What kind of newspaper publishes an article by an “expert on defence policy in the Indian Ocean” that argues post-war Sri Lanka is a place of harmony and peace, treating all its minorities with compassion and equality? Murdoch’s Australian. And the writer is Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe. The article is about as credible as Zionists claiming that…
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The supposed paper of record recognises Arabs can also be peaceful
The New York Times issues a typically patronising article headline (and implies that usually, of course, Arabs are so violent): Palestinians Try a Less Violent Path to Resistance.
Stealing Palestinian money the old fashioned way
A democracy does not act this way: For the past 15 years, Israel has been channeling hundreds of millions of shekels it had collected in the West Bank into its state coffers. The move is considered illegal, since international law prohibits an occupying power from appropriating the fruit of economic activity in an occupied territory.…
A love letter to an anti-Zionist
I regularly receive charming emails from individuals who like to explain how much I hate myself, Jews, Israel and the civilised world. Here’s the latest: Hi Antony! Keep up the great work demonizing Israel and promoting as much hate towards Israel as possible on a regular basis, and sticking up for people who want to…
Why can’t the Palestinians just enjoy being under occupation and shut up already?
Amira Hass in Haaretz writes about the kind of people one meets across Israel and the Jewish Diapora (“but the West Bank is thriving” types): Israelis really love to hear how good things are in Ramallah. This is the conclusion from talks with the kind of Israelis who don’t demonstrate with Palestinians and face teargas,…
Israel and the art of bombing civilian targets
What Israel really means when attacking Gaza (ie. revenge): It was not a chemical plant, nor a nuclear facility, nor a manufacturer of weapons of mass destruction. But almost all the rubble of the entirely destroyed factory was covered in white, with white chunks everywhere. These were pieces of cheese, butter and yoghurt — some…
What some New Zealanders think about Israel
The following press release appears today: A campaign formed in Wellington to oppose the opening of an Israeli embassy says nobody would want the embassy as its neighbour. NIEW – No Israeli Embassy in Wellington – is a coalition set up to oppose Israel plans to open an embassy in Wellington for the first time…
Of course the Israeli occupation of Palestine brings anti-Western anger
Thomas Hegghammer in Foreign Policy reminds us that ignoring Palestine, or suggesting that leaving the conflict unresolved doesn’t bring hatred towards the West, is deluding themselves: In recent weeks, U.S. Gen. David Petraeus and others have made headlines by suggesting that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict increases anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. The Wall Street Journal’s Bret…
Yes, a US official sits and talks with Hamas (that’s news, apparently)
Al-Jazeera reports on a story that shows the rather pathetic fear that accompanies even meeting an Islamist organisation. Better watch out, you may catch the resistance bug: I could not believe my eyes this morning at the Al Jazeera Centre for Strategic Studies conference on Political Islam.… Perusing the programme I noticed a panel that…
The Israeli story that the Israeli press can’t/won’t report
A story that’s been percolating on the blogosphere for a while – initially revealed by US, Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein (look here and here) – now finally reaches The Daily Beast, courtesy of one Judith Miller. What a teaser: A 23-year-old journalist is under arrest for exposing a secret Israeli assassination plot, and another has…