Henry Siegman, former national director of the American Jewish Congress, returns with a powerful piece that questions the direction of the Jewish state: Who would have believed that an Israeli government and its Jewish citizens would seek to demonize and shut down Israeli human rights organizations for their lack of “patriotism,” and dismiss fellow Jews…
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The reasons most Israelis have no real interest in giving up the West Bank
While America’s neo-conservatives begin a full-fledged campaign of hatred directed at Turkey, this is how one of the United States’ major (war-supporting) Jewish writers, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, frames the debate; Israeli fear, paranoia and belligerence: Last night Mrs. Goldblog and I went to a dinner at which The Situation was the main topic of…
Welcome to what Gazans were saying four years ago
While a new French reality program pits Israelis and Palestinians under constant watch to learn more about the other (and hopefully not worsen stereotypes), the New York Times decides to finally report on the inevitable: the siege on Gaza has failed and perhaps a different strategy should be employed. But note the tone. Israel was…
How to please your Zionist masters without even trying
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas goes to Washington and attends a private dinner with the Zionist lobby. Notice anything wrong with this? The exact group who spend every waking hour extinguishing the prospects of Palestinian self-determination now want to dine with the puppet leader. The report speaks for itself: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas can’t seem to…
“In short, the game is up”
Liberal Zionist lobbyist and two-stater Daniel Levy writes a pretty perceptive piece in Haaretz that should really be essential reading for all Zionists who only seem capable of voicing blind support for Israel (hello sheep-like Australian Jewish community): There were large demonstrations in Cape Town last week following the Mavi Marmara incident. For now, South…
Australia and Israel still share deep love for each other
Friends of Israel, fret not that Australia and your beloved country aren’t still thick as thieves.
New footage from the Gaza flotilla massacre
This is stunning material, smuggled out and away from prying Israelis that shows the chaos on the Mavi Marmara last week. Violence against civilians is seen, as well as the bloody aftermath. Filmmaker and activist Iara Lee, one of the few Americans on the Mavi Marmara ship, tells Democracy Now!: I can’t give you all…
What millions of Australians are reading today
The following advertisement appears in newspapers across Australia today, organised by Australians for Palestine:
More cluster bombs, please
Does Israel ask Washington for anything these days apart from diplomatic protection and more weapons? Israel has approached the United States for more bombs and asked Washington to increase an emergency arms cache stowed on Israeli soil by 50 per cent, according to the leading newspaper Ha’aretz. The approach, made by Defence Minister Ehud Barak…
We don’t care about the people of Iran
A new Human Rights Watch report on the desperation in Iran one year after the disputed elections: Reports received by Human Rights Watch from human rights campaigners and others inside Iran suggest that the current atmosphere inside the country is markedly different than the images of mass protest beamed across airwaves and cyberspace a year…