by Alex Nissen in Bil’in - 27 February 2010
What does that mean? As an Ashkenazi (Jew from European decent) Israeli who was born in Australia to refugee parents, I have the luxury of living in Israel whenever I choose, with full rights, like other Jewish citizens. I have the freedom to move, access to hospitals, [...]
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, February 27th, 2010
Despite the stormy weather, anti-Wall activists rallied in demonstrations across the West Bank. Soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators in Bil’in, Nil’in, al-Ma’sara and Nabi Saleh. Prior to the demonstration, Occupation forces also invaded al-Ma’sara, delivering more threats to the local popular committee.
In Bil’in Palestinian, [...]
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by Ramzy Baroud - ZNet - 27 February 2010
When American historian Howard Zinn passed away recently, he left behind a legacy that redefined our relationship to history altogether.
Professor Zinn dared to challenge the way history was told and written. In fact he went as far as to defy the conventional construction of historical discourses through [...]
All in the family
by Alison Weir - CounterPunch - 26-28 February 2010
Recent exposés revealing that Ethan Bronner, the New York Times’ Israel-Palestine bureau chief, has a son in the Israeli military have caused a storm of controversy that continues to swirl and generate further revelations. (See my piece [...]
by John Pilger - ZNet - 26 February 2010
I phoned Rami Elhanan the other day. We had not spoken for six years and much has happened in Israel and Palestine. Rami is an Israeli graphic designer who lives with his family in Jerusalem. His father survived Auschwitz. His grandparents and six [...]
by Seth Freedman - The Guardian - 22 February 2010
Israel’s latest conscripts in the fight to improve the country’s image have been unveiled: ordinary Israeli citizens. Armed only with a government-issued hasbara pamphlet and a winning smile, they will be sent to wage war with their detractors, in an [...]
by Stephen M Walt - 22 February 2010
Last week a colleague who has been facing repeated and unfair attacks in the media and the blogosphere (for making arguments that cut against the conventional wisdom) sent around an email asking a number of friends and associates (including me) for advice on how to [...]
Haaretz - 27 February 2010
Investigators from Britain’s Serious Organized Crimes Agency have arrived in Israel to interview dual nationals whose names were used on forged passports by the assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month, the Independent reported on Saturday.
The British agency said Friday that arrangements were already being [...]
Aljazeera - 27 February 2010
The United Nations’ culture and education body, Unesco, has expressed concern about Israel’s plan to rehabilitate religious sites in the occupied West Bank.
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said he intended to include the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, and several other contentious [...]