A curious and moving tale of an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi coming out in Israel and his attempts to normalise his fellow gay colleagues:
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How dare you ask anything from us, spits Israel
The Israeli government is desperate to never give up occupied territory and will bluster its way through murky international waters. Here’s why: Defense establishment officials said Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority is orchestrating a diplomatic campaign with the international community to coerce Israel into accepting a political arrangement which would pave the way for the…
Why the Gaza Freedom March is happening
Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin is a key organiser of the upcoming Gaza Freedom March. Here’s her latest report on the under-taking: Over 1,000 delegates from 42 countries have signed up to participate in the December 31 Gaza Freedom March that will mark the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion and call for an end to…
Gaza needs yet another barrier to freedom, clearly
Yet another sign that the Israeli/Egyptian/American axis is giving the Palestinians in Gaza a rough deal: Egypt has begun constructing a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it attempts to cut smuggling tunnels, the BBC has learned. When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and…
The role of a client state is to behave badly
Noam Chomsky speaks to PressTV: Israel is essentially a US military base.
Jewish law infects every aspect of Israeli life
The headline of Gideon Levy’s latest: Let’s face the facts, Israel is a semi-theocracy
Blocked from working towards a better Palestinian future
Gisha, Israel’s major human rights group that documents freedom of movement, highlights a shocking decision by Israel’s High Court (background to the case here): Israel’s High Court of Justice today decided not to allow Berlanty Azzam, a 22-year-old student who was forcibly removed to the Gaza Strip six weeks ago, to return to Bethlehem University…
The threat of legitimate resistance near Nablus
The International Solidarity Movement on the ongoing harassment of non-violent activists in the West Bank: The Israeli military kidnapped nine Palestinians from the Nablus region in the early hours of Tuesday, 9 December 2009, including four leading civil society activists. The Israeli army in the force of 200 armed soldiers invaded several districts of Nablus…
Water makes the world go around (if Palestinians could access it)
Oxfam highlights a largely ignored issue in the Middle East: Don’t drink the water! EWASH Advocacy Task Force challenges international consul generals to drink water from Gaza, West Bank The Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy (EWASH) Task Force will be distributing water collected from communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to consul…
Bruno has a truth issue
Back in August, I wrote about Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno and its apparent distortion of a key, Palestinian interview subject. The controversy is set to continue: A shopkeeper from Bethlehem who was branded a terrorist in Sacha Baron Cohen‘s film Bruno is seeking $110m (…£67.5m) in damages. Ayman Abu Aita is suing Baron Cohen, US…