Hamas leader in Gaza, Mahmoud Zahar, doesn’t want his territory to become like another US-backed wasteland, Afghanistan: The Hamas co-founder was bitterly critical of Western policy towards Hamas and Gaza over the four and half years since the Islamic faction won the last Palestinian elections. “Why did the Western people boycott Hamas after the election?”…
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Believe it, BDS is biting
So you’re an Israeli who does business with the international community. The Jewish state is facing increasing criticism and isolation but what to do? An Israeli publication offers some handy tips to beat the issues and still turn a profit.
Divide and rule in Jerusalem
Apartheid: The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee is set to approve an unprecedented master plan that calls for the expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, a move largely based on construction on privately owned Arab property. The committee’s proposal would codify the municipality’s planning policy for the entire city. In essence, Jerusalem would…
Reporters are not supposed to thank the establishment at the end of the day
Journalist Michael Hastings believes in journalism. You know, asking questions, not protecting military men because they’re in the military and telling things how they are. Crazy ideas, I know. Others, like The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, rather like war and Israel and like to contribute to the Middle East being filled with the former as much…
Obama is a barrier to any kind of Middle East peace
Even if this story is accurate, that US/Israeli relations are struggling, other reports indicate Washington is very happy to continue carrying the water for Tel Aviv, even if it means not releasing Gilad Shalit because it would strengthen Hamas. First, this: Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, denied painting a dark picture of U.S.-Israeli relations…
New York Times wonders why those silly Arabs don’t get sick of being killed
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman – a fan of Western state violence – writes today that Israel should stretch out the hand of peace because otherwise it may simply kill many more Palestinian civilians: Israel’s newfound sense of security, though, was bought at a very high price — and it is not a steady…
A hug and cuddle with Tzipi Livni
This is how the New York Times interviews Israel’s “opposition” leader Tzipi Livni. Soft-ball questions, nothing about the occupation or the real human rights crisis in Gaza or fundamentalist Jewish settlers. Of course not, she’s one of us, remember? The Israeli security cabinet just voted to ease the three-year blockade on Gaza, in the wake…
Midnight on the Mavi Marmara
Norman Finkelstein’s last book, This Time We Went Too Far, is published by new figure on the scene. OR Books. Now, in late July, comes a new title, Midnight on the Mavi Marmara:
Just in case we were worried about Tel Aviv and Washington sharing straws
This headline in Foreign Policy’s The Cable says it all: U.S.-Israel mend fences amid threat of looming U.N. action
Julia Gillard will serve our agendas fine, say Washington and Tel Aviv interests
The elevation of Julia Gillard to position of Australia’s new Prime Minister has been welcomed, indeed blessed, by both the Zionist and American lobbies. Gillard can certainly be relied upon to follow her predecessor’s attitude towards the Jewish state and Washington, namely that independent thought is frowned upon and obedience is the necessary Australian way.…