NISSEN: Tear gas brings memories: Jewish home or a fascist state? 27Feb10

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, [...]

Rain and tear gas fail to stop anti wall demonstrations in the West Bank 27Feb10

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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BAROUD: Challenging history – why the oppressed must tell their own story 28Feb10

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 [...]

WEIR: Media reporting on Israel 26-28Feb10

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 [...]

PILGER: Listen to the heroes of Israel 28Feb10

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 [...]

FREEDMAN: Israel’s smiling PR drive 22Feb10

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 [...]

WALT: On grabbing the third rail 22Feb10

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 [...]

‘U.K. police in Israel to probe passports used in Dubai hit 27Feb10

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 [...]

Concerns over Israel heritage list 27Feb10

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 [...]