The lack of representative Palestinian journalists in the corporate press is addressed by one of the best in the business: Taghreed El-Khodary, formerly the New York Times correspondent in Gaza, spoke recently at an event organized by the Palestine Center (6/23/10). She shared some interesting observations–the first being that her revelation that she left Gaza…
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Gillard is like Rudd and that’s just fine
One of the few senior Australian academics with a public profile actually not in thrall to the American and Israeli lobbies is Scott Burchill. This is spot on: You can’t get closer to the centre of mainstream foreign policy analysis than [Lowy Institute’s] Michael Fullilove. He’s not one to frighten the horses. He supports the…
Killing civilians in a kind and considerate way
Despite New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman being always happy to defend Western terrorism in the name of freedom and democracy, don’t get on the wrong side of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Friedman certainly is entitled to his view. But he is not entitled to slander Israel, and last Sunday he did so with relish. In…
Does the Zionist lobby have blood on its hands in Australia?
The Australian blog Middle East Reality Check – previous coverage here – dissects yesterday’s column by the Australian’s Greg Sheridan on Israel and the fall of Kevin Rudd. Over to you: The foreign editor of The Australian, Greg (Jerusalem Prize) Sheridan, seems to be suggesting that Australia’s Israel lobby, referred to euphemistically as “some friends…
The dead Turks would like to come back to life, but alas…
Treat with appropriate skepticism: Israel has signaled it may compensate and apologize to families of some of the victims of its aid-flotilla raid in… comments during a covert meeting between Turkish and Israeli officials, the first high-level contact since the deadly attack.
Denialism is killing Jews (and peace)
As “liberal” Zionist lobby J Street boasts how much money it’s raised for supposedly open-minded US politicians, founder Jeremy Ben-Ami co-writes an article that asks the Zionist community to end its “denial” over Israel: No matter who leads the Palestinians, Israel needs permanent, secure and recognized borders. Israel has to make clear both in word…
What a good journalist should do; ask the IDF for the truth
Sydney Morning Herald journalist Paul McGeough was recently on the doomed Gaza flotilla and wrote extensively about Israeli aggression. Australia’s Zionist lobby is upset that McGeough didn’t simply publish Israeli press releases.
The almost banal nature of Zionist expansion in Jerusalem
Al-Jazeera English on Israel’s plans to demolish Palestinians homes in East Jerusalem to make way for Zionist settlers:
Exclusive article: Israel’s economic susceptibility to the BDS movement
The following article is written by Sydney-based Evan Jones (his previous contribution to the site is here): Israel has long thumbed its nose at international law and its moral underpinnings. But its flouting of the International Court of Justice’s July 2004 ruling declaiming the illegality of the wall cutting through the West Bank was a…