A leading settler group The Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip on the Netanyahu government’s decision to “freeze” settlements: “We see the cabinet resolution as illegitimate, discriminatory and anti-Zionist,” said Dani Dayan, who chairs the Council.
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Ehud Olmert in Australia and nobody says a word
Who else knew that a famous Israeli landed in Australia this week? Fairfax reports: Adding to the madness, visiting former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert swept by suddenly, on his way to visit Australian MPs. Olmert looked startled at the unexpected reception, as did his security detail.
Madness predicted in the Middle East with Israel keen to attack Iran
This story in the Washington Post is revealing. America is essentially saying it has no issue with Israel bombing Iran and it can’t stop her, anyway. Who the hell runs the show over there? Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a “special mission” to try…
Nothing to see here, colonies will continue to expand
The world’s media is talking about Israel’s “settlement freeze” in the West Bank. It’s all a sham, of course, designed to convince the US-backed Palestinian Authority to return to the table and endlessly discuss negotiations and please Washington. And the occupation will only deepen. This little grab in Haaretz really speaks for itself: Attorney General…
Seymour Hersh wants to take on power and be challenged on it
Leading American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, an enemy of sedentary reporters and lying governments, speaks to the New Statesman: Is it always a journalist’s duty to report the truth, even if it may damage innocents? I’m a total First Amendment Jeffersonian. It’s their job to keep it secret and my job to find it out…
The Jakarta Post: Changing people’s perceptions about Jews
The following feature by Desy Nurhayati appears in yesterday’s Jakarta Post: His recent visit to Aceh made Antony Loewenstein the first Jew that most people in the country’s devoutly Muslim province had ever met or engaged with. Some Acehnese he met were surprised to learn that the Jewish-Australian journalist, author of the controversial and best-selling…
South Africa echoes apartheid in Israel
A country that knows far too well about racial discrimination tells it like it is: The South African government has issued an unusually harsh statement condemning Israel for approving 900 new housing units in Gilo and evicting Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes, comparing Israel’s actions to the “forced removals” of the apartheid era. “We…
When two-states are dead, Jews are thinking of a one-state future
The liberal, Jewish magazine and website Tikkun publishes a startling piece on the shifting sands of Jewish opinion towards the Middle East. Dreamers, get on board: …If a two-state solution is impossible,as seems increasingly clear, then the only alternative, however improbable, is a one-state solution.
Palestinian farmers don’t care about meaningless gestures
Israel calls a partial settlement halt – rightly rejected by the Palestinians and only partially praised by J Street, both certainly not helped by the fact that East Jerusalem is excluded from the announcement – and apartheid continues: The human rights organization Yesh Din says not one of the 69 complaints filed during the past…
Obama may use the UN to pressure Israel?
The Financial Times is one of the strongest global papers on the Middle East conflict. Less spin, more truth telling. Key writer David Gardiner thinks that Barack Obama still has a few cards up his sleeve (this presumes, of course, that Washington actually has any desire to truly pressure Israel and that ain’t clear): Israelis…