Uber Zionist Jeffrey Goldberg utters the “a” word: Israel will one day be considered an apartheid state if it continues to rule over a population of Arabs that doesn’t want to be ruled by Israelis. That is why it is vital for Israel to establish permanent, internationally-recognized borders that more-or-less adhere to the 1967 border…It…
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Holding onto the West Bank forever
Israel mulls NIS 500M ‘heritage’ trails that reach into West Bank.
Boycott group claims victory as Bellamy fails to appear at Israeli “greenwash”
British Committee for the Universities of Palestine released the following statement on 15 February: The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) declared that their campaign against the Zionist Federation’s annual seminar on the environment had once again been a success, after celebrity botanist David Bellamy did not show up to deliver his lecture.…
Aborigines should not look to modern Jews as any kind of inspiration
Following indigenous leader Noel Pearson’s article in yesterday’s Australian about admiring the Jews, I submitted the following (unpublished) letter: Noel Pearson’s admiration of the Jewish people (Aborigines can learn from Jews how to preserve culture and prosper, 15 February) is curious for its omissions. In praising their “resilience and seriousness as a people” and dedication…
The New York Times has at least one vaguely honest writer on Israel/Palestine
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen is one of the better mainstream American commentators on the Middle East. Though unbelievably mild and seemingly unwilling to suggest Washington do anything to pressure Israel apart from harsh words (like that’s going to work), his latest piece continues the admirable trend: For over a century now, Zionism and…
Fearing the simple act of peacefully resisting Israeli acts
Peaceful Palestinian resistance is paying off. Here’s one example.
Another tale of Israel refusing medical care for the Gazan people
Israeli human rights group Gisha released this statement today: Gisha and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel appealed to the High Court of Justice on behalf of Issam Hamdan against a District Court ruling blocking his exit from Gaza for emergency medical treatment. …·… … … … … … … The State refuses to allow him out of Gaza based on its claim…
Likud warns against expanding settlements while supporting a regime that backs expanding settlements
Likud Minister Michael Eitan tells his settler brothers and sisters that Greater Israel is never going to happen (ignoring the fact that his government is currently working towards the time when it’s impossible to reverse the settlements; arguably,… that’s already happened): You can’t deceive all the time and speak about Greater Israel. It’s a dream that…
Israel as a “fascist state under the cover of Zionism”
Gideon Levy in Haaretz: How can we truly know what happened in the Gaza Strip without Breaking the Silence, and how can we know what is happening in the West Bank every day without B’Tselem? But Im Tirtzu doesn’t want us to know; it wants to cover our shame. That, to it, is patriotism, but…
Netanyahu’s wink to the West Bank settlers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Herzliya conference: Education begins first of all with the bible. So get to know the land.