Ali Abunimah, a key proponent of the one-state solution, talks to Haaretz in an interview that the paper has not published: It’s important to understand the the Jews of the world aren’t allowed to hold someone’s house as collateral in case the house they live in now burns. This idea that it’s the right of…
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Does J Street realise they are backing an increasingly likely war against Iran?
So-called progressive Jewish lobby J Street has a slight identity crisis. Last week it was willing to criticise ongoing settlements in the West Bank. This week, the tough cop routine rolls out: J Street, the pro-Israel, pro-peace lobby, today announced its support for Congressional passage of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009. “J…
The Australian government has no idea what’s happening in Palestine
Michael Shaik, from Australians for Palestine, on Australia’s slavish support for Israel: Just last week, at a Sydney lunch for a delegation, led by Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom, Rudd asserted “the Australian people’s deep and high regard for the modern state of Israel”. And on Sunday night, Shalom was hosted at a “gala…
Australia and Israel, an intimate relationship
Violence should be condemned but my sources tell me that the reaction of the police in Melbourne yesterday was a gross over-reaction: Capsicum spray was used on pro-Palestinian demonstrators who tried to storm a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke last night. About 200 demonstrators holding flags and placards tried to force their…
The IDF can lie and cheat (and most Israelis won’t care)
One of the finest new blogs on the block is Coteret from Israel, news and views rarely heard anywhere else. A recent post highlights comments by Ofer Shelah, Maariv’s defense analyst, on the culture at the IDF. The most moral army in the world? Hardly: Would the IDF chief of staff lie?”¦It is unlikely that…
Stop 30 billion dollars in “aid” to Israel
Muzzlewatch on the brave souls in the US fighting America’s slavish relationship with the Jewish state: Back in April, after gaining approval for text and design, anti-occupation activists in New Mexico signed a contract with Lamar Advertising to display 10 billboards (pictured at left) for 8 weeks. But after only 3 weeks, and a pressure…
Haaretz says American officials face ‘pro-Israel’ background check
This Haaretz story is the kind of tale that would rarely if ever appear in the Western press: Every appointee to the American government must endure a thorough background check by the American Jewish community. In the case of Obama’s government in particular, every criticism against Israel made by a potential government appointee has become…
Saudi Arabia loves the smell of burning flesh in the morning
It isn’t only the Israelis and Americans who use banned weapons (and boast about it): Houthi fighters say Saudi forces have intensified their attacks on northern Yemen, using unconventional weapons against civilians in residential areas. According to the fighters, Saudis use toxic materials including white phosphorous bombs against civilians in north Yemen, Arabic-language Sa’ada Online…
This is how the IDF fights
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel released the following statement this week: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) released today [2 December 2009] a new report which exposes the shifts in Israel’s combat doctrine as evidenced in the prosecution of operation “Cast Lead” and from numerous public oral and written statements made…
Israel, the world really loves you, you better believe it
Zionist propagandists, don’t feel alone. Israel has a job for you. One truly wonders whether Israel is stupid or just overly optimistic. Better PR and more use of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook isn’t going to change the woeful international image of the Jewish state. Ending the occupation will help but there ain’t no chance of…