Here’s a curious line in a New York Times piece about this week’s arrival from America of young Jews who’ll be joining the IDF to, well, defend Israel from the evils of (insert Muslim threat here). But doesn’t this seemingly unprovoked quote seem to suggest that this man is trying to challenge the correct notion…
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Overland Journal tackles “After Zionism”
The following review of After Zionism by Jeff Sparrow appears in Overland Journal: After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor (eds) SAQI In the media, particularly in Australia, the ”˜two-state solution’ to the Palestine/Israel crisis – that is to say, the proposition that peace depends upon the creation of…
Australian Zionist lobby keen to brain-wash young student leaders in Israel
My following investigation appears in New Matilda today: An all-expenses paid trip to Israel? Why not? The Zionist lobby has been taking student leaders to Israel for ‘political education’. Antony Loewenstein reports on the effort to recruit young allies Zionist lobby trips to Israel, taking politicians, journalists and trade union leaders, have been occurring from…
Just another day of typical Israeli violence against Palestinians in Hebron
Soldiers out of military uniform were caught on camera on Tuesday afternoon assaulting a Palestinian man at Checkpoint 56 in Tel Rumeida, Old City of Hebron.
Electronic Intifada reviews “After Zionism”
The following piece by Sarah Irving appears this week. As a writer, reviews are a double-edged sword. They’re helpful and interesting but I don’t always agree with their conclusions. This piece is no exception: After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine… is a new collection of essays edited by… Antony Loewenstein… and… Ahmed Moor. It is important to…
Read this to understand the reality of Israel’s “Jewish and democratic” occupation
A striking piece, in Yediot Ahronoth, translated for Peace Now: It is doubtful if this was the solution envisioned by the leaders of the social protest when they went out to demonstrate over the cost of housing in Israel.… But the impossible real estate prices and the unfreezing of land over the Green Line have…
How an Orthodox Jew believes in getting past Zionism
The Magnes Zionist, a fascinating Orthodox Jew who appears in my new book After Zionism, writes that imagining a land without ethnic chauvinism is possible, if only more Jews tried: I suppose I should be pleased that Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, whose… blog… I occasionally read with pleasure, contrasted favorably the Magnes Zionist’s posts with Avraham Burg’s recentop-ed… in…
Aslan Media selects “After Zionism” as Book of the Month
I’m happy to announce that Aslan Media, a leading American hub for Middle Eastern related issues, has selected my new book, After Zionism, as its August Book of the Month. Here’s my co-editor Ahmed Moor and yours truly talking about it:
Latest news from Independent Australian Jewish News
The following newsletter was just sent to the Independent Australian Jewish Voices… email list: Hi all, There are a number of IAJV-sponsored and related events coming up that we would like you to know about. The first event begins in Sydney this weekend; it features Sahar Vardi and Micha Kurz, two Israeli activists and former IDF…
“Better Place” reducing fossil fuel use while exploiting occupied Palestinian land
Following yesterday’s open letter to the Australian Greens about not working with Israeli company Better Place or other Israeli firms that talk green but in reality are complicit in the occupation, I just found this recent piece on the Green Car Reports website. The writer clearly states that the company is operating in the occupied…