Tell me Daddy, how can I be a proud Zionist propagandist, spreading lies about Iran and telling the world that she wants to kill all Jews in a one direct hit? How’s how.
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Obama should stand strong (but will he? Probably not)
The challenges ahead for Barack Obama as he prepares for his speech in Egypt in early June are many. Will he honestly tackle Israel/Palestine? US-backed dictatorships in the Middle East? Human rights? The New York Times reviews: Even before the issue of human rights is raised, though, Egyptian leaders and activists will be looking for…
IAJV May newsletter
The following email was sent out yesterday to Independent Australian Jewish Voices (IAJV) signatories: Dear friends, We would like to inform you of the following events: – Haneen Zoabi is the Knesset’s only female Israeli Arab MP and she arrives in Australia this week. She’ll be appearing on many mainstream news outlets and giving talks…
Where the Palestinian state?
The New York Times reports on a worrying development around Jerusalem. While the world talks, Palestine burns: Israel is quietly carrying out a $100 million, multiyear development plan in some of the most significant religious and national heritage sites just outside the walled Old City here as part of an effort to strengthen the status…
Oh, killing you affects support?
This New York Times headline is a master of understatement: Civilian Deaths Imperil Support for Afghan War Well, yes, support for the war in Afghanistan will remain desperately low as long as the US keeps on murdering innocent civilians from the air.
Book title of the year?
Neil MacFarquhar served as New York Times Cairo bureau chief from 2001 through 2005 and is now its UN bureau chief. His new book has the delicious title: The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East.
From Washington to Tel Aviv the torture train goes on
I wrote last week about the New York Times believing bogus Israeli claims that the Jewish state no longer tortured. A new blogger on the American Torture website – the book is written by a friend of mine, Mike Otterman – further explains the issue: Before 1999, Israeli laws regarding interrogation were informed by a…
Offering a hand of dialogue
Once again, Hamas tells the world that it’s ready to negotiate a viable two-state solution. This time, leader Khaled Meshal was talking to the New York Times: “We are with a state on the 1967 borders, based on a long-term truce. This includes East Jerusalem, the dismantling of settlements and the right of return of…
Don’t believe a word they write
How the vast majority of the American media, including the New York Times, got virtually everything wrong about Iraq. A necessary retrospective.
Old print can still roar
There are instances when the New York Times does wonderfully essential investigative work. This story is such an example.