New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has been travelling around Palestine (here’s his recent strong piece from the West Bank). Now it’s Gaza. Although his words are couched in too many cautious tones, his blog offers the reality of what he really saw: My Sunday column is from Gaza, where I argue that Israel should…
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The nightmare in Hebron
Another day and another violent arrest of peaceful protesters in the West Bank (Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana explain). For Palestinians, however, every day is a potential nightmare. Here’s Gideon Levy on one painful story: The scars speak for themselves: a scorched hole in the middle of his forehead, like a mark of Cain, two…
Fayyadism is a dead-end road
While Palestinian dictator Mahmoud Abbas reportedly offers parts of Palestine to the Jewish state – an unelected man with no legitimate credentials, just how Washington and Tel Aviv likes it – nobody serious (except some gullible New York Times commentators) actually believes the Palestinian Authority has any real power to bring change: Since June 2007…
Following the lead of Elvis Costello against Israel
Canadian film-maker and activist John Greyson recently made a short film to urge Elton John to cancel his show in Israel (he refused). Now Greyson is back with another clever video that combines the World Cup with the necessary cultural boycott of the Jewish state: Vuvuzela from John Greyson on Vimeo.
Fundamentalist Jews run riot in Jerusalem
Tensions in Silwan in Jerusalem are growing, not least because Israel continues to expand settlements in complete violation of international law. So much for a settlement freeze. Protests against the latest moves are growing but why aren’t such reports in the international media? Another night sets in on Silwan. Just two days ago, hundreds of…
Making Palestinians central to journalism is still a while off
The lack of representative Palestinian journalists in the corporate press is addressed by one of the best in the business: Taghreed El-Khodary, formerly the New York Times correspondent in Gaza, spoke recently at an event organized by the Palestine Center (6/23/10). She shared some interesting observations–the first being that her revelation that she left Gaza…
Blair should be in the Hague
Satire is dead: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (…£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Previous winners include Nelson Mandela and…
Denialism is killing Jews (and peace)
As “liberal” Zionist lobby J Street boasts how much money it’s raised for supposedly open-minded US politicians, founder Jeremy Ben-Ami co-writes an article that asks the Zionist community to end its “denial” over Israel: No matter who leads the Palestinians, Israel needs permanent, secure and recognized borders. Israel has to make clear both in word…
The almost banal nature of Zionist expansion in Jerusalem
Al-Jazeera English on Israel’s plans to demolish Palestinians homes in East Jerusalem to make way for Zionist settlers: