Akiva Eldar in Haaretz: One of the best-known sayings bandied about in this region is that “Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons in the Middle East.” This has been the official position of successive Israeli governments. What is less known is that after a comprehensive, regional peace agreement is reached,…
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”˜Anti-Zionist’ Jew: author of ”˜My Israel Question’ heads for Bali
The following article by Katrin Figge is published today in one of Indonesia’s largest English newspapers, The Jakarta Globe: For a person who gets hate mail and death threats on a regular basis, Antony Loewenstein remains surprisingly cheerful. The Jewish-Australian journalist, activist, blogger and author, who is based in Sydney, has stirred up plenty of…
Religious Jews should get a job and damn soon
A curious piece in the LA Times that questions Israel’s ability to thrive into the future (though the Palestinians are tellingly absent from the equation): As someone who invests in the Israeli economy, I know firsthand that Israel’s strength lies in its educated workforce. It used to be said that to make a small fortune…
The ways in which America dislikes the Arabs over and over again
An important new tool that will show who really runs the Middle East and from where (hint: Tel Aviv): The Congressional Monitor Database is a powerful new research tool that contains every legislative initiative introduced in the U.S. Congress during the George W. Bush Administration (2001 through 2008) that mentions Palestine or Israel or has…
The conditions for another Palestinian uprising are there
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, and possible future Palestinian leader, speaks from an Israeli prison: The question that should be asked is why did the Al-Aqsa Intifada break out? Was it not because of the collapse of the peace process? Because the negotiation reached a dead end? Was it not because of continued settlement and…
Jews and Arabs may soon start talking the Seinfeld way
What peace talks? What peace process? What competant and honest Palestinian Authority? The U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, was expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday in order to continue efforts to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Jerusalem sources believe that the resumption of talks will be announced soon,…
Making occupied Palestinian lives bearable
Israeli peace group Ta’ayush, true heroes of the Middle East, were back in the West Bank this weekend: The residents of Krayot, a village of some 2,500 tucked in a hilly region between the settlements of Shiloh and Eli midway between Nablus and Ramallah, have destroyed the dirt mound blocking their access to the main…
Israeli propaganda causes confusion once again
The release last week of a video showing Gilad Shalit – a captured Israeli held by Hamas in Gaza – caused an international circus. But, writes Uri Avnery, the truth is something the Western media refuses to acknowledge: Gilad Shalit is a prisoner of war. The denial started at the first moment. The Israeli government…
Isolated Jewish morality in Israel
The Shministim are Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. Two of them are currently on a speaking tour of the US. A few nights ago they appeared in New York and Mondoweiss has two interesting reports: The two women who spoke…
What Palestine really exists?
In 2009, Israeli writers are still writing about the “myth” of Palestine and the Palestinians.