Independent Australian Jewish Voices September newsletter

The following email has just been sent to our email list: Hi all, We would like to remind you of the upcoming speaking tour by the Israeli historian and social activist Professor Ilan Pappe, which IAJV has co-sponsored. He will be speaking in… Sydney… (at… the… Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas and elsewhere),… Wollongong… (where he will be a keynote…

One-state solution in Palestine receives new and important supporter

One of the key points of my recent book, After Zionism, is that a two-state solution has always been a mirage, designed to distract from Israel’s colonisation project. The one-state solution is the only just and democratic outcome. It’s therefore pleasing to read that The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) have released a new…

“After Zionism” featured at University of Sydney’s Sydney Ideas

The first public event for my new book with Ahmed Moor, After Zionism, took place on 2 August: The Israel/Palestine ‘peace process’ has failed and the occupation has never been more pervasive. The prospect of a two-state solution, a position advocated by all Western countries, is increasingly criticised as being at odds with the realities…

Yet another way Israel’s Better Place seduces foolish greenies

Israeli electric car company Better Place is rightly challenged by activists as being part of Brand Israel. Its human rights record is troubling. Here’s the latest example (via Electronic Intifada) of how these facts are routinely ignored in the name of being green and embracing “start-up Israel”: An Israeli company that builds infrastructure for the…

Why we need to start imagining today what comes “After Zionism”

My co-editor on the new book, After Zionism, Ahmed Moor, writes in The National: I recently had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on Palestine and Israel at the Frontline Club in London. About a hundred people packed into the intimately sized meeting hall to join in the conversation about the one-state solution.…

Rwanda is the “Israel of Africa”?

Perhaps s0me people see this comparison as a compliment as opposed to idealising a nation that discriminates based on race and religion. Here’s Metro interviewing Rwandan President Paul Kagame: Metro: Rwanda has been described as the “Israel of Africa.” What similarities do you see between the two? And what lessons can you learn from Israel,…

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