A fine piece of analysis by Middle East correspondent Jonathan Cook: A recent assignment had me covering Israel’s presumed links to the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh; it provoked some more thoughts about the New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem bureau chief at the center of a controversy since it was revealed…
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How many Australians regards Israel as a problem child?
The following letters appear in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Amin Saikal is wrong to call the hit on Mahmoud al-Mabhouh terrorism (”It is time for Israel’s friends to condemn its acts of terrorism”, March 1). This man was an armed combatant, whose chief aim was to destroy Israel and kill as many Israelis as possible.…
Are Australian police on the case to find Israeli friendship or truth?
On the surface, Australia appears to be investigating how our passports were used in the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai but will any of this really affect Israeli/Australian relations in the long run? The Australian Federal Police will send a team of agents to Israel this week to investigate how forged Australian passports…
Time to cool dealings with Israel, says leading Aussie Palestinian group
The following statement is released today by Australians for Palestine:
Canada hearts Israel just a little too much
The Electronic Intifada: Canada is (at least diplomatically) the most pro-Israel country in the world.
Israel will not face prosecution over Gaza crimes, says legal mind
Nick Kaufman is a former official at the International Criminal Court and until recently a senior lawyer in the Jerusalem prosecutor’s office. He tells Haaretz that Israel has little to fear from the Goldstone report over Gaza: – Nick Kaufman, do you think you will represent an Israeli official, who has been charged with committing…
ABC TV interview with author of Emancipation, Michael Goldfarb
Back in February I interviewed American writer Michael Goldfarb on his book, Emancipation, a history of the Jews from the French Revolution to the turn of the 20th century. ABC TV is broadcasting our interview and a preview can be seen below (full version via this link):
Secrets and lies between friends over Mossad murder
My following article is published today on ABC Unleashed/The Drum: Israel is a protected species in the international arena. Many Western states, including Australia, have long tolerated behaviour by the Jewish state that is condemned if committed by any other democracy. This reality makes the current scandal over the alleged Mossad hit last month in…
Australia/Israel has a problem in loving each other through the night?
We can always rely on Zionist spokespeople defending Israel no matter what the country does (nuking Gaza? Well, there were terrorists there!) This is about as convincing as an Israeli Mossad agent dressed as a tennis player (and ignores the grave damage done to Israel’s image in the Australian community): A Federal Labor MP and…
Who really sees Israel as the underdog anymore?
The Financial Times’ David Gardiner argues that Israel’s policy of assassinations is actually incredibly counter-productive (despite the numbers of Jews in Australia over the last week celebrating the death of the Hamas operative in Dubai, despite countless laws being broken in the process): Levi Eshkol, prime minister when Israel won a crushing victory in the…