This morning one of Australia’s biggest radio programs, ABC Radio National Breakfast, hosted a special guest: Three months ago, Israelis went to the polls, electing right-of-centre parties to a majority of the seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. That helped Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu form a colalition government, but also elected were three representatives of…
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The Catholic Church talks about responsibility?
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart covers the Pope’s visit to the Middle East with necessary scorn: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Roadus Triptum thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor
Yes, talking is a damn good start
Another Side of Peace is a film that examines the ways in which some Israelis and Palestinians are reaching out to the other to find some, any, common ground:
But we may bomb with your tacit approval
It’s hard to know which is worse. A bumbling and criminal CIA or hyper-aggressive Israel: CIA chief Leon Panetta has held secret talks in Israel… with top officials who assured him the Jewish state would not launch a surprise strike on Iran, a report said.
Brothers in arms
Many in South Africa are well aware of the accurate comparisons between its dark past and Israel’s shameful present. From Haaretz: Israel is in large part still paying for its original sin – forging comprehensive security ties with the Apartheid regime and “selling its soul and morality to a racist, oppressive devil.” In the words…
When every Arab is quiet, they’ll be happy
BBC reporter Jeremy Bowen was recently censured by the BBC Trust for “biased” reporting on the Middle East. It was just another attempt by the Zionist lobby to silence any criticism of Israel. And it will fail. But, argues British broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, the costs could be great: Dimbleby said that Zionist publications, lobby groups…
So what do we call Israeli terrorism?
An editorial in Lebanon’s Daily Star that should be read in full and without comment: While it remains to be seen whether Israel’s handing over maps of cluster bomb locations in southern Lebanon will put a definitive end to this bleeding wound of an issue, it’s not exactly the kind of move that inspires hope…
Let’s get the priorities right
A Palestinian in Bethlehem tells the Independent his thoughts after the Pope’s visit: I want the wall to come down. The right of return we can talk about later.
Perhaps they should just kick the Arabs out instead?
How long will we have to wait for the global Zionist community to react with horror to this outrageous suggestion from a ruling Israeli party? Yisrael Beiteinu has proposed a law which will forbid Arabs in Israel from celebrating the annual Nakba day, commemorating the “disaster” (in Arabic Nakba) which befell them when Israel became…
Why can’t we keep on building settlements, asked the child?
Interesting notes from Israel’s Maariv newspaper on the reception in Europe to Israel’s thug-in-chief Avigdor Lieberman: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman arrived yesterday in London for a series of political meetings. He is to meet today with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. In his previous round of meetings in Europe, the Israeli foreign minister tried to…