Interesting initiative that I discovered via The Yes Men. This website, murderisbad.com, is an attempt to highlight the reality of a multinational that wants to be beyond the law. Don’t let them: Shell was involved in murders in Nigeria. They would like everyone to forget about it. Shell has… blocked… 71,010 of their own employees from accessing…
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Beware the jidadi felafel
We have been warned (via The Daily Currant): Minnesota Congresswoman… Michelle Bachmann… courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other “jihadi foods” should be banned from school lunches in the United States. In an interview with local television station… KSTPin Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that after visiting a local elementary school she was shocked to find that… falafel… – a…
“After Zionism” reviewed in Arab News
The following review by Neil Berry appears in the Arab News: The mainstream Western media is losing its luster as rising numbers turn to alternative sources of news and opinion. Especially this applies to those concerned with the Palestine-Israel conflict. Students of the conflict increasingly straddle parallel universes, the world of conventional media and an…
Zionist comedy, intentional and otherwise
1) An aid worker friend of mine, who regularly enters Gaza via Israel’s Eretz Crossing, was sent a questionnaire, a “satisfaction survey” from Israel, asking about its work: A satisfaction survey has been created to help refine the role and services provided for our clientele. This survey will assess the types of services provided and…
“After Zionism” reviewed in Al Akhbar English
The following review by Rebecca Whiting appears in Al Akhbar English: Book Review:… After Zionism… Edited by Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor, 2012 Saqi Books Last September, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas bid for Palestine to receive full member-state status at the United Nations, based on the pre-1967 borders. After enraged reactions from Israel and the US,…
Haiti is disaster capitalism ground zero
My following investigation appears in New Matilda: When Antony Loewenstein visited Haiti earlier this month he found a country still struggling to recover from 2010’s devastating earthquake – and foreign NGOs doing little to empower ordinary Haitians The earthquake shook Haiti’s National Palace to its core. The moment tremors hit on 12 January 2010, the…
“After Zionism” discussion at Washington DC’s Palestine Centre
The following event took place to a packed room on 13 September with my co-editor on After Zionism, Ahmed Moor, the head of the Palestine Centre, Yousef Munayyar and me: Transcript is here.
As two-state “solution” dies a necessary death, one-state in Palestine gains serious traction
My following article appears in The Guardian today: The Palestinian finance minister recently warned that the two-state solution would be in crisis unless the Palestinian Authority (PA) immediately received more funds. “The two state solution is in jeopardy if the PA is not able to continue to function,” Nabeel Kassis… said. But Kassis was talking about…
“After Zionism” discussion in New York brings thoughts on Gaza, Obama, Jews, Arabs and other related issues
Last week’s New York event for After Zionism with Mondoweiss founder Phil Weiss and me brings this interesting post about the discussion on Mondoweiss: Last Tuesday Antony Loewenstein, the Australian… co-editor of the new collection, After Zionism, and I, one of the contributors, gave a talk at the Brecht Forum in NY. It’s below.… Loewenstein, on…
Another day and more shilling for Israeli electric car company Better Place
Here’s a classic example of how not to write business journalism stories. Pick a company, in this case Israeli firm Better Place, ignore any human rights questions that hang over the organisation (allegations of war crimes and complicity in the West Bank occupation, read here), and provide a glowing profile of the organisation’s head. Easy…