Akiva Eldar in Haaretz: Amid a dry economic report published yesterday in TheMarker lies an official announcement/acknowledgment of unparalleled importance: The government of Israel confirms that between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River there is no longer a Jewish majority. In other words, in the territory under Israel’s jurisdiction a situation of apartheid exists.…
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Rabbis target the real enemies of life, the smartphone
Israeli publication Ynet reveals the holy war being fought by Rabbis against the greatest threat facing the Jewish people: Ultra-Orthodox rabbis are stepping up their war on smartphones, using the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah as an excellent opportunity to prove just how serious they are. On Monday evening, during the traditional singing and dancing…
“After Zionism” book launch in Sydney
The following event took place in Sydney at independent bookstore Gleebooks on 2 October with Sydney Peace Foundation head Stuart Rees chairing proceedings and journalist Peter Manning interrogating me. It was recorded and edited by Green Left TV’s Paul Benedek:
Why the one-state solution is gathering steam
During my recent After Zionism tour in Israel/Palestine, one of the events was in Ramallah. Present in the audience was Philippe Agret, Agence France-Presse bureau chief of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Here’s his piece (inspired by that event?) published in Lebanon’s Daily Star: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A renewed Palestinian bid to seek upgraded U.N. status…
One state inevitable in Palestine/Israel but issue is right wing or left wing version
The kind of conversation that my recent book After Zionism is aiming to foster, this piece by Dahlia Scheindlin in +972 is more vital than ever: To put it bluntly: the question is no longer about whether one state should be considered, because if we’re counting “states” who control people, it is already a reality.…
What “5 Broken Cameras” shows about reality of Israeli fascism in Palestine
Last night I saw the acclaimed documentary, 5 Broken Cameras,… at Australia’s only documentary film festival, Antenna. It’s about Palestine, the non-violent resistance movement against the IDF and settlements and the grinding, daily brutality of the Israeli occupation. Here’s a piece about the film in the New York Times and an interview with the Palestinian and…
“After Zionism” contributor imagines Abrahamic state for Middle East
In my recently released book, After Zionism, there’s a range of views that don’t fit neatly into traditional categories. On yesterday’s ABC Radio National’s Religion and Ethics Report… with Andrew West, one of the book’s contributors offered his vision: There is a stalemate in the Middle East – no longer any tangible peace process between Israel…
If Europe was serious, boycotting Zionist colonies is just the beginning
Typically astute Gideon Levy column in Haaretz: Europe is waking up. The foreign ministers of that continent will soon issue regulations that will oblige products from the settlements to be marked as such. Good morning, Europe. Jerusalem, as usual, is fuming; it always fumes when anyone dares to mention the settlements. Jerusalem is in favor…
Launching Phil Monsour’s “Ghosts of Deir Yassin” CD in Sydney
Last weekend I was honoured to launch in Sydney the wonderful new CD by musician Phil Monsour called Ghosts of Deir Yassin. It’s about Palestine, identity, memory and recognising the reality of Israeli behaviour in the Middle East. Folk music at its most moving. Here’s my introductory speech: