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Australian Jews slam Gaza invasion as ”˜abominable’
The following article, in the leading global Jewish news service JTA, appeared yesterday: An Australian Jewish group slammed Israel’s invasion of Gaza as “inhuman,” “superfluous,” and “abominable.” Independent Australian Jewish Voices, an off-shoot of the British group founded in February 2007, said in a statement this week that while Israel has the right to self-defense,…
Australian Jews condemn Israel’s attack on Gaza
The following article, from Agence France-Presse, is published in today’s Australian: More than 100 Australian Jews have condemned Israel’s invasion of Gaza, describing the action as “inhuman” and “abominable.” They include two authors and a former federal minister. “We are Australian Jews who join thousands in Israel and around the world condemning ongoing Israeli military…
What’s a few numbers between friends?
All the numbers, whether of killed or wounded, of ordnance rained down, or of access to the media, favour Israel. How to create the semblance of symmetry, apart from hyping those Palestinian rockets? How to create the illusion of an ‘existential threat’ to Israelis? Why, when the number of Israeli casualties are minimalnumbers potentially affected…
We’d kill journalists, if we could
Doesn’t this Israeli spokesman‘s words remind you of something an official would say in a charming place, like, say, Zimbabwe? Plans to allow journalists into Gaza were aborted yesterday after Israel’s military said it was too dangerous to keep staff at the Erez passenger terminal to allow people to cross into the besieged territory. Israel…
Zionism, drug of the deluded
Rule for militant Zionism: never criticise Israeli military activities. Even more reason why “moderate” Jewish groups must speak out against Israeli war crimes. But they’ll pay a high price for doing so.
The coward’s choice
Israel is in a bind. If it pulls out now from Gaza, it will appear to have cut and run at the first sign of trouble in battling Hamas. And if it goes on to a full occupation of the Strip, it may pay a heavy economic and political price without achieving its political goals.
Gaza bloggers report from the ground
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Despite Israeli denials, a humanitarian crisis in Gaza is clear and vast numbers of civilians are being bombed and fired upon by invading forces. As The New York Times reports, hospitals, such as Shifa, are struggling with multiple amputations and scant resources. Gisha, an Israeli human…
High-profile members of Australia’s Jewish community condemn the violence in Gaza strip
The following interview with me, about the statement released by Independent Australian Jewish Voices on the Gaza crisis, was recorded by ABC NewsRadio on January 5: [display_podcast]
The killing of women and children
Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population: