How does the fundamentalist Zionist lobby manage this week’s devastating UN report on Gaza? Smear the Palestinian witnesses, claim the UN is biased and issue Israeli government talking points. Is Israel the only nation in the world whose army never kills civilians intentionally? Apparently so. UPDATE: Two other Zionist fanatics share their moderate views with…
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Whatever you do, avoid Arab girls
Promised Land is one of Israel’s finest bloggers (we met during my visit in July). His latest post relates to the recent story about the Israeli government launching a government to save “lost” Jews who inter-marry: There has been much talk recently over the new campaign aimed at preventing marriage between Jews and none-Jews, but…
When the wind is behind the BDS movement
The US Jewish newspaper Forward publishes a piece about the growing boycott movement against Israel under the headline, “Palestinian-Led Movement To Boycott Israel Is Gaining Support“: As Omar Barghouti, one of the Palestinian leaders of the BDS movement, told the Forward, “Our South Africa moment has finally arrived.” Some major Jewish groups acknowledge BDS as…
The wider community acknowledges Jews don’t all worship Israel
The correspondence in Crikey continues after days of discussion over Israel, Palestine, apartheid and free speech. Today: Sam Kennedy writes: Re. Les Heimann (yesterday, comments) who wrote: “It makes me very angry that Crikey allows a stage to peddle their hatred.” I actually don’t see much hatred, more concern, and I’m curious on what acceptable…
How mad Jews treat Palestinians (and the world turns away
When a picture speaks a thousand words (via Sabbah): A settler tosses wine at a Palestinian woman on Shuhada Street in Hebron. The approach of some settlers towards neighboring Palestinians, especially around Nablus in the north and Hebron in the south, has often been one of contempt and violence.
British workers won’t wait for government to act over Palestine
After much soul searching and gnashing of teeth, this decision is significant and timely: The TUC today backed a targeted boycott of Israeli goods originating from illegal settlements and an end to arms sales to IsraelPalestinian territories“. to ramp up the pressure “for an end to the occupation of The decision to step up its…
What the UN Gaza study says about Israel
There is so much fascinating analysis over the UN Gaza report. A choice collection below: Amira Hass in Haaretz: Like the Serbs of yore, we Israelis continue thinking it’s the world that is wrong, and only we who are right. Israel struck a civilian population that remains under its control, it didn’t fulfill its obligation…
Justice means holding Israel to account
The Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent reports on the reverberations of the UN Gaza report: International criminal justice would be “immensely damaged” by a failure to implement any of the recommendations of the UN report, experts said, as Israel and armed groups in Gaza announced their refusal to implement independent investigations. The report, which was described…
The hidden abuse in Israeli prisons
Al-Jazeera reports: A group of female former Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails have accused prison guards of carrying out “humiliating” internal body searches in violation of Israel’s prison code. In an exclusive report, former detainee Sabreen Abu Amara told Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh that she spent six years… living in… fear of… intrusive and degrading… treatment… at the hands…
Jews, Israel, China, Tibet, anything to change the subject
Yet more letters in today’s Crikey following the ongoing debates about Israel, Zionism, human rights abuses and anti-Semitism: Guy Rundle writes: If Michael Danby (yesterday, comments) thinks that all he was commenting on in his parliamentary speech was Crikey and New Matilda’s comments policy he should, well, read his speech. Here are two excerpts: “Of…