I was recently interviewed with my After Zionism co-editor, Ahmed Moor, on New York’s great indy radio, Beyond The Pale on WBAI 99.5. We spoke with hosts Alex Kane and Lizzy Ratner. Here’s the interview, discussing the reality on the ground in Palestine and why moves towards one-state are growing.
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The Jewish state counts acceptable calories for Palestinians in Gaza
No comment is really required on this story except to say that it shows Israel to be a nation that views another people, the Palestinians, as lesser human beings. Amira Hass in Haaretz: After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle waged by the Gisha human rights organization, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has finally…
It’s official; Jewish minority now rules over Arab majority
Akiva Eldar in Haaretz: Amid a dry economic report published yesterday in TheMarker lies an official announcement/acknowledgment of unparalleled importance: The government of Israel confirms that between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River there is no longer a Jewish majority. In other words, in the territory under Israel’s jurisdiction a situation of apartheid exists.…
“After Zionism” book launch in Sydney
The following event took place in Sydney at independent bookstore Gleebooks on 2 October with Sydney Peace Foundation head Stuart Rees chairing proceedings and journalist Peter Manning interrogating me. It was recorded and edited by Green Left TV’s Paul Benedek:
Why the one-state solution is gathering steam
During my recent After Zionism tour in Israel/Palestine, one of the events was in Ramallah. Present in the audience was Philippe Agret, Agence France-Presse bureau chief of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Here’s his piece (inspired by that event?) published in Lebanon’s Daily Star: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A renewed Palestinian bid to seek upgraded U.N. status…
One state inevitable in Palestine/Israel but issue is right wing or left wing version
The kind of conversation that my recent book After Zionism is aiming to foster, this piece by Dahlia Scheindlin in +972 is more vital than ever: To put it bluntly: the question is no longer about whether one state should be considered, because if we’re counting “states” who control people, it is already a reality.…
What “5 Broken Cameras” shows about reality of Israeli fascism in Palestine
Last night I saw the acclaimed documentary, 5 Broken Cameras,… at Australia’s only documentary film festival, Antenna. It’s about Palestine, the non-violent resistance movement against the IDF and settlements and the grinding, daily brutality of the Israeli occupation. Here’s a piece about the film in the New York Times and an interview with the Palestinian and…
“After Zionism” contributor imagines Abrahamic state for Middle East
In my recently released book, After Zionism, there’s a range of views that don’t fit neatly into traditional categories. On yesterday’s ABC Radio National’s Religion and Ethics Report… with Andrew West, one of the book’s contributors offered his vision: There is a stalemate in the Middle East – no longer any tangible peace process between Israel…
US peace group Code Pink in Pakistan protesting drone strikes
An Australian friend of mine was on this remarkable march and he’ll be writing something about it soon. It’s vital to raise awareness of the fact that US drone attacks are often indiscriminate and kill countless civilians. American peace group Code Pink, with whom I was in Cairo a few years ago for the Gaza…