Zionism
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Black Agenda Report 25 May 2011: Cornel West's Mistake / McKinney in Libya / Obama and Blacks
25 May 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Freedom Rider: Israel Reigns Supreme by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The corporate media pretend that President Obama is standing up to Israel, when in fact the rogue state remains the “third rail” of U.S. politics. “Israel’s untouchability… Continue reading
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BDS update: ‘I went because I needed to go’ By Eric Walberg
International boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities got a boost at the founding conference of the Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS in Ramallah on 30 April. It called on trade unions around the world to sever all links with the Israel labour federation Histadrut. Continue reading
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Tribute to Vittorio Arrigoni
1st collector for Tribute to Vittorio ArrigoniFollow my videos on vodpod Humble tribute to a beautiful soul, tireless advocate for human rights and justice, freedom fighter, and very dear friend. Shown at TedxRamallah on 16 April 2011. Continue reading
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The general vanishes By Yakov M. Rabkin
A few years ago, an Iranian general, Ali Reza Asgari, deputy minister of defence, vanished during a foreign trip. Rumours spread that he had defected or had been kidnapped by Israelis or Americans. At the end of 2010, the general once again appeared in the news. This time he was reportedly found dead in Israel. Continue reading
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Lauren Booth: go go go
The previously secretive campaign to halt Press TV Ltd, the British production company, from making programs critical of Western Imperialism, is finally out in the open. Thanks to Wikileaks. Continue reading
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Maidhc Ó Cathail: Anti-Semitism — Zionism’s Indispensable Alibi
Although Zionism typically represents itself as the solution to anti-Semitism, the truth is less flattering. In fact, hostility toward Jews is indispensable to the cause of Jewish nationalism. If anti-Semitism didn’t exist, Zionists would have to invent it. Continue reading
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Israel Effectively Denies Palestinian Victims of Operation Cast Lead Access to Justice
As a result of the physical, financial, and legal obstacles imposed by Israel, Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip – including the thousands of victims of Operation Cast Lead – are effectively prevented from seeking redress before Israeli courts. This situation results in the systematic denial of fundamental human rights. Continue reading
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Raji Sourani – Petitioning the Israeli High Court for Justice
The reality of life in the Gaza Strip is hard to convey. Individuals throughout the world have seen the pictures and the images: shootings and maiming, air strikes and artillery shelling, and the unforgettably horrific sight of white phosphorous raining down over Gaza city. However, beneath these images lies a complex reality. The civilians of… Continue reading
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Rachel Corrie’s Dream
20 December, 2010 Must watch! Rachel Corrie’s Dream Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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“Hate the Gentile!” – Israel’s Racist Rabbis By Jonathan Cook
In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered a ruling, signed by 17 other rabbis in the city, telling Jewish residents not to sell or rent property to members of the country’s Palestinian Arab minority, who make up a fifth of the population. In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered… Continue reading
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BDS update: ‘Besiege your siege!’ By Eric Walberg
As Canadians turn their thoughts to Noel feasts, boycott divestment sanction (BDS) activists are finding that what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Harper’s over-the-top obsession with Israel has been a boon to educating Canadians about Israeli apartheid. Continue reading
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Top rabbis issue rabid racist fatwa By Chaim Levinson
A number of leading rabbis who signed on to a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles – a move particularly aimed against Arabs – defended their decision on Tuesday with the declaration that the land of Israel belongs to the Jews. Continue reading
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Alan Hart: WikiLeaks: What, really, is the problem?
Some commentators, bloggers and other writers, were quick to jump to the conclusion that the avalanche of documents being released by WikiLeaks is part and parcel of an Israeli/Mossad deception strategy. One implication being that WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange is, knowingly or not, manipulated by Zionism. Continue reading
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GILAD ATZMON: 200 ISRAELI WAR CRIMINALS BETTER HOPE FOR PALESTINIAN AMNESTY
It took a few years for British military elites to admit that the war in Afghanistan cannot lead anywhere : a valuable lesson to learn from mid to late 20th century warfare, is that conventional military might cannot easily defeat mass civilian resistance. It is interesting to reflect too, that the Jewish state has exercised a ‘strategy’ of occupation… Continue reading
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Religious and Racist Extremism Will Block Agreement
Video: Israel: A refuge or a colonial project? Pt.6 Israeli historian Tom Segev Continue reading
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Identity and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict By Tom Segev
Video: Israel: A refuge or a colonial project? Pt.5 Israeli historian Tom Segev Continue reading
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Seumas Milne: The Palestinians of Israel are poised to take centre stage
In a quiet street in the Sheikh Jarrah district of occupied East Jerusalem 88-year-old Rifka al-Kurd is explaining how she came to live in the house she and her husband built as Palestinian refugees in the 1950s. As she speaks, three young ultra-orthodox Jewish settlers swagger in to stake their claim to the front part… Continue reading
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IF THIS IS NOT APARTHEID, THEN WHAT IS? By Allan Boesak and Farid Esack*
In the opening lines of an open letter to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, leader of the South Africa’s Orthodox Jews, makes a plea that: ”Without truth there can be no justice, and without justice there can be no peace.” If ever there was a case of a single swallow not heralding summer, alas, this… Continue reading
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Zionism and Herzl: The Antisemitic Side of Zionism
If you are interested in Jewish political power and Zionist morbidity you must find the time to watch the first forty minutes of this incredible Israeli documentary. The film outlines what early Zionists thought of their Diaspora Jewish brothers, Jewish wealth, Jewish war mongering and Jewish power. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 November, 2010: Cornerstone of Zionism is to Conquer, Not Negotiate
6 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli government documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation levels IMEMC – 7 Nov 2010 – Saturday November 06, 2010 – 21:32, Documents whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year have been released after a legal battle… Continue reading