A real man soon lands in the region

What the Middle East conflict needs is a real American to talk some sense into the major players. Who, you ask? Joe the Plumber: Being a Christian, I’m pretty well protected by God I believe. That’s not saying he’s going to stop a mortar for me, but you gotta take the chance. Hamas must be…

Kiss me authority figure

Niv Horesh, lecturer in Chinese studies at the University of NSW, writes in today’s Australian newspaper about Jews who signed the Gaza statement by Independent Australian Jewish Voices: Take China specialist Linda Jaivin, for example, who is no stranger to the ANU. I am sure she would have loved Doron’s article, having just blasted Israel…

The price paid should be steep

Bravo to Norway: Norway’s finance minister has ordered a review of investments by the country’s $300 billion wealth fund in companies active in the Palestinian territories after Israel’s crackdown in the Gaza Strip, officials said. The Government Pension Fund — Global, known familiarly as the “oil fund,” invests Norway’s oil wealth in foreign stocks and…

Prepare to be surprised?

The Zionist lobby will have kittens, if this is true: The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s …­doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say.

Don’t bother us with the law

Democracy Now! hosts a debate between dissident historian Norman Finkelstein and former American ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk. The most interesting comment, by Indyk, is his dismissal of international law towards Israel as simply “legal resolutions.” No wonder Israel is a rogue state. A person such as Indyk is a key impediment towards peace in…

Israel, you’ve gone too far

My latest article for New Matilda is about Israel’s lies in Gaza: The international Jewish community is divided over the latest offensive in Gaza, writes Antony Loewenstein When the fighting eventually ends between Israel and Hamas, what will remain of the Gaza Strip and its people? One local Zionist leader will have us believe that…

The American mind moves slowly

The US House and Senate competed yesterday to see who could be most pro-Israel. Meanwhile, back in reality, even the slavishly pro-Zionist New York Times may be opening its eyes to Israeli aggression.

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