The drive against Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons program is fraught with leaks and Israeli disinformation. Inter Press Service outlines the black ops: Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging…
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Come this close to killing Arabs with your bare hands
The following advertisement just came through via the Daniel Pipes email list. Zionists must be salivating at this trip organised by the Israel Law Center: A once-in-a-lifetime experience: THE ULTIMATE MISSION TO ISRAEL Monday, October 26 – Monday, November 2, 2009 Experience a dynamic and intensive eight day exploration of Israel’s struggle for survival and…
Imagining a Middle East that doesn’t exist
Laura Rozen writes in Foreign Policy on the likely moves by the Obama administration towards Middle East “peace”: Aaron David Miller, a veteran Middle East peace negotiator for six secretaries of state, said Sunday that the Obama administration is planning to produce, “in late September or October,” either a conference or an announcement of a…
Gaza is a place with humanity
American film-makers Jordan Flaherty and Lily Keber recently visited Gaza and documented the human rights catastrophe there: Gaza Under Siege from Lily Keber on Vimeo. My documentary of Gaza is here.
The Zionist settler mindset in all its racist glory
Life in the West Bank is something I discuss constantly on this site and I intend to try and increase that coverage. Here’s a good piece in the Guardian today about a settler who says he wants to leave his illegal home and claims many would follow if offered compensation by Israel. But it’s also…
Gaza blockade is great for al-Qaeda
My latest New Matilda column is about the growing militancy in Gaza: The recent shootout in a Gaza mosque has highlighted the way Israel’s blockade of the strip radicalises people and encourages terrorism, writes Antony Loewenstein Gaza is facing yet another threat exacerbated by the ongoing Israeli siege: Islamic fundamentalism. In mid August, 24 people…
Reaction to Pilger award reveals Zionist lobby’s fear of dissent
My following article appears in Crikey: In 2003, Palestinian politician and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi won the Sydney Peace Prize. The Zionist establishment reacted with outrage, accused her of extremism and pressured then New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to not present the award. The campaign was a disaster and convinced large swathes of…
IAJV August newsletter
The following email was just sent to the Independent Australian Jewish Voices list: Dear all, We would like to inform you of upcoming events and relevant information about the Israel/Palestine conflict. Saree Makdisi, a professor of English Literature at the University of California in Los Angeles, nephew of Edward Said and leading Middle East intellectual,…
Make two-states happen, somehow
I’ve written countless times about J Street, the “pro-Israel and pro-peace” Israel lobby. Their belief in a two-state solution is wishful thinking, in my view, but they soldier on, regardless. How this magical solution will actually happen on the ground is beyond me. A source in the US, close to some senior J Street people,…
Let Jews live where they want in Palestine (please!)
Back in July, a handbook from the Zionist group The Israel Project emerged, giving advice to poor Jews who just wanted to support their fanatical friends in the settlements. Alas, the team has had to recant: The Israel Project says it has removed the term “ethnic cleansing” from an internal document discussing how to talk…