Ali Abunimah digs up a document from 1988 that reminds us how the US government was as reluctant to impose serious sanctions on South Africa as they are today against apartheid Israel. Here’s a comment by John C. Whitehead, then Deputy Secretary of State: Sanctions are the wrong tool because South Africa has the resources…
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An idea that Israel really needs at this time
Popular conservative American blogger Glenn Reynolds: If I were the Israelis, not only would I bomb Iran, but I’d do so in such a way as to create as much trouble for China, Russia, Europe and the United States as possible.
Why America loves Israel so much remains unclear
The Forward reports on a development in American perceptions of Israel. Washington’s attitude towards the Jewish state is talking tough but still offering billions of dollars every year to fund the worst excesses: Shoshana Bryen, senior director for security policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, argued that blaming America’s difficulties in its…
Jew running for the US Senate calls for end of Gaza blockade
Jonathan Tasini is a Jew who grew up in Israel and is a Democrat candidate for the US senate. He calls here for the end of the Gaza blockade. Yet another small but significant Jewish voice in the US that simply doesn’t believe in the myth of Zionist solidarity:
While America dithers, concerned citizens take action on Palestine
Two more notable stories in the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli occupation. First up: A controversial UC Berkeley student senate bill opposing UC investments in companies providing military support to Israel has once again added a local twist to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Although the bill is labeled “UC Divestment From War…
CNN oh so briefly allows debate on US funding for Israel
This clip from CNN (via Mondoweiss) is interesting. Highlighting the undoubted anger in America over recent Israeli actions, it’s a small but significant debate over the amount of money Washington gives the Jewish state every year. Let’s have an open and public debate about the rights and wrongs of this or should Israel just be…
The danger of rampant Zionism catching on in middle America?
Leading Australian thinker and academic Scott Burchill comments on the recent revelations that American General David Petraeus is publicly linking the Middle East conflict and Washington’s failures in the Muslim world: Assuming that [Mark] Perry’s report is accurate – and it apparently is – it’s quite a significant development. If the Pentagon decides to flex…
Leading American Rabbi can’t even bring himself to fully condemn colonies
Rabbi… Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform… Judaism, the largest synagogue movement in the US, urges Israel to halt building in East Jerusalem (not stop, mind you, merely postpone).
What will it take for the love affair with Israel to cool?
With Israel under intense pressure to wind back its colonial project, the role of dissident Jews is vital, to make the wider community knows that we don’t support the actions of the Jewish state. Jews don’t speak with one voice. It’s important, therefore, that the mainstream media is noticing. Take this piece in today’s Sydney…
Remind us who really likes and backs West Bank colonies
So: Almost half of all U.S. voters believe that Israel should be made to cease all settlement construction as part of a future peace deal with the Palestinians, a Rasmussen Reports poll said on Wednesday. The American institute claimed that a recent poll showed 49% of voters approved of forcing Israel to stop settlement construction,…