Monthly Archives: July 2011

For the first time since it started a little over two weeks ago, I think the social democratic protest in Israel can, and probably will, spill over to the cause of ending the occupation. Not directly; if the protest, which took a … Continue reading →

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, July 28, 2011 “Jews that support multiculturalism today are as much of a threat to Israel and Zionism (Israeli nationalism) as they are to us. So let us fight together with Israel, with our … Continue reading →

Unless I’ve missed it, not a single MSM organ has mentioned that Anders Behring Brevik is a heartfelt right-wing Zionist. Unless I’ve missed it, and I don’t think I have, not a single Israeli or Diaspora Jewish public figure has mentioned it. And it’s not … Continue reading →

This is a bombshell. The political ideology of Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist, includes typically right-wing, anti-Arab Zionism. The writings in his 1,518-page manifesto show he “supports Binyamin Netanyahu” and the rest of the Israel nationalist line-up, Channel 2 TV news reports tonight. Breivik says the same things about left-wing Jews that many, many … Continue reading →

Sorry to be so callous, but I am sure glad that a right-wing Islamophobe is the terrorist in Norway (okay, the suspect – he was picked up on the island after the shootings) – and not a Muslim jihadist. If the … Continue reading →

It looks like Israel is headed for a reckoning over its raid on the Mavi Marmara, in which naval commandos, after overcoming resistance, killed nine Turkish activists on board. Ha’aretz says the UN report is going to be published next Wednesday, it tells a radically different story of the … Continue reading →

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, July 20, 2011 We’re in the run-up to September, when Israel and the Palestinians have a date with destiny at the UN. Abroad, attention is building, supporters on both sides are turning up the volume. … Continue reading →

Another human rights report that will cut no ice whatsoever in Israel, but that should get attention abroad: B’tselem’s report, released today, about the iron fist policy toward adolescent Palestinian stone-throwers. http://www.btselem.org/publications/summaries/2011-no-minor-matter The report found that of the 835 Palestinians (ages 12-17) arrested between … Continue reading →

A story in Ha’aretz today says defense officials, beginning with Ehud Barak, think Israel should make a “cautious apology” to Turkey over the killings of nine of its nationals in the May 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara. Their idea is to mend relations with Turkey, avoid … Continue reading →

I think there were enough people at today’s march for Palestinian independence - about 3,000 – and certainly enough spirit and Jewish-Arab solidarity to be called a success. No question - especially considering the vicious heat, and that a Jewish-Arab march starting in West Jerusalem (the … Continue reading →