Antony Lerman, The Guardian, February 6: Each and every Jew who protested as a Jew against the Gaza war had a personal Jewish imperative for doing so. Some simply expressed dismay; most demanded action to end the carnage. To say that we failed is neither an expression of despair nor a statement that dissent wasn’t…
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Not so fast
The United Nations has backed down from a claim that a UN run school in Gaza was hit during an Israeli mortar attack last month. Forty-three people were reportedly killed in the attack. But a clarification issued by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs says the shelling and all the casualties happened…
This will follow them everywhere
Barcelona basketball fans received Maccabi Tel Aviv on February 5 with dozens of Palestinian flags and a stunning chant: “Boycott Israel – Viva Palestine!”
Act like little school children
Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News journalist Tim Marshall praises the Tamil community for being good little protesters in London but those damn Palestinian supporters need to really understand that civility is the appropriate response in the face of Israeli aggression: The weekend’s demonstration by Britain’s Tamil population showed us how a demonstration in the UK should…
Stop and listen now
Akiva Eldar is one of Israel’s finest commentators and writes for the Haaretz newspaper. He was interviewed on last night’s ABC TV Lateline about Israel’s upcoming elections and the country’s move to the far-right. His conclusions when asked his thoughts about the future? I’m afraid that the next Israeli Government will be under much greater…
Israel faces kangaroo court
Following my article in last Friday’s Australian Financial Review on Israeli war crimes in Gaza (and the Zionist lobby’s response on Tuesday), today’s paper publishes a piece by Robert Goot AM SC, a Sydney barrister and President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry: Before pronouncing a person guilty of a crime, it is customary…
Powers are shifting
Turkey is moving to assert its authority over the Israel/Palestine conflict and the Jewish state might not like it.
Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali accuses Israel of atrocities
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…
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…