A leading American Zionist organisation, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
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Australia’s Zionist lobby shows that without direction from Israel, they’re lost
Interesting that some key Australian Jewish organisations are refusing to comment on the Israel/Australia passport scandal (and those who are speaking are so utterly unconvincing. Another own goal, guys). Perhaps they’re waiting for instructions from Jerusalem: Australian Jewish leaders say evidence of Israel’s alleged involvement in the Hamas assassination plot and forged passport scandal is…
How J Street makes the Israeli extremists crazy (because they don’t love colonies)
Israeli right-wing politician Michael Ben Ari (National Union) on J Street: They want international legitimacy, but everybody knows they are an anti-Semitic lobby that acts against Israel. They are dangerous people and they use the Congress people in order to try to receive legitimacy. One Israeli commentator, despairing at the act by Israel’s Foreign Ministry…
J Street tries to define itself as a progressive, Zionist organisation (with very mixed success)
J Street continues to walk a very fine line between pleasing the hard Right on the Goldstone report and Iran sanctions while also demanding more open debate in America about the Israel/Palestine conflict. Here’s Jeremy Ben-Ami’s latest statement: I’ve just landed in the US following an exhilarating week leading a delegation of five members of…
Melbourne Age chastises Colombo over rights abuses
Following yesterday’s strong editorial in the Sydney Morning Herald over Sri Lanka, today the Melbourne Age adds its voice to the outcry. I can’t read these pieces and not think about the gutlessness of the corporate press when writing about the Middle East. Slamming Sri Lanka is risk-free for editors. Seriously challenging Israel’s occupation of…
Trying to convince the French that Israel is a true democracy
The Zionist lobby, worried that its hold in America is starting to be challenged like never before, is starting to make inroads into Europe.
A campaign “in a style reminiscent of propaganda from the darkest days of recent Jewish experience”
Israeli credibility really couldn’t be lower. It now admits to using white phosphorus (after denying it for months). And in further worrying signs of decline, voices of dissent are being smeared like never before. Even J Street is waking up: J Street is gravely concerned about escalating threats to the character of Israel’s democracy –…
US Congress acknowledges Gaza suffering
This is encouraging and proves that a few elements of humanity are not infected by the Zionist lobby: Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the siege of the Gaza Strip. The letter was the initiative of Representatives Jim McDermott from…
Has Zionism always been about crushing one’s opponents?
How the Zionist lobby in the US confuses being “pro-Israel” with being “pro-bombing Iran“.
J Street still has a little fight left for the struggle ahead
I have many issues with J Street (see here), but good on its head Jeremy Ben-Ami challenging the Israeli government over its increasingly erratic public statements: Being an Israeli ambassador these days can’t be easy. On the one hand, you’re working for a prime minister whose strong suit is public relations, who at least talks…