A fine piece of analysis by Middle East correspondent Jonathan Cook: A recent assignment had me covering Israel’s presumed links to the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh; it provoked some more thoughts about the New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem bureau chief at the center of a controversy since it was revealed…
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How many Australians regards Israel as a problem child?
The following letters appear in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Amin Saikal is wrong to call the hit on Mahmoud al-Mabhouh terrorism (”It is time for Israel’s friends to condemn its acts of terrorism”, March 1). This man was an armed combatant, whose chief aim was to destroy Israel and kill as many Israelis as possible.…
Australia/Israel has a problem in loving each other through the night?
We can always rely on Zionist spokespeople defending Israel no matter what the country does (nuking Gaza? Well, there were terrorists there!) This is about as convincing as an Israeli Mossad agent dressed as a tennis player (and ignores the grave damage done to Israel’s image in the Australian community): A Federal Labor MP and…
Australian media continue to drag Israel down to where she belongs
“Jerusalem has lost friends” is the headline on this Age story: This vote is clearly an act of retaliation by Australia – and by Britain, France and Germany. Israel has lost friends thanks to the sordid affair in Dubai concerning fake passports and murder, and the stink will hang in the air a good while…
Australians discuss how Israel uses/abuses the Holocaust
The following letters appear in today’s Australian newspaper: IT was shocking to read that Malcolm Fraser accused Israel of using the Holocaust to justify state-sanctioned murder (“Holocaust no excuse for murder: Fraser”, 27-28/2) . No, it is not anti-Semitic to criticise Israel, but to suggest that the alleged killers of Hamas militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh are…
Murdoch columnist urges Israel to kill people with less traces, please
Surely article of the day about Australian passports being involved in the Dubai murder (while Israeli itself continues to deny its involvement, sounding a little like a scorned schoolchild who doesn’t like admitting he hits girls). Over to you, Greg Sheridan (essentially wishing well… Israel and any other country that wants to murder supposed terrorists in…
Newsweek thinks only foreigner “who protest America” is a terrorist
How to define terrorism has become absurdly loaded since 9/11. According to key Newsweek journalists, it is simply impossible for Americans to commit terrorism; only Muslims are capable of doing so (and being labelled as such.) Really.
Backing resistance and terrorism can be a very fine difference
I recently posted about an upcoming Supreme Court case that might redefine the ability of American citizens to provide advice to “terrorist” groups wanting non-violent means to achieve their goals. This article expands on what is at stake and focuses on Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers: The legal dispute arose from advice given by…
How much did Britain know about the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh?
A curious addition by Robert Fisk to the murder of the Hamas commander in Dubai: It’s a propaganda war. Whoever killed the Hamas official in Dubai – let’s speak frankly – it’s part of an old, dirty war between the Israelis and the Palestinians in which they have been murdering their secret police antagonists for…
What are the American limits of supporting supposed terrorist groups?
An interesting test-case in the US that has profound ramifications for the Palestinian cause: Ralph D. Fertig, a 79-year-old civil rights lawyer, says he would like to help a militant Kurdish group in Turkey find peaceful ways to achieve its goals. But he fears prosecution under a law banning even benign assistance to groups said…