The latest controversy over Mitt Romney’s comments towards Israel/Palestine at a fund-raiser are instructive: I’m torn by two perspectives in this regard. One is the one which I’ve had for some time, which is that the Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.…
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Yet another way Israel’s Better Place seduces foolish greenies
Israeli electric car company Better Place is rightly challenged by activists as being part of Brand Israel. Its human rights record is troubling. Here’s the latest example (via Electronic Intifada) of how these facts are routinely ignored in the name of being green and embracing “start-up Israel”: An Israeli company that builds infrastructure for the…
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Why we need to start imagining today what comes “After Zionism”
My co-editor on the new book, After Zionism, Ahmed Moor, writes in The National: I recently had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on Palestine and Israel at the Frontline Club in London. About a hundred people packed into the intimately sized meeting hall to join in the conversation about the one-state solution.…
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Palestine Chronicle tackles “After Zionism”
The following piece, by Karen Dabrowska, appears in the Palestine Chronicle: Time has run out for the two-state solution because of the unending and permanent Jewish colonization of Palestinian land. That is the conclusion of Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor the authors of After Zionism, which brings together some of the world’s leading thinkers on…
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Australian audiences wake to see and hear Israeli violence against Palestinian children
Strong story by Ruth Pollard in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age.
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South Africa applies law against Israel and Jewish state complains
Here’s hoping many other countries follow this lead: Israel… is condemning a new South African regulation requiring that products made in West Bank settlements must be labeled as coming from “occupied… Palestinian… territory.” A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor, called the requirement “totally unacceptable.” He said, “What is totally unacceptable is the use of tools which, by essence,…
London’s Frontline Club discussion about “After Zionism” and the one-state solution
This week I appeared at London’s famous Frontline Club talking about my new book with Ahmed Moor, After Zionism. It was a sell-out with a refreshingly young audience (photos here). The other speakers were Palestinian Ghada Karmi and Israeli Dimi Reider. It was a 90 minute event that signalled the growing mainstream acceptance of only…
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If Zionist settler violence is terrorism, what’s America going to do about it?
Interesting development but the real test is whether this welcome reality check will bring any serious sanction against Israel.… Haaretz reports: A report by the U.S. State Department defines, for the first time, violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the West Bank as acts of terrorism. The Country Reports on Terrorism, which under U.S. law is…