Perhaps the ideologues should simply tell the young that the church should intervene in every aspect of our lives. It may be coming to an American state near you: Education officials in the US state of Texas have adopted new guidelines to the school curriculum, which critics say will politicise teaching. The changes include teaching…
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The crisis within liberal Zionism (not least because occupation now defines Zionism)
Following the much-discussed essay in the New York Review of Books on “saving” liberal Zionism, here’s the relatively liberal Zionist Forward newspaper in an editorial (and note the inability to take real responsibility for decades of Zionist backing for utterly inhumane policies in the occupied territories): Can you be a liberal and a Zionist today?…
Starting to look at the torture regime led by London
What Britain is now doing. Let’s not be under any illusions about a Tory Minister allegedly looking into torture by a previous government – after all, major parties in most democracies usually protect the other from serious investigations into foreign policy issues – but such events aren’t happening in the US or Australia: The judicial…
Liberal Zionism debates what Judaism should be in the 21st century
I’m coming late to this essay but there’s a long piece in the New York Review of Books by Peter Beinart talking about the failure of American Jewish elites and the wider Zionist community to understand the real effects of blind backing for Israel. Arabs are openly loathed and yet liberal, American Jewry is walking…
If Britain was serious about human rights in Palestine
A strong letter in the UK Guardian that puts some necessary pressure on Britain’s new Deputy Prime Minister. Speaking about “change” is politically necessary these days, but alas, what does it really bring to the people under American or British occupation? To the British deputy prime minister: Dear Nick Clegg, This is a request for…
Hizbollah must be quaking in their boots
The US empire contributes greatly to peace and security in the Middle East: U.S. gives some stylish new bikes to Lebanon
I wonder why anti-Semitism really exists in Iraq?
How a Jewish, American soldier hears some anti-Semitic comments in Iraq (during protests against the Gaza massacre), becomes incredibly racist against Arabs on his return to the US and then reflects on why he still remains proud to be Jewish (and presumably Zionist). Yes, “liberating” Iraq is such a noble, Jewish act; millions of Arabs…
Daddy Zionist, tell me about the day we fought Tehran
What fun-loving Israelis do on the weekend, imagine war scenarios with a nuclear-armed Iran: A nuclear-armed Iran would blunt Israel’s military autonomy, a wargame involving former Israeli generals and diplomats has concluded, though some players predicted Tehran would also exercise restraint. Sunday’s event at a campus north of Tel Aviv followed other high-profile Iran simulations…
Religion: what is it really good for?
The Auckland Writer’s and Reader’s Festival was a blast, ending yesterday. So much interest to talk openly about Israel/Palestine and audiences literally crying out for their corporate media to allow a wide range of views, including Arabs, anti-Zionists and skeptics. This New Zealand blogger reported on my event yesterday, a conversation about religion with Economist…
Europe tells Israel a few home truths
Here’s a reality check for Israelis drunk on American support: Excerpt from column, Ben Caspit, Maariv Friday… Political… Supplement, May 14 2010 [page 2] Speaking of bulldozers, [Israeli politician Benyamin] Fuad Ben Eliezer was in Brussels last week, on a one-day working trip, including meetings with many senior European officials from the EU and the European Parliament.…