APHEDA is the aid arm of Australia’s biggest union, the ACTU. Yesterday they released the following statement: Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA study tour to the Middle East Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA, the overseas humanitarian aid agency of the ACTU, led a study tour of trade union officials and members to the Middle East from Monday 1st March…
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AIPAC warns Obama, blames the Palestinians and doesn’t break a sweat
America’s leading Zionist lobby, AIPAC, is currently hosting its annual conference in Washington. Even Jeffrey Goldberg thinks the schedule is too right-wing: The dearth of speakers who approach the most contentious issues of the Middle East from a left-Zionist perspective is noticeable. Most American Jews voted for Obama; most American Jews are liberal; and most…
Killing Palestinian children in cold blood
Rumblings, rising anger, Israeli complicity and seeming global inaction: Doctors who treated two Palestinian youths shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank have refuted the army’s claim that they had used rubber bullets and said the medical evidence showed that live ammunition had been fired. … The Israeli military said on Saturday that…
How racist would you like your Jewish state, people?
Zionism in the 21st century: The Israeli government passed at least 21 bills aimed at discriminating against the country’s Arab citizens making the current Knesset as being the most racist Israeli parliament since the country’s founding, according to a report released Sunday by civil rights groups. The Coalition Against Racism and the Mossawa Center, which…
JPost man blames Obama for Iran’s growing rise
This is how the editor of the Jerusalem Post, David Horowitz, views the recent oh so mild pressure from America: By deliberately inflating the [settlement] Ramat Shlomo issue into a public crisis of faith in its ally, the Obama administration has encouraged Israel’s enemies.
Occupation continues while Obama will convince the world that progress is being made
A minor step in the right direction, though of course, if history is any guide, the settlements will expand while intense “negotiations” commence: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is leaving for Washington tonight, has promised the Obama administration Israel will make several goodwill gestures toward the Palestinian Authority in response to Washington’s demands. For the…
What worked in the West Bank is being tried in Gaza
It’s encouraging that Palestinians in Gaza are peacefully protesting their situation and we should salute their bravery: alestinians on Saturday entered 50 meters into the Israeli army’s buffer zone east of As-Salqa in central Gaza, near the Israeli military post at Kisufim. Mahmoud Az-Zeq, one of the activists, described the rally to Ma’an as “clear,…
From Dubai to Budapest, Mossad keeps busy
More killing in the name of Zionism: Two Israeli aircraft appearing to be spy planes flew near Budapest’s international airport last week but did not land there, Hungarian media reported Thursday. According to the reports, the planes were on a “spy mission” that may be connected to the assassination of a Syrian national in his…
Hearing the voices of Gaza (and not via Skype)
A fine and internationally recognised journalist from Gaza, Mohammed Omer, is trapped in diplomatic limbo: Effectively canceling a planned speaking tour, the US consulate in the Netherlands has put an extended hold on the visa application of award-winning Palestinian journalist and photographer Mohammed Omer, scheduled to speak on conditions in Palestine, on 5 April in…
The UN is sadly toothless in the Mid-East
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting the Palestinian territories: Let us be clear. All settlement activity is illegal anywhere in occupied territory and must be stopped.