What “settlement freeze” in the West Bank? The colonists aren’t worried at all.
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Clegg loves Israel (how could he not?) but urges some changes
Britain’s Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, currently the man of the hour in the UK, told Haaretz this week about his real views on Israel: “As to the accusations that I am hostile to Israel, my actions prove the opposite. I have always sharply opposed various efforts to impose academic and cultural sanctions on Israel.…
10 tips to convince those virulent Israel haters
Rabbi Marvin Hier is the founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a leading Jewish organisation in the US. The document below is truly astounding, a hilariously clueless attempt to refute allegedly unfair claims against Israel and Jews. Black is white, the occupation is a charming day in the park and Israel just wants…
Debating Zionism’s boundaries
My following essay appears in the current edition of Jewish, American magazine Tikkun: IMPOSSIBLE PEACE: ISRAEL/PALESTINE SINCE 1989 by Mark LeVine Zed Books, 2009 THE MAKING OF MODERN ISRAEL, 1948–1967 by Leslie Stein Polity, 2009 POLITICS AND VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE: DEMOCRACY VERSUS MILITARY RULE by Lev Luis Grinberg Routledge, 2009 ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: REAPPRAISALS, REVISIONS,…
Isolating Iran is part of the “great energy game”
Here’s my interview with Foreign Policy Journal by Kourosh Ziabari: The Middle East is witness to continuous developments these days, such as Iran’s active diplomacy to attract the indispensable 118-member bloc of non-aligned countries to support its nuclear program, the growing isolation of Israel in European countries and within academic circles in the U.S., Arabs’…
Thousands of Euro Jews are running out of patience with Israel
Although this is pretty weak and the signatories can’t bring themselves to utter the necessary criticisms – a state can’t be both Jewish and democratic – perhaps we shouldn’t be too harsh, it’s a welcome development: More than 3,000 European Jews, including prominent intellectuals, have signed a petition speaking out against Israeli settlement policies and…
Radio New Zealand interview on Israel and blogging
I was interviewed this weekend on Radio New Zealand National Saturday Morning with Kim Hill on issues of Israel, Zionism, Jewish identity, blogging and internet censorship. It was a long interview (over 40 minutes) and offered a rare opportunity to explore key areas of Zionist responsibility for occupation in Palestine and why blogging and journalism…
Guardian says that Obama may lightly tap Israel on the arm
Read with caution but if true a welcome development (though, how much longer must we accept the role of the Palestinian Authority as representing all Palestinians? They do not:) The US has given private assurances to encourage the Palestinians to join indirect Middle East peace talks, including an offer to consider allowing UN security council…
Can somebody please tell Israel that she can’t occupy and be a democracy?
How long must we play this charade? The announcement of upcoming “proximity talks” between Israel and the Palestinians raises a number of questions – what exactly will they talk about? What else can be renewed in the peace process, where everything seems to have been tried while peace remains elusive? What trick does George Mitchell,…
Washington Post considers the argument for racial division in Palestine
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting on another corporate media moment of ignorance and bias: The headline of this Washington Post piece today (4/26/10) is certainly not promising: “Sharing a West Bank Highway Proves a Tall Order for Israel, Palestinians” The highway in question was built by the Israeli government on occupied Palestinian territory. Since 2000,…