The Dubai murder of a Hamas leader is getting juicier by the day. Palestinian defectors may well have been involved: A key security operative of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was under arrest in Syria tonight on suspicion of having helped an alleged Israeli hit squad identify Mahmoud al-Mabhouh before he was assassinated in Dubai,…
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To Shoot an Elephant – Sydney screening
I saw this amazing documentary a few weeks ago. Shot during Israel’s onslaught against Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009, the film-makers were embedded with Palestinian ambulance workers. Israel is clearly seen shooting at unarmed civilians. The territory is under siege with bombs falling all around the terrified population. Zionist terror in its rawest…
What men in Gaza are doing to get food on the table
An interesting Associated Press story that explains why so many in Gaza are keen to be Hamas policemen. Not because of Islamist ideology but simply getting money to support families.
A rare, ray of light from Gaza
The latest weekly edition of Gaza Gateway: It doesn’t often happen that we get to report success stories, but this week Ayman Quader “made it”. Ayman, a 23-year-old student from the Gaza Strip, overcame numerous obstacles to reach his goal. After working tirelessly and contacting anyone who would listen to his story, he received his…
Mossad has a history of using fake passports (and sometimes being caught)
What does this story remind us of? Six suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai entered the country using British passports, it emerged yesterday. Police in the Gulf state announced that they were hunting for 11 suspects, including a woman, for the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas commander, who…
Brian Baird, Democrat, visits Gaza and opens his eyes
How many other leading American politicians are doing and saying this? The United States should break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and deliver badly needed supplies by sea, a U.S. congressman told Gaza students. Rep. Brian Baird, a Democrat from Washington state, also urged President Barack Obama’s Mideast envoy to visit the Hamas-ruled territory to get…
Boycott group claims victory as Bellamy fails to appear at Israeli “greenwash”
British Committee for the Universities of Palestine released the following statement on 15 February: The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) declared that their campaign against the Zionist Federation’s annual seminar on the environment had once again been a success, after celebrity botanist David Bellamy did not show up to deliver his lecture.…
Two IDF men speak out strongly against the Gaza onslaught
Arik Diamant and David Zonsheine, I salute you. This kind of article in the Guardian takes guts, especially coming from the depths of the Israeli military: The Israeli media marked the one-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, the war on Gaza, almost as a celebration. The operation is recognised almost unanimously in Israel as a…
Aborigines should not look to modern Jews as any kind of inspiration
Following indigenous leader Noel Pearson’s article in yesterday’s Australian about admiring the Jews, I submitted the following (unpublished) letter: Noel Pearson’s admiration of the Jewish people (Aborigines can learn from Jews how to preserve culture and prosper, 15 February) is curious for its omissions. In praising their “resilience and seriousness as a people” and dedication…
US Jews breaking the Israeli law of return
This statement was just released: We are Jews from the United States, who, like Jewish people throughout the world, have an automatic right to Israeli citizenship under Israel’s “law of return.” Today there are more than seven million Palestinian refugees around the world. Israel denies their right to return to their homes and land—a right…