Security Council paralysed by US insistence on blaming Hamas
November 25th, 2012
The Security Council had several
meetings after Operation Pillar of Defence began but was unable to produce any
statement because all versions - including compromises from other SC members -
were vetoed by the US
because they did not attribute responsibility for the violence to Hamas.
London campaign against law-breaking Veolia nears December deadline
November 25th, 2012
The North London Waste Authority is
considering tenders for the massive job of waste disposal in North
London. People who are concerned about the responsible disposal of
waste are equally concerned about respect for international law and human
rights. As Veolia flouts these laws in Israeli settlements local campaigns
against Veolia getting this contract have become intense. UPDATES: Richard Falk
adds voice to campaign. Hackney resident prevented from speaking to Council
about contract
‘Leaders’ of Jewish communities speaking only for themselves
November 23rd, 2012
Letters published in The Independent
and Jewish Chronicle by two JfJfP signatories protest at the sycophantic letter
(2) to Ambassador Taub claiming to express on behalf of all UK Jews solidarity
with Israel's onslaught on Gaza. An editorial in
Jewish Forward (USA) lambasts powerful right-wing Jewish bodies for their
(failed) campaign of denigration against Obama in the recent election. How come
these elites are so out of touch with the communities they claim to speak for?
Victory for Israelis: you all think we’re the victims UPDATE No we don’t!
November 22nd, 2012
In a characteristically sharp piece,
Amira Hass deplores the masculinism of competing for the biggest missile, and
takes apart Israel's
dominant narrative of perpetual victimhood while ignoring its own history of
permanent conquest. Small comfort, perhaps, to know this story is far less
convincing to those outside Israel.
Cease-fire agreement, Israel and Hamas
November 21st, 2012
This is the text of the cease-fire
agreement arrived at between Hamas and the Israeli government on November 21,
2012, under the sponsorship of the Egyptian government. UPDATES plus Gaza celebrates victory
and Richard Spencer on Morsi's status..
Three strikes on media offices. Three Palestinian journalists killed.
November 21st, 2012
As most international journalists in Gaza are clustered in the
same few offices, most have experienced the effects of IDF airstrikes. They are
being used as human shields by Hamas say the IDF. Three Palestinian journalists
have been killed. They're not real journalists say IDF. UPDATED
Israel/Gaza, an enclave where laws of war do not reach
November 21st, 2012
It is evident that both Hamas and the
Israeli government breached international rules of conduct, though neither
party is a signatory to these rules. But Israel's claim of 'self-defence'
for launching its onslaught and its excuses for civilian deaths are most
questionable says an Al Jazeera Opinion. Interpretations on BBC news and by
PCHR differ, though not on these two main charges.
Israel’s short-term aims destroy its long-term needs for regional peace
November 21st, 2012
Israeli spokesmen say the aim of
Operation Pillar of Defence is to stop rocket fire from Gaza; and also to achieve long-term peace.
Analysts outside Israel
see these aims as being contradictory. Analyses from Christian Science Monitor,
the former head of Mossad and BBC news.
Smashing up Gaza
November 21st, 2012
What word is there for the babble
coming out of IDF and Israeli government spokesmen about avoiding civilian
deaths, surgical strikes and self-defence against terrorists? Here, photographs
of those smashed, the deliberate smashing of infrastructure, two accounts of
life in Gaza, and Dr. Abdul Bari on bombing Gaza into rubble.UPDATED
Journalists shrink from asking the right questions
November 20th, 2012
The US media have failed to ask Israeli
spokepersons any hard questions, preferring to offer themselves as a platform
for Israeli propaganda. Jerry Haber provides some questions which American
media persons, and citizens, should be asking. [UPDATE: Link to Al Jazeera's
hard questioning of Mark Regev, the Israeli PM's spokesman]
Counting the missiles, countering IDF propaganda
November 20th, 2012
Phan Nguyen counts missiles fired
from, and people killed in, Israel
and Gaza and
finds the Israeli government pitch of defending Israelis against the
'genocidal' force of Hamas to be beyond belief. 'At the going kill rate, it
would require 4,477,714,286 rockets and mortars, and 4,477,714 years to kill
all the Jews in Israel.' he says.
Flurry of diplomats in search of a truce
November 20th, 2012
A useful summary by CNN of the rush
of diplomatic and foreign ministry visits -- including Hillary Clinton, Ban
Ki-Moon and the Arab League -- to try to broker a peace and of the continued
bombardment of Gaza
in IDF efforts to kill Yehya Bayaa and other Hamas members and to destroy
weapons stores.
Baskin explains the truce that was killed along with al-Jabari
November 19th, 2012
Gershon Baskin's long experience as
an unofficial negotiator with the Palestinians has enabled him to see a new
pragmatism in Hamas leaders. From this came the plan of Israel-Hamas
co-operation in preventing outbreaks of violence from Gaza. An interview with the Huffington Post.
Cover your ears and cling to Israel
November 19th, 2012
In the din of war and the internet's
deluge of information Robert Cohen tries to make sense of what's going on. He
does not regret his own uncertainties - but is angered by the British Jewish
establishment's betrayal of the Judaic tradition. It has nothing to say but 'we
are with you Israel'.
Predictions of an all-out war
November 19th, 2012
In a bleak assessment, George
Friedman sees little chance of a negotiated truce; the issues of difference
between Hamas and the Israeli government are too large to be contained by any
such agreement, and the new power of Hamas' Fajr-5 rockets too great to be left
in hiding. 2nd, Iran
denies supplying the rockets.
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