July 31st, 2011
Kristin Szremski, director of communications for the
American Muslims for Palestine, on a new definition of anti-semitism made
possible by Israel's
self-definition as a 'Jewish state'. The law affects both academics and
pro-Palestinian students.
July 29th, 2011
Al Haq, the West Bank affiliate of the International
Commission of Jurists with special consultative status with the United Nations
Economic and Social Council provides an authoritative guide to the PA's bid for
UN recognition of its statehood
July 29th, 2011
Semite - the Hebrew, Arab and Aramaic people descended fom
Shem, Noah's oldest son. In the violent hatred that has shifted from one cousin
to the other (though most Muslims today are not Semitic) the accomplices of Norway's mass
killer are all those who feed this hatred. Uri Avnery pinpoints this new
anti-semitism, a statement of solidarity from the Palestinian BDS National
COmmittee confirms the perception of Islamophobia and lastly Gavan Titley and
Alana Lentin attack those who peddle the toxic tale of multicultural failure
July 28th, 2011
The power of the 'Jewish State' over Mediterranean
countries, and in the USA,
seemed unassailable - until the boycott law created the first ever critical
coverage in the NY Times. Uri Avnery probes the impact of this change.
July 28th, 2011
Israel's
current stance has become a beacon to right-wing bigots in the USA, Europe, to
mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik - and to some Israelis, see the JPost
editorial this page). Ralph Mimoun warns against the Islamophobia which makes
bedfellows of enemies
July 27th, 2011
The establishment of illegal settlements on the West Bank was enforced by laws discriminating between
Arabs and Jews; some on the Israeli Left protested - most 'remained passive and
uncritical'. Result - a gutted Left says Raja Shehadeh .
July 27th, 2011
The PA's bid for statehood has put it in hock to the USA - which is
expected to veto recognition. So 'Palestinians will still need to wage a
robust, multi-dimensional, and global campaign to achieve self-determination'.
July 27th, 2011
In a letter to the Israeli ambassador to the UK, the JfJfP
expresses its shock and dismay at the violent arrests of Freedom Theater staff.
A press release from the theatre follows, detailing the events. Last is a news
report from Haaretz aking if the use of the army is connected to the murder
last April of the theatre's founder, Juliano Mer-Khamis
July 26th, 2011
All his life, this refusenik saw his country in terms of
the democrats, which included all Palestinians, and the right wing. That has
changed with the BDS movement which makes him feel like an impotent cheerleader
for others' actions.
July 26th, 2011
After the boycott of cheese to reduce its price, Israeli
citizens are camping in tent cities in protest at rising prices, lack of
housing and growing inequality and corruption - tho still showing wilful
blindness to, in our 2nd article, the 'moral failure' of the government’s focus
on living standards in settlements while failing to do the same for the rest of
the country
July 25th, 2011
In an era where Israel
and Palestine
are seen as on the opposite sides of a 'clash of civlisations' . Ahmed Moor
looks at how the Norwegian massacre changes the picture
July 25th, 2011
Defending the settlements at all costs, including the
founding ideals of democracy and the rule of law, and against all threats is
splitting the right, which is no longer held together by opposition to a strong
left. The full list of how MKs voted is in the Haaretz original
July 25th, 2011
Despite criticism of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara
in 2010, (Aviel Magnezi) the UN commission, headed by Geoffrey Palmer, has, say
Israeli media, also judged the raid itself, and Israel's
blockade of Gaza,
to be legal. There is as yet no date for the publication of the report (Barak
Ravid, Jonathan Lis)
July 25th, 2011
In a peculiarly unpleasant editorial, JPost not only blames
Norway
for inviting violence with its 'dogged pursuit of peace' - but also recruits
Amartya Sen as a fellow-critic of multiculturalism. For what Sen actually
believes, read the two articles that follow
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