This Australian mini-documentary on the West Bank city of Hebron first screened in 1996. Nothing has changed since except life for Palestinians has worsened. Rampant, Zionist racism has increased, the IDF continues to protect the handful of settlers and a few brave souls campaign against this outrage. Don’t tell me that Israel is serious about…
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Bibi laughs at Obama and he still asks for more
This is what it’s come to. American desperation, Zionist arrogance and absolutely nothing towards peace: National Security Adviser Uzi Arad said Saturday in an interview with Channel 2 that an interim agreement with the Palestinians cannot be ruled out. “It is unclear whether we have a partner for a permanent agreement,” said Arad, who accompanied…
What “Miral” does for the Palestinian cause
Last night in Sydney at the Palestinian Film Festival I saw an amazing new film by Jewish film-maker Julian Schnabel, Miral. This is a deeply moving tale about the Palestinian experience, from the 1948 Nakba to the Deir Yassin massacre, the 1967 war and the first intifada. Is it this generation’s Exodus, asks Mondoweiss? Its…
The Zionist love felt by Wilders and his shaven mates
The rise of the far right in Europe and its love for Israel is a connection that many in the Zionist community would rather ignore. So why do we think far-right fascists like Israel so much these days? Not because they’re Jewish but the killing and occupation of Muslims is terribly appealing. Max Blumenthal reports…
Time for the Greens to embrace BDS
There will be growing pressure towards the Greens to take on BDS in its arsenal to pressure Israel to abide by international law. Some are yet to get the message: Addressing an issue that is not likely to come up at other Victorian election debates, The Greens candidate in Caulfield encouraged more trade with Israel.…
There is nothing humane about thinking to embrace settlements
What a false choice. True humanists don’t need to worry about “delegitimising” Israel because anything to do with the colonies is doing that for them. By not totally opposing the occupation is only leading to the Jewish state’s demise: Residents of the arid West Bank town of Ariel got a taste last week of Paris.…
Speaking to Norman Finkelstein about viability of two-state solution
I recently interviewed leading American Jewish dissident and writer Norman Finkelstein at an inter-faith event in Sydney organised by Father Dave:
How many checkpoints can one country handle?
Apartheid is a complex business to manage: Though a Defense Ministry unit was set up five years ago to oversee checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank, these checkpoints are still run by no fewer than six different agencies, and no single body coordinates their work, Haaretz has found. The agencies running the checkpoints include…
John and Julie in Alaska are paying for Israeli apartheid
What Israeli “democracy” is all about, funded by the US taxpayer: Travelers along the “original” West Bank roads, the ones enabling drivers to bypass Palestinian villages, can see signs declaring “USAID from the American People.” The roads are one of the initiatives of the United States Agency for International Development for building infrastructure in underdeveloped…
Now that’s progress; Israelis take on apartheid
A great pro-BDS flashmob was carried out by Israeli activists on November 15 outside the Tel Aviv Opera House to coincide with the premiere of the the Cape Town Opera production of Porgy and Bess: