Could somebody please explain why Noam Chomsky now appears to be supporting the dictatorial and corrupt Palestinian Authority when only a short while ago he rightly called the body fundamentally corrupt and complicit in selling out the rights of Palestinians?
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Why would a leading artist want to perform 10km from occupied territory?
Following this week’s announcement that A-list musician Elvis Costello was cancelling his tour of Israel due to that country’s occupation of Palestine, looks like things are soon to get even more interesting: In reaction [to the Costello decision], a music industry insider confirmed that the winds could be shifting. The music executive, who spoke on…
The days when the Jewish state saw a reliable ally and friend with white supremacists in South Africa
An extract (via Mondoweiss) of an amazing new book, The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa. What’s that about Israel “sharing values” with the democratic West? The Israeli–South African relationship was not only about profit and battlefield bravado, however. After Menachem Begin’s Likud Party came to power in 1977, these economic interests…
There are rules about what New Zealanders can see over the Middle East
Malcolm Evans is one of New Zealand’s leading cartoonists (I spent time with him in Auckland earlier in the week.) He used to be employed by the New Zealand Herald but after drawing a handful of cartoons critical of Israel, such the one below (and note the then editor’s comments alongside), he no longer worked…
Australian union takes a stand against illegal Zionist expansion
The news that one of Australia’s leading unions, the CFMEU, has begun a boycott of Israeli products from illegal colonies in the West Bank received a tiny item in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald but nowhere else that I can see. Here’s the group’s statement from 12 May: The… CFMEU… National… Executive… in… October… 2009… discussed… the… latest… state… of… affairs… regarding… the longstanding… Israeli/Palestinian… conflict… and… considered… information… regarding… the… Boycott, Divestment… and… Sanctions… (BDS)… approach… being… adopted… by… some… national… trade… union… centres. The… CFMEU… Executive… resolved… to… invite… the… Palestinian… Ambassador… to… Australia… to… address… the CFMEU’s… NEC… and… then… consider… our… union’s… approach… to… this… matter… further. The… NEC… heard… from… Izzat… Abdulhadi… at… its… February… meeting… and… considered… the… arguments… for… a boycott… of… products… and… goods… produced… in… illegal… settlements… in… the… Occupied… Palestinian Territories.…
If Britain was serious about human rights in Palestine
A strong letter in the UK Guardian that puts some necessary pressure on Britain’s new Deputy Prime Minister. Speaking about “change” is politically necessary these days, but alas, what does it really bring to the people under American or British occupation? To the British deputy prime minister: Dear Nick Clegg, This is a request for…
A true democracy doesn’t hold suspects for weeks without a lawyer
A message I continue making across my current tour in New Zealand (presently in Wellington, after sell-out events in Christchurch and Auckland) is that Israel isn’t a democracy and such untruths must be continually challenged. It was something I discussed with senior members of parliament today. Re-framing the debate. Making the general public understand that…
Murdering “terrorists” the Colombo way
We read such stories below and expect little better from the brutes in Sri Lanka. The world responds accordingly. Shock, horror etc. Israel behaves equally aggressively – witness the mass destruction in Gaza – and a myriad of excuses are made. That’s called hypocrisy: Exclusive: a senior Sri Lankan army commander and frontline soldier tell…
Sri Lanka is a good, democratic state (and they say it’s so)
Sri Lanka’s representative in Australia must be getting training from the Israelis. Deny every war crime, allege bias in every report and cause intelligent people to treat you with contempt. Well done, Colombo: ELEANOR HALL: The Sri Lankan Government has hit back at renewed criticism of its human rights record. The country’s senior diplomatic representative…