The ongoing evolution of J Street continues. Its latest statement is pretty strong and shows the growing anger towards Israel’s crackdown on democracy. Times for the gloves to come off, activists: J Street is deeply concerned by recent actions taken by Israeli authorities in response to protests and dissent in Jerusalem and the occupied territories.…
Showing all posts tagged Zionism
Hate mail of the week
Here’s a gem from one Albert Landa, delivered on the Sabbath, no less: I just caught your interview with the ubiquitous Geraldine Doogue(spelling?) and I have heard quite a lot about you and the question which came to my mind, in a nutshell, is this: ‘WHAT DO YOU WANT?!” What is it that you want…
Religious Jews fear sex, violence, drugs and liberalism online
Here’s a catchy opening paragraph to a story: Ultra-orthodox rabbis in Israel have launched what they claim is a ”divinely ordained war” against use of the internet among their followers.
Israelis start to realise that everything they do is now related to occupation
“Israelis are caught in a great confusion over themselves,” says Uri Dromi, a commentator who used to be a government spokesman. “There is such a gap between what we can do in so many fields and the failure we feel trapped in with the Palestinians. There’s nostalgia for the time when we were the darlings…
Another day, another Israeli assassination
The Real News provides a revealing interview with the wife of a Palestinian man murdered by Israeli forces in the town of Nablus:
Name a major Israeli party that opposes the occupation
Yossi Sarid writes in Haaretz that the so-called “left” party in Israel, backed by many supposed peaceniks around the world, is just as complicit as the rest: Labor has always been the great legitimizer of the occupation’s evils.
Shock! Horror! Former Bush official sees anti-Semites everywhere
The former senior Bush official, Elliot Abrams, is given a friendly interview by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. I guess it’s too much to expect that Abrams will be challenged on his utter failure over the last eight years to pursue peace and the resultant declining position of Israel. When asked about the boycott, divestment and…
What’s the best way to support the Palestinian cause?
The following letter is published on Norman Finkelstein’s website and certainly provides food for thought: 01.17.2010 Dear Dr Finkelstein, My name in Jermaine, and I am writing you from London. We met some time ago: I work at Hatchards Bookshop in London, and you were kind enough to sign the copies of your books that…
BBC features another examination of extremist Jews in Israel
BBC Panorama features a new report on Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing program in East Jerusalem:
Obama is like Bush is like Clinton is like Bush
The status-quo lives on: President Barack Obama says his administration overestimated its ability to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume meaningful peace talks. Obama says both parties have been unwilling to make the bold gestures needed to move the process forward. If the U.S. had anticipated that earlier, Obama says he might not have…