Following my article in yesterday’s Crikey that discussed the Australian Greens and the one-state solution, the following letter is published today: Michael Reich writes: Time may be rapidly changing in the Middle East but the one state solution is a throwback to the early part of the last century. One state solutions were all the…
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France finally speaks the truth about Israel (and ain’t pretty)
What, a realisation that the Israeli establishment is opposed to peace? Clearly anti-Semitism at work: France fears that Israel no longer desires a Middle East peace deal, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday, adding that Paris remained deeply opposed to settlement building in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held unusually low-profile…
J Street believes in Santa Claus
J Street release an utterly meaningless statement that essentially echoes the position of Benjamin Netanyahu. The occupation won’t end and Jerusalem shared (if that’s the goal) in the current circumstances: J Street applauds White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s strong remarks this morning at the General Assembly, underscoring the Obama administration’s continued commitment to…
Ahmadinejad wonders just what Obama has really achieved
The Guardian asks Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad what it would take to normalise relations with the US: Change should happen in practice. Which change has happened? Was Guantánamo Bay shut down? Were the US policies supporting Zionists and the mass murder of Palestinians stopped? Were the US policies in Afghanistan changed? Were the policies in…
Toronto is the avoidance model from Jerusalem
The recent controversy over the Toronto Film Festival attempting to white-wash Israeli crimes in Palestine appears to be a plan cooked up by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Rule number one: whenever the occupation is mentioned, change the subject. Or better still, deny the occupation even exists: Imagine this dilemma: You’re Israel’s highest-ranking public relations expert.…
Don’t speak honesty in the US about Palestine, whatever you do
Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich has often demanded that Israel live up to decent human rights standards. Witness his calls during this year’s Gaza war that Israel may have violated the Arms Export Control Act. This news is therefore unsurprising but once again proves the deformed nature of “debate” in the US over the Middle East:…
Times changing rapidly in the Middle East
My following article appears in today’s Crikey: Times are changing fast in the Middle East. The legal affairs editor at Yediot, Israel’s largest circulation daily, wrote on the weekend that the situation in the West Bank is “apartheid”. One leading American commentator, Time’s Joe Klein, directly challenges Barack Obama to withhold US aid until Israel…
The West Bank paradise, claims Israeli leader
Benjamin Netanyahu, a man of peace, speaks at the Jewish Federations of North America: My friends, my government is working to advance peace and we are not just talking. We have removed hundreds of security checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank. I personally extended the hours of operation on the Allenby Bridge and I’ve…
What part of Zionist fascism don’t we understand?
The ultra-fundamentalist Od Yosef Hai yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar is infamous for its involvement in settler violence against Palestinians. Here’s a notorious rabbi offering a complete guide to killing non-Jews. This is what we are supporting in the Middle East.
The putrid air and reality of Gaza
What have we done? More than 40 years of Israeli military occupation have had a devastating impact on Palestinians in Gaza. Air strikes, artillery shelling, ground invasions, jet flybys and other acts of violence have all led to an epidemic of suffering among Gaza’s most vulnerable inhabitants. The most recent studies indicate that the vast…