Posts by Tony Greenstein
The Egyptian Police State & the War Against Democracy
It is one of the strange ironies of life that the leaders of the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ feel so more comfortable with a strong dictator than the more anarchic situation in Lebanon. When Hosni Mubarak was in danger of falling victim to the Spring Revolution in Egypt, Shimon Peres, Israel’s President and…
Read MoreThe ‘Ethical Bank’ Stabs Palestinians in the Back as it closes Palestinian solidarity accounts
Boycott the Co-operative Bank and Withdraw Your Accounts The Bank for Ethical Racists The Ethically Zionist Bank Last month, without any warning, the Co-operative Bank junked its ‘ethical banking policy and closed the accounts of 21 Palestinian related accounts including national Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the International Solidarity Movement and other campaigns listed below. We should…
Read MoreWhy Israel Isn’t Worried About Isis – BBC Bias – US Anthropologists Boycott Israel –
Shorts Hating Arabs is not racism, it’s morality Hating Arabs is not racism; it’s morality Israeli Teens Gripped by Virulent Racism A young Israeli Jewish girl’s dream The Forward August 23, 2014 Vengeance – slogan across Israeli soldier’s chest (Haaretz) — “For me, personally, Arabs are something I can’t look at and can’t stand,” a 10th-grade…
Read MoreHaneen Zoabi and the Lessons from Kristallnacht
Guardian letter 14.11.08. Interior of Fasanenstrasse synagogue in Berlin after Kristallnacht – today mosques and churches are burnt in Israel Germany and the Jews, Israel and the Palestinians. One Must Compare what does this remind you of? We live in a society that cultivates the feeling, from kindergarten to old age, that every stranger is…
Read MoreStrange that: Netanyahu says ISIS = Hamas
Is Netanyahu a liar or is Netanyahu a liar? ISIS Declares War On Palestine, Kills Top Hamas Commander The West’s dilemma – if in doubt blame Hamas Netanyahu Tells World Leaders ‘Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas Lying in the name of state = ISIS main pastime There must be an explanation. Netanyahu claims…
Read MoreIsrael’s Jim Crow Justice – The Case of Tariq Abu Khdeir
For Beating Up a 15 year old boy – Police Receive 45 Days Community Punishment Tariq Abu Khdeir after being released Lest anyone be in any doubt about the ingrained nature of Israeli and Zionist racism, then the case of Tariq Abu Khdeir is a textbook example. 2 of the culprits behind the murder of…
Read MoreOnce Again BBC Changes a Headline to Conform to Israeli Government Demand
The Murder of a Hospital Visitor by Israeli Death squad is Changed to Arrest of Suspect Brighton PSC Demonstration outside Radio Sussex Even a child realises the truth! Before (left) and after: a BBC headline was changed to obscure the fact Israeli killed a Palestinian in cold blood. (Screenshots by Media Lens) On 12th November,…
Read MoreOpen Letter from the Islamic Human Rights Commission to Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Palestinian solidarity needs to accommodate all campaigners who stand for justice – Unity and uniformity are two separate things [see below for Open Letter] At a demonstration organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a number of other organisations on October 20th, outside the Israeli Embassy, two long-standing Palestine solidarity activists were arrested by the Police…
Read More‘I endorse the cultural boycott of Israel’:
Prominent artists support New York-based campaign for cultural boycott of Israel Tunde Adebimpe of the band TV on the Radio. (Image: Adalah-NY) A new video released by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel features eight leading artists stating, “I endorse the cultural boycott of Israel.” The artists include Tony-nominated stage and television…
Read MoreIsrael Outlaws the Northern Islamic League – Another Step Along the Road to a Police State
The ‘Only Democracy in the Middle East’ Bans Israeli Palestinian Organisation Israeli Police Raid Offices of Northern Islamic Leagues Seizing Computers and Files Sheik Raed Salah – leader of the Northern Islamic Leagues Despite the repression and racism, it can nonetheless be said that Israeli Palestinians still enjoy certain, albeit very limited democratic rights. …
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