Posts by Tony Greenstein
JK Rowling Responds to Palestinian Fan – Mia Oudeh
JK Rowling responds to fans using her Harry Potter characters to make points about Israeli cultural boycott JK Rowling and Palestinian music teacher Mia Oudeh After the letter this week from 150 people, including JK Rowling and 13 Tory MPs calling for ‘cultural co-existence’ i.e. breaking the Cultural Boycott of Israel, Miah Oudeh, a Palestinian…
Read MoreA Day in the Life of Jerusalem’s Magistrates Court
The Folly of Israeli Apartheid Knows No Boundaries Police arrest International at Nabi Saleh protest A post by Miko Peled, an Israeli anti-Zionist, on a day in the life of the Jerusalem Magistrates Court. As one can seen, lying in court is a ritual that Israeli police and military engage in as a matter of…
Read MoreIs Netanyahu Mad or is it the Politics of the Madhouse?
Below is an article by Uri Avneri, an Israeli peace activist, former member of the Knesset and someone who is on the fringes of Zionism but one of its most strident critics, having fought in the Israeli war of independence and having also been a former member of the Irgun. My own view is that…
Read MoreThe Nazi tactics of the ‘most moral occupation in the world’
Israeli Border Patrol Threatens to Gas Palestinians in Aida Refugee Camp Until Everyone is Dead Mohammed Matter Israeli military vehicles invaded Aida refugee camp and used loud speakers to leave the Palestinians a message.. Watch, listen and share.. (English subtitles) see Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians – Probe launched over video…
Read MoreA Glimpse into the Soul of Israel – the Spirit of Zionism
The article below speaks for itself. How the fascist dross that constitute Israel’s growing neo-Nazi milieu gloats over the death of an Israeli, Richard Lakin, who was stabbed by a Palestinian. Lakin was someone who was involved in various Israeli-Palestinian initiatives and therefore a ‘leftist’ in the eyes of Israel’s fascists. To those who…
Read MoreOpen Letter to J.K. Rowling
Abandon Your Support for Israel’s Death Eaters @jk_rowling J.K. Rowling, c/o Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Israeli artists with mouths sealed to represent the decision of the Israeli Government to cut the funding of artists who oppose the Occupation of the West Bank and the settlements J K Rowling – a Betrayal…
Read MoreFrench Supreme Court Makes Free Speech Illegal If It Concerns Israel
French Boycott Poster Whereto Liberty Fraternity and Equality now? In reality it never existed as the French revolution was coterminous with the existence of the most profitable slave colony of all, Santa Domingo/Haiti. The actions of the French Supreme Court, which has effectively outlawed support for BDS in France, at the same time as it…
Read MoreDid the leadership of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Aid the Police in Harrasment of Palestine Activists?
Police Arrest and Impose Draconian Bail Conditions on Activists for Flying the Hezbollah Flag I was sent this letter, signed by Ilan Pappe, the Israeli historian of the Nakba and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians, relating to a demonstration organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Saturday 17 October. Hezbollah Flag Police moving…
Read MoreA Commitment by UK Scholars to the Rights of Palestinians
A Fitting Response to J K Rowling, Eric Pickles and the Culture 4 Colonialism Gang The advert below supporting an Academic Boycott, appeared in the Guardian of 27th October 2015. It was signed by over 350 academics. You can link to it at
Read MoreHow the BBC Erased All Trace of Saudi Support for Al Qaeda in Syria
An interesting example of how the BBC does its best to promote the foreign policy interests of British capitalism and the current government by doctoring its news stories. In this case it is subscribing to the line that the ‘moderates’ that Saudi Arabia are supplying are not in fact the Al Qaeda group, al-Nusra. In…
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