A travesty that will likely receive little outrage in the Western political elites: A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years. When the…
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A minor change in the “special relationship”
A Zionist mailing list sent the following story with the headline, “What next? Yellow armbands?” Yes, the Obama administration is like the Nazis. Seriously (and here’s the yarn via Jeffrey Goldberg): Roger L. Simon usefully posts a translation of a recent article from Ma’ariv, which reports that the U.S. is no longer regularly granting visas…
One more nail in the coffin of Israel’s “image”
One of the Israeli journalists at the centre of the current censorship row – Uri Blau, temporarily living in London to avoid the oppressive arm of Israeli state security – writes in Haaretz what is truly at stake: The telephone call I received about a month ago should not have been a surprise. “Your apartment…
Since when has America had any interest in truly bringing peace to the Middle East?
Peace lovers in the Middle East, you’ll have to wait just a few more (decades) until Washington has the intelligence or ability to bring Israel and Palestine to a resolution (via The Cable): Although the public fireworks between top U.S. and Israeli officials may have died down in recent days, a fully fledged debate has…
The role of a journalist in a truly free state is to challenge the state
An Haaretz response to a growing Israeli and global scandal (does the Jewish state really want more attention on its clearly illegal policy of assassinating “terrorists” without a clear legal mandate?) Over the last two years, Haaretz reporter Uri Blau has exposed a series of details that shed light on the conduct of the Israel…
Why al-Jazeera listens to Gaza
Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza correspondent for Al Jazeera English, tells Democracy Now!: …Since the launch of Al Jazeera International, we have been committed to covering the story of Gaza and the people there under siege. We think it’s the important, if not one of the most important, stories in the region and in the world and…
Maybe Israelis aren’t really ready for a Muslim Jew
Who is really afraid of screening this film? Israeli film distributors have snubbed a controversial British comedy about a Muslim man who finds out he was born a Jew. The Infidel, which was written by Jewish-born comedian David Baddiel and is having its UK premier tonight, is an irreverent culture clash comedy about a devoted…
As long as Israel barely allows shoes into Gaza, expect outrage to grow
Oh, the generosity: Israeli authorities have allowed shoes and clothes into the Gaza Strip for the first time in three years of the tight economic blockade of the Palestinian territory. Here’s the latest Israeli commentator to tell America to keep its annual aid; we’ll cope just fine. Dream on, sunshine – without Washington protecting you…
The kind of state that Israel will never be
A timely piece in the Guardian by Israeli Aluf Benn that explains the growing alienation of the Arabs and ultra-Orthodox in Israel (the former far more, of course) and the “threat” to the country’s future: If you’re interested in Israel’s future, all you need to know is one statistic: among Israeli kids in their first…
How’s American Zionist Right views Arabs
The most interesting parts of this article by MJ Rosenberg are the quotes from some of America’s leading “pro-Israel” advocates. Racism, fear, bitterness and anger. Yes, Zionism is in great shape: Other than screaming by the right, there does not seem to be any significant aftermath to President Obama’s decision to oppose Israeli settlement expansion.… …