The ability of Jews to speak freely about the Middle East is hardly guaranteed. Even poets were cancelled from the recent J Street conference for daring to be critical. One of those poets, Kevin Coval, writes: Since the second Palestinian intifada I have thought, written and spoken about these issues, but over the course of…
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Does Israel even realise that it’s helping the one-state campaign?
A strong editorial in the Financial Times, merely adding to the growing international realisation that the one-state solution is an almost inevitable result of Israeli intransigence: If a figure such as Mr Abbas cannot survive in the present climate, then he is likely to be replaced by a far more radical and uncompromising leadership. No…
No talks, no peace, only occupation, welcome to Israel
Israeli paper Maariv’s Ben Caspit on who is really running the Middle East show. Netanyahu can take comfort in the fact that Abu Mazen’s situation is much worse than his own.… At least at the present stage.… The Palestinian version that Netanyahu is playing a double game and actually wishes to eliminate Abu Mazen is…
US tells Israel that they’re just tops but people aren’t convinced
The US Ambassador to Israel, James B. Cunningham, spoke a few days ago at Tel Aviv University. Promised Land blog reports on proceedings and it’s an utterly depressing affair: Ambassador Cunningham read a prepared lecture for 30 minutes, and than took questions for an additional half hour. I will report here some of the things…
Leading Israeli, mainstream commentator: apartheid is here
Times are changing and fast. Israel’s largest circulation daily, Yediot, featured yesterday a startling article that dared utter the “A” word, apartheid. The paper’s legal affairs editor wrote the following article (provided to me in translation via an Israeli source): Apartheid is here / The forbidden road Op-ed, Boaz Okon, Yediot, November 8 2009 Israel…
“Being shouted at by a mere Palestinian”
A day in the life of Palestinians and the daily harassments at Qalandiya checkpoint.
Arabs live in Israel, too
Life for Arabs in Israel is tough and far from the democracy claimed by Zionists and its supporters. This feature in the magazine Moment outlines the challenges faced by 20 percent of Israel’s population. The Other Israel Film Festival opens in Israel this week and appears to want to address the issues largely ignored by…
The life of separated Palestinians
Al-Jazeera reports on daily life for Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel is a democracy? In their dreams:
Jewish leftists are killing Israel, argues Zionist extremist
The Bureau of Counterpropaganda highlights a Jewish website that discusses the “Jewish Danger in Galilee”: If you read or see CNN or the BBC or even the more even handed FOX news, you may come away with the feeling that the government of Israel’s settlement policy is an illegal impediment to Peace… …the Arabs are…
But Israel always targets densely-populated areas
Another war against Gaza is being increasingly discussed in Israel. And why not? Who would stop them? Washington? Hardly: Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Tuesday that Israel’s next battle would be waged also on Gaza Strip and would include confrontations in densely-populated areas. During a graduation ceremony of a new batch of…