Meanwhile, Israel publicly declares its intention to shun peace with the Palestinians: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel must have a presence in the West Bank even after a peace agreement is achieved, the first time he has spelled out such a demand.
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Hate mail of the week
Here’s a gem from one Albert Landa, delivered on the Sabbath, no less: I just caught your interview with the ubiquitous Geraldine Doogue(spelling?) and I have heard quite a lot about you and the question which came to my mind, in a nutshell, is this: ‘WHAT DO YOU WANT?!” What is it that you want…
Keeping the Hebron nightmare on the front page
This is a call to action for everyone who stands in solidarity with Palestinians fighting for their human rights. On February 25, 2010 activists around the world will participate in an international day of action to raise awareness about the lack of freedom of movement in the Palestinian city of Hebron. The closure of Shuhada…
IDF officer tells anti-settler protestors that they are traitors
The continually invaluable Israeli website Promised Land (along with Joseph Dana) link to a report on Israeli television that perfectly captures the upcoming (probably violent) struggle between the fundamentalist settler movement, secular Israelis and the IDF: A report from Friday Channel 10 news shows how a peaceful Palestinian demonstration – it’s the reporters who call…
New York Times continues to shield Americans from Mid-east truth
How much longer must we suffer through this nonsense? Here’s David Brooks in the New York Times, writing about the wonderful technology in Israel and its inspiration to the world. With growing amount of information getting out that shows Israel is an oppressive nation, Zionist propagandists, especially in the US, need to ramp up the…
How many American Jews are moving to the West Bank?
Jewish American blogger Richard Silverstein points out a piece in Details magazine from last year that discusses the role of American Jews moving to Israel and becoming settler fundamentalists: Later this year, 21-year-old Ephraim Khantsis will pack a couple of suitcases, say good-bye to his mother, leave his home in Brooklyn, and move to Israel.…
How Aussies are helping Zionist fanatics in the West Bank
The Australian connection to backing and funding Israel’s fundamentalist settler movement.
When apartheid Israel is simply a term of truth
Henry Siegman, former national director of the American Jewish Congress and of the Synagogue Council of America, The Nation, 25 January: Israel’s relentless drive to establish “facts on the ground” in the occupied West Bank, a drive that continues in violation of even the limited settlement freeze to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed himself,…
Do Americans want their money to fund radical Jews in the West Bank?
The New York newspaper Forward asks a question with a seemingly easy answer: Can Tax-Free Donations Fund Settlements?
Burn, settlement products, burn
Symbolism matters (even if the key players are on the US payroll): Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday took part in a demonstration in which products made in Jewish settlements were burned. On Sunday the Palestinian PM said the future Palestinian state will be “free of fences and of settlements.” In a conference held…