Following my article in yesterday’s Crikey about Sydney Morning Herald journalist Peter Hartcher taking a free trip to Israel, today his entire answers are published (sent to me a few days ago and quoted extensively in my original piece): Antony Loewenstein, thanks for putting the questions to me and for giving me a chance to…
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Of course we should examine the occupation, not ignore it
The New York Review of Books has a blog and David Shulman weighs in on the UN Goldstone report, rejecting the criticism that the wider context of the occupation be forgotten: …The report’s attempt to link whatever happened in Gaza with what has been going on in the West Bank for the last forty-two years…
Best just be Jewish and forget about the rest
At least somebody in Israel acknowledges the profound legal discrimination between Jews and Arabs in the country: An Israeli judge made an historic ruling last week when he decided that an Arab teenager needed “protection” from the justice system and ordered that he not be convicted despite being found guilty of throwing stones at a…
Forgetting Gaza is still destroyed
Gaza, land of ruin: Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza living in tents and damaged homes face a wet, cold and miserable winter as Israel’s blockade of the coastal territory continues to prevent the importation of building and reconstruction material. During the last few weeks Gazans were given a brief reprieve from the oncoming…
Obama, help those poor Jews to predict a sunny day
Finally, the American government can solve the Middle East crisis: According to State Department officials, the violently clashing peoples of Israel and Palestine have agreed to resume small talks this week in an effort to move toward eventually having a discussion about the weather. “Our goal is to achieve a preliminary open dialogue about the…
The face of Palestinian resistance
The Palestinian town of Nil’in has been the place of countless acts of weekly resistance against Israel’s “security” wall. Here’s some raw footage of a protest on 13 November (thanks to Joseph Dana):
Pro-Palestinian activists should just ignore the occupation, says one Arab
Jerusalem Post writer Khaled Abu Toameh – a man with a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome – continues his case that “pro-Palestinian” activists are on the wrong track: If anyone is entitled to be called “pro-Palestinian,” it is those who are publicly campaigning against financial corruption and abuse of human rights by Fatah and Hamas.…
Settlements are killing Israel…so some Americans love them
The issue of illegal, Jewish settlements in the West Bank are getting a lot of press recently. First, Sarah Palin in a media interview for her newly released book (an utterly deluded affair, writes Andrew Sullivan, and a woman thrust on the world by a group of neo-conservatives, something we should never forget): I believe…
Washington proves how utterly powerless it wants to be in the Middle East
I thank Mondoweiss for drawing attention to this interesting exchange at the US State Department yesterday between spokesman Ian Kelly and Associated Press journalist Matt Lee (though a few other people are involved). They are discussing the news that Israel has approved 900 more homes in occupied territory: MR. KELLY: Well, I think, Michel, you’ve…
World, get ready for some Israeli bombing soon enough
Aluf Benn of Haaretz speaks to Benjamin Netanyahu, and apart from believing the Israeli leader’s supposed sincerity towards peace with the Palestinians, shares this gem: It appears that Netanyahu is preparing for war against Iran and Hezbollah in the coming spring, when the snows melt and the clouds clear. Evidence of this is the additional…