Posts by Tony Greenstein
Open Letter to Hilary Benn on Palestine
Below is an Open Letter I have sent to Hilary Benn concerning an article that he wrote for the Jewish News on his recent visit to Israel. Benn has copied the tactics of Horatio Nelson and turned a blind eye to that which he didn’t want to see. Below are also the statements of Fabian…
Read MoreHow Nazareth Escaped the Nakba
Nazareth was the one Palestinian city in Israel whose inhabitants were not evicted in the Naqba. Jonathan Cook tells the fascinating story of why Nazareth’s inhabitants escaped the massacres and expulsions. He also tells the story of how Upper Nazareth was founded, as a way of confining and suffocating Nazareth. In Upper Nazareth today, founded…
Read MoreBanning the northern Islamic Movement Demonstrates that for Arabs Israel is no Democracy
Demonstration against the banning of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement Netanyahu decided on November 17th to ban the northern wing of the Islamic Movement. A movement which is supported by about half of Israeli Palestinians. Netanyahu did this for nakedly political reasons, as Jonathan Cook shows in his article below. Raed Salah outside…
Read MoreZionists Squeal as American Methodists Disinvest From Israeli Apartheid
$20 Billion Methodist Investment Fund Disinvests from Israeli Banks I am very pleased to announce the decision of the $20 billion United Methodist Church’s Investment Fund in the USA to disinvest from 5 Israeli banks. This is a very welcome decision. Just as with the Jewish Boycott of Nazi Germany in the 1930’s (which the…
Read MoreMark Zuckberg Censors Facebook in the Cause of Israel (Again)
The Images that Facebook Banned It’s the power of corporate capital. We can only assume that Mark Zuckerberg, being a Zionist, has some objection to telling the truth about Israel. The first picture is from well known Palestinian cartoonist Carlos Latuff and the second image is of a religious settler and his daughter posing with…
Read MoreThe Perils of a State Based on Race
One of the problems of states based on race is that you have to draw the line somewhere. If not then just about anybody could belong to the herrenvolk. And when membership of the master-race involves the acquisition of privileges it is particularly important to accurately define who is and who is not a member…
Read MoreThe Death of Bowie & Media Hype
Ziggy’s Flirtation with Fascism When Bowie was proclaiming his love for Hitler, hundreds of thousands of youth were declaring their detestation of racism and fascism I must confess I was never star struck by David Bowie. He and Starman were the left overs of the 1960’s. Bowie was one of the stars of glam rock,…
Read MoreThe Judaification of Jerusalem
Area in red shows 5 acres in middle Silwan targetted by Ateret Cohanim This article from Ha’aretz shows how the Israeli government is working hand in hand with Ateret Cohanim, a group which was established in 1978 with the express aim of the Judaification of Jerusalem. It specialised in buying up property or ‘reclaiming’ Jewish…
Read MoreAn eye witness report from Turkish Kurdistan
A gripping eye-witness report from Diyarbakir (Amed in Kurdish), the main city of Turkey’s Kurdistan and the terror inflicted by the Turkish state and its dictator Erdogan. As the Kurds provide the main opposition to Isis, Turkey attacks them whilst remaining part of the ‘anti-Isis alliance’ with Britain and the USA. Tony Greenstein (thanks to…
Read MoreThe West’s Evangelical Christians Turn a Blind Eye to Attacks on Palestinian Christians
Christian Cemetery Vandalised and Crosses Destroyed at Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem Vandalism and destruction of crosses and gravestones in Christian cemetery in Beit Shemesh ‘Jesus is a monkey’is daubed in Hebrew graffitti on the Church of Multiplication of Loaves Many of the most ardent Zionists, the religious settlers in particular, are vehemently anti-Christian. There’s none…
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