The New York Times clarifies what the Obama administration is really thinking about the Arab world. “Pragmatism” is the key word. In other words, backing autocrats who do the dirty work of Israel and America. Anybody still in love with the supposedly grand visions of Barack Obama? In the Middle East crisis, as on other…
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Daily Show compares terrorism with West Bank colonies
And the audience laughed. The Daily Show – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sharia?Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
Gideon Levy on Israel’s choice of self-delusion
One of Israel’s true heroes: “With the huge dramatic turmoil in the Arab world in the last few weeks . . . finally there is a new spirit in the world and in the Arab world and tyrannies will not last forever. The Israeli occupation is by far one of those tyrannies.” So ended a…
BDS is working (the targets say so)
And we’re only just warming up: Ofer Eini, chairman of the Histadrut labor federation, told Jewish leaders in New York on Wednesday not to underestimate the power of the BDS boycott movement, and pledged to speak as often as possible to combat its efforts to sow anti-Israel sentiment among international unions. Eini, who is also…
Israel is doing wonderful job at playing with itself
Bradley Burston in Haaretz: Former Foreign Ministry director-general Alon Liel told Army Radio last week that at this point, “more than half” of Israel’s career diplomats disagree with the government’s actions, and that many feel that the government’s policies are leading to unprecedented isolation and de-legitimization of Israel.
How to face “incitement” allegation in Israel
Beyond parody (but such is the reality in modern Israel). Via The Only Democracy in the Middle East: Sara Benninga, whose speech I reposted here on the blog, was interrogated by the police after speaking at the JStreet conference I attended. She provided one of the voices for a new direction for Jewish and Israeli…
Only one kind of Zionism allowed
The face of “moderate” Zionist party Kadima, instituting a Knesset investigation into the role of US Israel lobbyists J Street (a conservative group that believes in a two-state solution, opposes BDS etc). Israel is increasingly a state that refuses to accept any dissent. There’s a word for that (hint: fascism): Here’s MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima):…
Because Israel has never had any intention of giving up colonisation
Prescient and clear-headed Alastair Crooke in the London Review of Books: The emphasis on ”˜trust-building’ with Israel has coloured the evolution of the political process since 2003. The general movement towards providing ”˜law and order’, security co-operation and ”˜institution-building’ is well known. But the ”˜state-building’ project as a whole should be understood in the context…
Football taught Zionist that ethnic cleansing may not be ideal
Oh this is so charming. Here’s Danny Brill, from Melbourne but living in Jerusalem. He was assistant coach/player in the first Peres Peace Team in 2008. It’s a classic liberal Zionist program to make everybody feel good about the Middle East and get a few Jews and Arabs speaking and playing together. But it completely…
Zionist occupiers abuse children in the name of “democracy”
The sheer desperation of these actions show what Israel has become. Foul: Israeli Channel 10 TV aired yesterday footage filmed by Nariman and Bilal a-Tamimi, volunteers in B’Tselem’s video project and residents of Nabi Saleh, offering a rare glimpse into a new method employed by the army: soldiers enter homes at night to photograph youngsters…