have to accept this, but…