Moving project featuring a range of famous and unknown people, remembering and commemorating the dead in Gaza:
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My Sydney speech on Gaza and a different Jewish identity
Today I spoke at a large Sydney rally in support of Palestine, Gaza and a dissenting, non-violent Jewish perspective. I think there were only a handful of Jews in the predominantly Muslim and Arab crowd. I hope that more Jews begin to find their voice on this vital humanitarian issue and refuse to allow Israel…
Weekend Sunrise interview on Gaza and Israeli extremism
This morning I was invited onto Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise to discuss the Israeli onslaught in Gaza and Israeli government extremism:
Global Jews say end the massacre in Gaza
I’m honoured to be asked to sign the following just released statement with a range of distinguished people around the world: Jews Say: End the War on Gaza — No Aid to Apartheid Israel! Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, July 22, 2014 On July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for…
Ali Abunimah tells Al Jazeera that Israel committing war crimes in Gaza
Strong interview with Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah on Al-Jazeera English explaining the reality of Israeli violence in Gaza, resistance to its onslaught and the need for justice:
How the West has always backed brutal Sri Lanka
My weekly Guardian column: The Sri Lankan Navy band was busy last week, learning the tune to Waltzing Matilda. They played it to welcome Scott Morrison, the Australian immigration minister, who was visiting to launch two patrol boats donated by the Australian government. A photo of the moment,tweeted… by journalist Jason Koutsoukis, showed Morrison sitting alongside…
Key aim of Israeli war plans is to kill Arabs over and over again
Gideon Levy in Haaretz: The goal of Operation Protective Edge is to restore the calm; the means: killing civilians. The slogan of the Mafia has become official Israeli policy. Israel sincerely believes that if it kills hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, quiet will reign. It is pointless to destroy the weapons stores of…
On Utoya: book on murder, far-right, racism and hate
In 2011 Norwegian… Anders Breivik murdered dozens of his countrymen and women in a rampage of hatred.… Soon after, three Australians, Tad Tietze, Liz Humphrys and Guy Rundle, edited a collection,… On Utoya, about the event. My chapter was about the growing connections between the far-right and Israel. The e-book has now been released as a free…
Palestinians now wanting true justice under one-state solution
In 2013, I released with my co-editor Ahmed Moor the edited collection, After Zionism. It featured many prominent views on the viability and necessity of a one-state solution in Israel and Palestine. Now a new study of Palestinians, via Haaretz, reveals the growing belief amongst Palestinians in Palestine that a state treating all its citizens…
SBS News interview on Australia not seeing East Jerusalem as occupied
I was interviewed for the SBS TV news earlier this week on Canberra’s insane decision to avoid calling East Jerusalem “occupied” despite the entire world knowing that it is, except the occupying nation itself, Israel. Shalailah Medhora is the journalist (and a link to the video is here): Last week Attorney-General George Brandis told Senate…