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Australians’ Gaza protest
The following appeared in the Melbourne Age on 1 January: By Andra Jackson A delegation of Australians including Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein are among hundreds of people from around the world who will hold mass protests in Cairo and Gaza today over Israel’s continuing blockade of the Palestinian enclave. Today marks the first anniversary of…
Settlers define the Israeli way of life
Gideon Levy in Haaretz asks the settlers a few questions and knows he will never receive satisfactory answers. Occupation is their way of life, supported, funded and backed by the Western powers. Prove us wrong: Try to get their opinion on how things will look here in another decade or two. For how many more…
Israel is either a democracy or Zionist; it can’t be both
The gradual push by Zionist extremists in Israel continues apace. This is not the sign of a democracy: The Knesset ministerial legislative committee was set to vote Sunday on a bill requiring MKs to take a “loyalty oath” to the Jewish state before taking office. The bill, proposed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu…
Cairo is poor and needs reliable “friends” to keep it afloat
Uri Avnery on the very simple but shameful reasons Egypt remains a well behaving client state of its pay-masters, dances to the tune of Israel and Washington, isolates Gaza and refuses entry to the Gaza Freedom Marchers: Cynics point out that the Egyptian government receives a huge American subsidy every year – almost two billion…
How the Gaza Freedom March brought the assembled crowd together
The last days of the Gaza Freedom March here in Cairo were hectic, inspiring, frustrating and energising. The collective goal was to enter Gaza, but alas, that wasn’t to happen. I’m currently sharing a room with a girl who just returned from Gaza, and was quoted in the New York Times, and she tells of…
Some charming hate-mail from a lovely Jew
I just received this delightful email from a Jewish man who clearly loves himself, Israel and state-sponsored terrorism: Yes Ant you have made an impact. Feel good about it? You describe yourself as a jounalist……………I beg to differ, you are… no more than a crude propagandist, who long ago threw away the vestiges of objectiveism,…
A few Israelis oppose criminal Gaza policies
Despite the Israeli tendency to support most government “security ” policies, lone voices of reason still exist: Hundreds of Israelis have rallied in central Tel Aviv to protest against the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israeli Arab and Jewish activists marched on Saturday in the city’s Rabin square, chanting slogans and waving signs calling…
Sydney Morning Herald covers Gaza Freedom March
The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 2 January: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on either side of the Israeli-Gazan border to mark a year since Israel’s three-week war in Gaza and to call for an end to the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. About 85 demonstrators in Gaza were foreigners, part…
Cairo declaration: end Israeli apartheid
The Gaza Freedom March (GFM) is over but the following declaration, led by South African trade unionists, has been issued globally and is a clear plan for future actions. Although drafted by delegates from the GFM, its aim is far more ambitious. I encourage readers to read it, sign it and get involved. One of…