This report is a few days old – I’ve been flying to the US – but its importance cannot be under-estimated: Amnesty International has accused Israel of repeatedly violating the rules of armed conflict during its recent offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Israeli forces repeatedly breached the laws of war, including by carrying…
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The outposts are just the beginning
Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements are generating a great number of stories in the American and Israeli press, but little evidence that real progress is being made to remove them. Without doing so, get ready for long-term apartheid in Palestine. A smattering of recent headlines: The Washington Post – Backers of Jewish Settlements Put Squeeze…
Singing and dancing on those Gazan graves
The Australian Jewish News adds some colour to the upcoming Australian-government led visit – aka fellation tour of 2009 – to Israel: Alongside the high-profile leadership forum, the week-long AICE event is expected to showcase some of Australia’s best talent to Israeli audiences. Legendary pianist David Helfgott will perform in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, acclaimed…
The Zionist kiss of death
Foreign Policy blog The Cable details: Israeli media are reporting that a small and unconventional Iran office in the Israeli Ministry of Defense will be shut down. The 30-year-old office has been headed by 83-year-old Uri Lubrani, who was de facto Israeli ambassador to Iran in the 1970s and famously predicted the fall of the…
Do Jews find this a pleasant progression?
Here’s an idea. The Palestinian minority in Israel and proper-thinking Israeli Jews should openly challenge this absurdity and explain to the world that Israel can’t be both a democracy and a Jewish state; it’s currently called apartheid: The Knesset plenum on Wednesday passed a preliminary reading of a bill that would mandate the imprisonment of…
A citizen’s way to protest oppression
The global BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) campaign against Israeli apartheid shows no sign of letting up. In fact, it’s only increasing as the political elite continues to ignore the state’s abuses. Here’s an interesting example from Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies: ABN 15 211 513 464 Dr Jake LynchAssociate Professor and…
Israel may not be a democracy, J Street, but your words here are encouraging
Good on J Street for issuing this statement yesterday, in many ways pressuring other Jewish groups to follow suit. The deafening silence of most Zionist organisations speaks for itself; complicity: Today, J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement: J Street is deeply troubled by legislative proposals under active consideration in Israel to…
No spin can erase this
Following yesterday’s report in the Fairfax press about Israel’s attempt to make it illegal for Palestinians to remember their Nakba, these letters were published today. First, the Sydney Morning Herald: January 26, 1938, was the sesquicentenary of the arrival of the First Fleet. It was also the date of “a day of mourning and protest”…