Henry Siegman, former national director of the American Jewish Congress, asks a question for anybody loving Israel to death: Most of the political parties that comprise Netanyahu’s government, including Yisrael Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman, Netanyahu’s Foreign Minister, and Shas, have left no doubt that if forced to choose between democracy and the state’s Jewish…
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Sydney seen as a global hub of anti-Zionist fervour (says Tel Aviv “thinker”)
The Israeli think-tank Reut Institute has spent the last months arguing that Zionists need to battle the “delegitimisers” and fight back against unfair claims of apartheid in Palestine. Now in a new piece, we’re informed by the group that Sydney, of all places, is a global centre of Israel hatred: …A few generic principles can…
Californian Jews on speaking out and saying what they want on Palestine
Let’s celebrate the fact that growing numbers of Jews in the US are not staying silent anymore: An ad hoc group of prominent San Francisco Bay Area Jews is publishing an “Open Letter to All Jewish Communities” in the national Jewish newspaper, The Forward, warning of an upsurge in efforts to silence debate about the…
We at the Israel lobby are here to help 24/7
Two revealing examples of the Zionist lobby at work, obscuring, ignoring and denying reality. Here’s Al-Jazeera’s Sherine Tadros: I recently jumped at the chance to take an all expenses paid helicopter ride over Israel and part of the West Bank. The trip was courtesy of The Israel Project (TIP) which describes itself as a non-profit,…
Gil Scott-Heron will no longer be visiting Tel Aviv
A cultural icon takes a stand for Palestine and refuses to normalise relations with the Jewish state: The May 25 Tel Aviv performance of American political soul/jazz pioneer Gil Scott-Heron is in doubt, only days after it was announced. Appearing in London this week at the Royal Festival Hall, Scott-Heron said from the stage that…
Taking our moral lead from Palestinian BDS backers
Anybody who says the vast bulk of Palestinian civil society don’t back boycotts are being deliberately dishonest. It’s a visible, legitimate and non-violent way to resist Israeli occupation: In anticipation of Nakba commemoration day next month, Palestinian student and youth groups across the West Bank and Gaza signed a memorandum enacting a massive boycott of…
Why can’t students in the West Bank visit Gaza?
Not all of the Israeli Left is dead and buried. Now and then they breath a little: Ten Israel Prize laureates and more than 50 academics and intellectuals wrote to the Israeli Defense Minister today asking him to cancel the sweeping ban Israel has imposed, since 2000, on Palestinian students from Gaza studying in the…
Examples of American Jewry loathing all Arabs
A constant theme of this website is the shocking effect of Zionism on so many Diaspora Jews; the hatred towards Arabs and the racism against Palestinians. Max Blumenthal captures just the latest example: On April 25, over 1000 New York-area Jewish extremists gathered in midtown Manhattan to rally against the Barack Obama administration’s call for…
Can somebody please tell Israel that she can’t occupy and be a democracy?
How long must we play this charade? The announcement of upcoming “proximity talks” between Israel and the Palestinians raises a number of questions – what exactly will they talk about? What else can be renewed in the peace process, where everything seems to have been tried while peace remains elusive? What trick does George Mitchell,…
Health crisis in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli experiment, otherwise known as Gaza: The Gaza Strip’s ministry of health has warned that fuel shortage is pushing the energy-stripped enclave to the verge of a humanitarian and health crisis. The warning comes days after the Israeli blockade of the Hamas-run coastal sliver led to the closure of the energy-stripped territory’s sole power…