Israel’s ambassadors can’t defend their country in Europe and USA
December 30th, 2011
Barak
Ravid hears unhappy mutterings from Israel's
ambassadors; they can't answer the questions about reports of right-wing and
religious attacks on the country's democracy - though they congratulate
themselves on stopping the flotilla and UN recognition for Palestine
No to ‘normalisation’ will mean yes to apartheid
December 29th, 2011
'Anti-normalization
is one of the hottest topics in the Palestinian community' writes Aziz Abu
Sarah who opposes the strategy as going along with Israel's rule by separation
of Arab and Jew; PACBI defends the policy as refusing 'colonisation of the
mind' and preventing any appearance of Israel as a 'normal' state
‘We who have fought for the two state solution must now regroup’
December 29th, 2011
Carlo
Strenger, liberal commentator on Haaretz, declares 2011 the year the two-state
solution died. He takes hope from the community who share his values and will
continue, at least, to stand for civil and human rights and stop their further
erosion in Israel
Both sides can destroy, neither can make things happen
December 29th, 2011
Like
Carlo Strenger (above) Palestinian American and Jpost columnist Ray Hanania
despairs of leaders or 'extremists' making peace; he launched the Yalla peace
party "to promote peace based on two-states non-violence and
compromise".
EU members of Security Council demand end to settlement construction
December 28th, 2011
EU
members of the UN Security Council call on Israeli government to halt the
devastating effects of building settlements and of escalating settler violence
and asks for political leadership on both sides. Israel responds with 'outrage' at
European assault
‘Palestine’s Mandela’ spends his prison time reading, writing, thinking
December 28th, 2011
Marwan
Barghouti, the popular Palestinian leader, has been in prison since 2002 for
his alleged role in the second intifada. It is widely assumed that he was not
freed in the prisoner swap because the official Palestinian leadership regard
him as a threat to their authority. Joseph Dana describes this complex man who
has supported non-violent and violent resistance but always ia commitment to
intellectual work
The very earth of Palestine can be shipped away by Israel High Court rules
December 28th, 2011
High
Court rules that Israel's 'unique' occupation allows it to transgress
international law on the fruits of the land, thus enriching Israel but
impoverishing its own status as an upholder of law and justice
Remembering lives taken and lives damaged by Cast Lead December 28th, 2011
On
the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Israel's
deady onslaught on Gaza,
the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights publishes a series of stories about
some of those killed, maimed, bereavd. Here we pst the first two.
One becomes a Jew over one’s life
December 27th, 2011
At
Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year - 2011 the Jewish Chronicle gathered 5 people
for a discussion on being Jewish in Britain. For our coming secular New
Year, we post this round-table which ranges, calmly and crossly, over identity,
Israel, God, anti-semitism,
parenthood, judgmentalism, Palestine,
the diaspora and much else.
Mass rally against ultra-Orthodox persecution of girls and women
December 27th, 2011
President
Shimon Peres has added his voice to the thousands who have rallied in defence
of the right of girls and women to move and mix freely in public space. Like
the settlers, the Haredim are now using violence against police as well as
neighbours they disapprove of in order to get their own rule enforced.
All Arabs are worthless says Israeli cabinet minister
December 27th, 2011
Israel's minister for information, who is active in the
Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, has denounced all
Arabs as deplorable, damaged, worthless. Ben White reports, Yossie Gurvitz adds
and definitions of a few words are offered
Founding faults: talk to the neighbours not the Great Powers said Arendt
December 27th, 2011
Hannah
Arendt, 1906-75, was a rare philosopher who combined deep grounding in the
classics with an acute and lively appreciation of contemporary politics, 1st.
Her sceptical inquiries into Zionism,
Israel,
nationalism, what constitutes a people remain provocative as shown in Judith
Butler's review of her Jewish Writings, 2nd
Israel acknowledges another people’s holocaust
December 26th, 2011
The
uniqueness of the holocaust of Jews in Europe
has long been the mainstay of Israeli ideology, beyond discussion or
comparison. Now the Knesset is considering appointing another holocaust
memorial day - for the Armenian people systematically killed by Turks 1915-18.
Why? because Turkey is Israel's 'new
enemy says Richard Silverstein.
Hamas leader supports two states and Arab Spring in Palestine
December 26th, 2011
In
a interview with AP, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (or Meshal) speaks in favour
of two-state soution and the 'tsunami' power of non-v iolent popular protest.
The interview took place in Cairo
where Hamas and Fatah are having unity talks
Israel pours money into cutting Palestinians out of Jerusalem
December 26th, 2011
At
huge expene Israel is
creating a new map of the West Bank through
separate Israeli/Paleinian roads and checkpoints. The hub of the new lines of
division is Jerusalem whose Palestinian
residents will now come under the authority of the Civil Administration instead
of the Jerusalem
muicipality.
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