In a long and pretty unremarkable look at Barack Obama’s attitude towards the Israel/Palestine conflict in the Washington Post yesterday, this paragraph reveals all you need to know. The Zionist lobby has far too influence in US politics and Obama in practice is little different to every President before him when it comes to accepting…
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Why Zionist PR is failing (and will continue to do so)
Juan Cole has some useful tips that will be ignored by the Zionist establishment. For them, belligerence and accusing any critics of anti-Semitism is a way of life. All the while, Israel is committing a very public form of suicide: 1) Giving the finger to any ”˜peace process’ 2) Hypocrisy 3) Disregard for the rule…
“5 Broken Cameras”: up close with Israeli apartheid from Palestinian eyes
Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo.
“Moderate” Zionist lobby against true democracy for Israel and Palestine
The latest email blast from J Street is revealing in its fear of what a one-state solution means for the Middle East. They want and crave Jewish privilege: Jeffrey Goldberg hit the nail on the head this morning in his assessment that adopting the recommendation of the Levy Committee would “spell the end of Israel…
What being a Jewish state means (namely discrimination in its DNA)
In typically succinct style, The Magnes Zionist (who appears in my forthcoming book, After Zionism), writes: Every so often the suggestion is raised that Palestinian citizens of Israel, like Jewish citizens, should do some form of national service. Since Israel effectively bars them from military service, and since most of them have no desire anyway…
Punishing Israel for its addiction to settlements
We all know the Zionist colonies are illegal so get a bloody move on taking action against them and Israel (via the Independent): European governments, including Britain’s, have received legal opinion from a leading international counsel who argues they would be fully within their rights to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West…
Yes, it is apartheid in Palestine
Gideon Levy in Haaretz: … Avi is an inspection coordinator for the “Civil Administration” – the occupation regime, to speak without euphemisms. Presumably Avi likes his job. Maybe he’s even proud of it. He doesn’t bother mentioning his last name in the forms he signs. Why should he? His ornate “Avi” signature is sufficient to carry…