Please join us for the upcoming lecture series by Eyal Weizman titled “Political Plastic”. The lecture series is hosted by the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney and the MAA Urban Design. Eyal Weizman is an architect and director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. He studied…
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The never-ending struggle of the Corrie family
Who knew that Israel continues to lie over its killing of Rachel Corrie?
What BDS says; don’t expect Holocaust guilt to get you through
To those who doubt the viability and effect of the growing BDS movement, this piece in Haaretz should be mandatory reading: The entire week was marked by boycotts. It began with a few dozen theater people boycotting the new culture center in Ariel, and continued with a group of authors and artists publishing a statement…
Israel’s next generation of defenders
After Orthodox Jew Peter Beinart recently wrote in the New York Review of Books that growing numbers of young American Jews are turning away from Israel – oncoming fascism doesn’t help – a number of Zionist sociologists have rejected his thesis. Young Jews? They still love Israel, what a wonderful democracy, wholesome and fun.
Zionists spying inside their favourite country
That’s what friends are for: The CIA took an internal poll not long ago about friendly foreign intelligence agencies. The question, mostly directed to employees of the clandestine service branch, was: Which are the best allies among friendly spy services, in terms of liaison with the CIA, and which are the worst? In other words,…
Why one-state solution makes sense (told in the Wash Post)
Poignant, beautiful, sensible and moderate piece by Palestinian George Bisharat in the Washington Post. The one-state solution lands with a thud in the pages of the American mainstream press: “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail — as they inevitably will — the more…
Massive Attack embrace BDS
The cultural boycott of Israel grows strongly with news such as this: The movement for a cultural boycott of Israel in response to its treatment of the Palestinians, modelled on the boycott of apartheid South Africa, could eclipse decades of disingenuous political charades in engaging western intellectuals, academics and artists. Internationally renowned figures such as…
Finkelstein dares to say the occupation is real and present
Press TV hosts a “debate” between Norman Finkelstein and Christian Zionist Richard “there is no such thing as the Palestinian people or occupation” Hellman:
Churches standing up to ‘pro-Israel’ politicians
My following article appears today in Eureka Street: The Australian Jewish News (AJN) was outraged. Its editorial in late July condemned the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) for a resolution calling on Australians to boycott Israeli goods made in the occupied Palestinian territories. The AJN wrote that the move contributed to a global…
Dreaming of a two-state solution
As “peace talks” begin between Washington, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Reza Aslan writes in the Daily Beast that nobody should get excited (including the feckless media which seem to love reporting on renewed colour and movement): I recognize that those of us in the media who want peace for Israel and dignity for Palestine…