The fundamentalist settler movement in Israel is a growing threat, for years indulged as noble colonists on Palestinian land. And yet their ugly faces are now clear for all to see, the result of decades of Israeli and Western indulgence. Here’s Rabbi Dov Wolpe, an extreme right winger, on Israeli TV recently:
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The Israeli left, as tiny as it is, shouts against the state
Israeli peace group Ta’ayush, dedicated to resisting the occupation, attended a protest last week in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah against Jewish colonisation. Blogger Joseph Dana, with whom I collaborated during my visit to Israel and the West Bank in July, has video from the event and writes the following: A busy weekend in Israel for…
Complaining about Israel’s image problem is futile
How times are changing. This piece by Anshel Pfeffer in Haaretz really speaks for itself. The case against Tzipi Livni is about far more than simply Gaza: There is a much wider issue at stake here, beyond former ministers’ and generals’ lecture engagements and holiday plans. Those who say that this is Israel’s battle for…
The Gaza Freedom March is about highlighting injustice
The Gaza Freedom March, which I’ll be attending, is about showing solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine. There are certainly obstacles in the way, but this preview film, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, outlines the reasons behind the mission: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Preview 1.1 from Maurice Jacobsen…
Washington gives funds to Israel to continue its illegalities
Israel, says America, you can illegal blockade Gaza and expand settlements in the West Bank and we’ll still fund your work: US President Barack Obama this week signed the 2010 foreign aid budget law which includes $2.775 billion in security aid to Israel. This is the second year the budget is transferred to the Jewish…
And the settlements go on and on
The invaluable al-Jazeera English reports: Israel has announced a partial moratorium on settlement construction. Yet, at the same time, it has invested in those already established in a bid to solidify their existence. In the Jordan Valley there are 22 settlements viewed as illegal under international law. But, as Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston reports, they…
Birthing defects in the Gaza Strip
Two Palestinian teenagers stroll amid the mounds of rubble left by last year’s Israeli military offensive, listening to the tinny beat of a Turkish pop song playing on a cell phone. Nadir Mohammed Saleh and Ahmed Fayiz Abed Rabo are cousins and next-door neighbors. With their gelled hair, buttoned-down shirts and jeans, they look much…
Using the Nazi analogy against Obama is fine, says Zionist
Herbert Wolfzahn, a Zionist Organisation of America member, says of President Obama: “He’s squeezing Israel. It’s our land, and Obama would like to see it judenrein,” using the Nazi term for land that had been cleansed of Jews. Of course, back in the real world, America and Israel remain the best of friends: Leaders in…
Why Israel will always struggle against BDS
It is revealing that the Jewish state is trying to manage the growing BDS movement globally by simply ignoring the reasons behind the outrage. The idea that the West Bank occupation and siege on Gaza would justify punitive measures against Israel is simply unimaginable. Looks like we’ll just have to continue pointing out the obvious:…
Freud offers a pretty good definition of Judaism
Sigmund Freud: Since I don’t believe in any religion whatsoever, including Judaism and since I despise all forms of nationalism, including Zionism, it may be asked what, then, is left of me that remains Jewish – to which I would reply, a very great deal and probably its very essence.