How did a member of the Israeli parliament work with a former AIPAC official to craft legislation on Palestinian refugees that our Senate dutifully OK’d?
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
What’s the difference between South Africa and Israel?
In the 80s, South Africa wondered why Israel got away with what it was doing. It did so because of a “countervailing force” in the U.S.
Syria: No to intervention, no to illusions
Phyllis Bennis presents a primer of the violence in Syria: “Only with an end to the war, will the original unarmed opposition forces have a chance to remobilize public support for the internal, non-violent protest movement for real change, reclaiming social movements for Syria’s own freedom and democracy, and reasserting Syria’s place in the Arab Spring.”
Walt says liberalism and Zionism are difficult to reconcile
Non-Jews should be allowed to participate in the argument over US foreign policy. Beinart suggests otherwise
24 Hours in Israeli Custody: The arrest of an American activist in Palestine
My name is Dooler Campbell, and I am a U.S. citizen. I was arrested recently from a non-violent demonstration in the West Bank, and was held in an Israeli prison, where I was shackled hand and feet, strip-searched, given a pregnancy test without consent, held overnight with sleep-deprivation tactics, and given only a few pieces of stale white bread to eat over a period of over 24 hours. This is my full account of what happened.
US Kairos committee slams lobby and Christian Zionists, calls on Christians to ‘pay price’ of anti-Semitism charge so as to speak out
The Holocaust has given the Jewish community a false understanding of the Palestine conflict and caused Christians to defer to Jews so as to atone for earlier complicity, rather than speak out for Palestine
Coalition partners don’t associate with astroturfing ‘Iran 180’
The Electronic Intifada’s Ben Doherty, Richard Silvertein expose Iran 180 as an astroturfing organization backed by a PR firm, Thunder 11, and the Jewish Community Relations Council.
IDF takes over Palestinian village for live-fire training exercises
Israeli troops entered al-Aqaba village in the Jordan Valley last night and conducted live-fire training exercises adjacent to the mosque, Al Aqaba Guesthouse, and the mayor’s home.
‘FT’: Iran obsession suggests ‘western policy is driven by Israel’
Financial Times dares to question Israel’s influence over US policy
Controversy boils over ‘New Yorker’ fiction parody contest!
Anti-Zionist blogs have no sense of humor when it comes to ‘IDF porn’
A random photograph
A random picture tells a story: the occupation is an iron fist
Foodie Lebovitz puts Jaffa in Tel Aviv in ‘Arabic food’ gorge sponsored by ‘Vibe Israel’
Vibe Israel takes world opinion leaders on all-expenses paid trips to Israel. Foodblogger David Lebovitz is there, gorging on ‘Arabic food’ — no mention of Palestinians
US opposes ‘world heritage status’ for Jesus’s birthplace. Guess why
UNESCO grants world heritage status to Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. US and Israel oppose
Arrests of Palestinian children– ‘a boy in leg irons’ — is becoming a big story in UK
Britain’s Foreign Office is preparing to challenge Israel over its arrest and treatment of Palestinian children. And The Independent and Channel 4 have documented the abuses, aimed at crippling nonviolent resistance to the occupation. Will this story cross the pond?
Aaron David Miller’s wishful thinking on Egypt– no revolution, no change
There’s been on Egyptian revolution, Aaron David Miller says, holding tight to peace treaty. That’s wishful thinking
Israel’s education minister leads $13 trip to settlement for ‘advanced’ Anglos
This summer a group of extremist followers of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, claiming English-speaking heritage from “advanced democratic cultures,” are organizing a day-trip to a West Bank settlement backed by Israel’s minister of education, Gideon Sa’ar.
Artwashing
American group Artists4Israel does colorful graffiti in occupied territories to promote Jewish settlement and cover up racist graffiti from settlers
Presbyterian minister was first martyr in abolitionist movement
A Presbyterian minister’s antislavery writings were a landmark in the abolitionist movement, and Elijah Lovejoy paid with his life. Will Presbyterians be inspired by him re Israel/Palestine?
‘Economist’ says Palestinians, denied statehood, increasingly ‘question the point of the P.A.’
Excellent piece in the Economist from Balata Camp in Nablus states what anyone who visits the occupation knows, this can’t last. The political efforts to end the occupation have failed, the likelihood of violence is high. And, implicitly, the Palestinian Authority is a stooge government like the Bantustan governments the South Africans sought to install […]
The future of Zionism
Ethan Bronner, who is almost certainly a liberal Zionist, is off the Israel beat. At last
Associated Press highlights Rachel Corrie’s killing in coverage of Caterpillar divestment victory
Idealistic writer Rachel Corrie, 23, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza 9 years ago. Her example lives on in Wall Street firm’s divestment recommendation
‘$1 million prize intended to fight assimilation’
Tribalism is a good Jewish value
Timeline of the Presbyterian divestment process, 2004-2012
The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has compiled a timeline of the divestment process within the church to this point.
Mass hunger strike lingers, another looms as Rikhawi family asks help
As several Palestinians detainees continue the Karameh (“Dignity”) hunger strike, which began April 17 and officially ended with a May 14 agreement, the family of one hunger-striking prisoner, Akram Rikhawi, has appealed for public support, while thousands more plan to launch another mass action inside Israel’s prisons and detention centers.
Al Araqib demolished for the 39th time
Israel demolishes Bedouin village for 39th time NEGEV (Ma‘an) 25 June — Israeli bulldozers demolished Bedouin village al-Araqib for the 39th time on Monday, a lawyer said. http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=498678 Israeli forces ‘demolish tents in Tubas’ TUBAS (Ma‘an) 25 June — Israeli forces on Monday demolished Palestinian tents and structures in al-Malih near Tubas, the local council […]