Jawad Harb is a Palestinian living in Rafah, Gaza, with his wife and six children. Harb has worked with CARE since 2002, managing a program supporting women’s centres in Gaza. It is three months since the first bombs began to fall on Gaza, and I see that this war left much more damaged than just…
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Will Jews raise their voices finally?
The recent J Street survey on American Jews shows a fairly conservative but not neo-conservative worldview. Two-states. More US pressure on both sides. Blah blah blah. Talk is cheap. But Realistic Dove blog has more: But the new J Street survey shows something new, something different, something that has gotten no attention: there is a…
How long is the status-quo sustainable?
The Israel Lobby co-author John Mearsheimer asks a reasonable question: It seems clear to me and to many smart people I know that this story does not have a happy ending. Indeed, it looks like a disastrous ending. Greater Israel cannot be a democratic state, because there will soon be — if there aren’t already…
Our actions cause hatred
Charles Freeman, the recently resigned applicant for chairman of the National Intelligence Council – the Zionist lobby struck again – talks about his views on the Middle East to the Jewish Forward newspaper: …Our relationship with Israel, given what Israel has done to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, has helped to create…
If you say so…
One of America’s most vocal Zionist lobbyists, Abraham Foxman, from the Anti-Defamation League, reveals what gets him up in the morning: Can you be anti-Zionist and not be an anti-Semite? Almost never. Unless you can prove to me you’re against nationalism. If you’re one of those unique individuals in this world that’s opposed to American…
Those Ayrabs hate us, all of them
Progressive Zionist lobbyists J Street released a study of American Jews recently that found many were less hawkish than the neo-con “mainstream”. But according to a person commenting on hardline Zionist Shmuel Rosner’s blog, at the Jerusalem Post, we should be careful: JStreet is the CIA’s front organization, the purpose of which is to diminish…
A message that keeps on escaping
Israeli/American activist Jeff Halper left Australia this morning after a highly successful two-week visit, speaking to a host of media, upsetting the bigoted Zionist establishment and teaching thousands of Australians about the reality of Israeli apartheid. I was proud to be a part of his visit, via Independent Australian Jewish Voices. Halper told New Matilda…
Some Jews like debate, while others, well…
The following letters appear in this week’s Australian Jewish News: FORUM FOR DEBATE I WAS dismayed that The AJN publisher decided that his readership was not entitled to (or capable of) making up its own mind as to events it wishes to attend (AJN 13/03). The AJN, or any other newspaper, should be a forum…
Moderate Jews are the majority
J-Street, the relatively new pro-Israel lobby group, releases the results of its new study, revealing yet again that Zionist fundamentalists speak for nobody but themselves: This new poll shows strong continued support among American Jews for assertive American diplomacy in ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as in the Middle East generally. The results demonstrate…
Still waiting for Jews to see the writing on the wall
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen – who has spent the last months challenging his country’s relationship with Iran and the Jewish state – continues this recent trend today by explaining why Washington must stop offering Israel unconditional support: Obama’s new Middle Eastern diplomacy and engagement will involve reining in Israeli bellicosity and a probable…