Gideon Levy writes in Haaretz: Israeli evil wears many faces these days. There are the rude, the crude and the thuggish, who still manage to generate some heat: When MK Miri Regev goes off on one of her jingoist, gutter-talk rampages – “the ‘infiltrators’ are a cancer” – some people are still shocked. The same…
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The Wire on Palestinian hunger-striker Mahmoud Sarsak
Growing numbers of Palestinians are going on hunger-strikes to protest their inhumane treatment and incarceration by Israel. I was interviewed by The Wire on one particular case, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak, and the struggle for Palestinian rights in general:
Fanatical Zionist group in US calls for Obama to bomb Iran
The Emergency Committee for Israel once again shows that it’s keen to define Judaism and Zionism solely being about unleashing war:
IDF shooting Palestinians on an average day in Palestine
Day in and day out, this is what Israel does in the West Bank; abuses, attacks and humiliaties Palestinians for the act of resisting occupation:
Canberra Times review #LeftTurn
Co-editors of the book, Jeff Sparrow and yours truly, will be speaking Wednesday night at the Australian National University in an event co-sponsored by the Canberra Times. Contributor Wendy Bacon will be joining us. On Thursday night Jeff and I will be appearing at Gleebooks in Sydney along Tad Tietze and Larissa Behrendt. Next week…
Shock! Horror! Arabs may get the same rights as Jews
True democracy for all Palestinians and Israelis is a threat to Zionism. Don’t take my word for it, read this: Former Shin Bet chief Yaakov Peri is warning that deadlocked peace talks could open the door for a new intifada or a terror wave. Speaking at a cultural event in Kfar Saba on Saturday, Peri…
Majority of Israelis think Africans are “a cancer”
Sigh: Fifty-two percent of Jewish Israelis identify with the statement by MK Miri Regev last month that African migrants are “a cancer in the body” of the nation, and over a third condone anti-migrant violence, according to the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Peace Index for May 2012. Broken down by political and religious affiliation,… the monthly…
Colluding with Israeli apartheid should affect your global image
The Independent reports: The government will be challenged in parliament next week over the services provided in Israeli settlements within occupied Palestinian territory by the company chosen to run security for London 2012. G4S, designated as “official provider of security and cash services for the Olympics,” also operates in Jewish settlements in the West Bank…
Beinart likes democracy but Jews clearly deserve it more
Discussion over Peter Beinart’s recent book on Israel/Palestine continues and this long feature in New York Magazine is symtomatic of … the problem. His main goal is “saving Israel” and although he clearly cares about Palestinian human rights, comments such as these suggest not as much as Jewish ones: If you understand me in the larger…