During my recent After Zionism book tour of Israel and Palestine, I had the opportunity to watch the wonderful documentary about Paul Simon’s Graceland album, Under African Skies, and the complex political discussion around apartheid and boycotts against South Africa. Journalist Joseph Dana, writing in The National, looks at the film and places it in…
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Breaking news; Egypt wants greater independence while Washington and Israel quiver
Fascinating interview with Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi in the New York Times that will be a welcome wake-up call to those presuming Cairo will remain a dutiful client state. No chance: Mr. Morsi, 61, whose office was still adorned with nautical paintings that Mr. Mubarak left behind, said the United States should not expect…
Here’s the Australian Parliament’s leading Zionist advocate
Melbourne Labor MP Michael Danby said the following in parliament this week: Mr DANBY (Melbourne Ports) (13:49):… On Monday and Tuesday I had leave for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. I thank the whips and the parliament. For 120,000 Australians of similar background, even the most secular families, this is like Christmas, a time…
The “logic” of Israeli ethnic cleansing in 1948
Benny Morris, celebrated Israeli historian, has no hesitation, in this latest interview with Haaretz, supporting and defending the Israeli ethnic cleansing in 1948 against Palestinians: You said that people were mistaken when they labeled you a post-Zionist, and you described Palestinian society as being like a “serial killer” whose people should be locked up “in…
When Israel lies to America and Washington turns the other cheek
A revealing piece in the New York Times by Seth Anziska that outlines the ways that an arrogant Israel sees no issue with lying to its benefactor, America, while Washington appears far too willing to accept the word of a notoriously venal Israeli establishment: On the night of Sept. 16, 1982, the Israeli military allowed…
“After Zionism” debate at New York’s Brecht Forum
The following discussion was held on 18 September at the Brecht Forum with the founder of Mondoweiss Phil Weiss and yours truly:
Remembering Sabra and Chatila
Robert Fisk on a massacre that proves Western outrage over war crimes are highly selective: The memories remain, of course. The man who lost his family in an earlier massacre, only to watch the young men of Chatila lined up after the new killings and marched off to death. But – like the muck piled…
Ilan Pappe on “The Forgotten Palestinians”
Dissident Israeli historian Ilan Pappe is currently on an Australian tour and this talk was given on 16 September at the University of Sydney:
Mitt Romney’s position on Israel/Palestine is little different to Obama in reality
The latest controversy over Mitt Romney’s comments towards Israel/Palestine at a fund-raiser are instructive: I’m torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I’ve had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.…
“After Zionism” reviewed in The Jordan Times
The following book review… by Sally Bland of After Zionism appears in The Jordan Times: Writing in the face of Israel’s ravenous colonisation that has negated the option of a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 14 esteemed writers, academicians and activists explore alternative solutions in this very timely and readable book. The authors are Palestinians,…