Posts by Tony Greenstein
Merkel’s Conservatives Are Better Politically on Palestine than Germany’s Green Party – Die Grunen
Green Politics and Utopian Capitalism – International Solidarity is the First Casualty Poster portraying Netanyahu as a child murderer To those who believe that you can judge Britain’s Green Party by what its conference passes when it has no power, the example of Germany’s Greens is a powerful example. Beck and some dimwit Volker-Beck, a…
Read MoreHebron – Israeli Military Attacks Palestinians and Western Observers
Israeli forces invade ISM apartment as part of a campaign of continual harassment against activists in Hebron in Hebron, Reports, Video March 5, 2015 5th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine To date, ISM volunteers in Al-Khalil (Hebron) have faced two attempted night raids, two invasions, and continual daily harassment from Israeli occupation forces. Other organizations…
Read MorePalestinian female MK Haneen Zoabi physically attacked – again
Banned, Physically Attacked – Israeli Democracy in Action Another example of the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. Haneen Zoabi, an articulate, forthright Palestinian member of the Knesset has been villified, suspended from the Knesset, barred from running (until the High Court overturned it) and now physically attacked during the election campaign by a range…
Read MoreEDL Decides Not to March in Brighton After All
Fascists Promise to Take Their Poisonous Hatred to Oxford EDL Retreat Before the Battle! Brighton’s miserable EDL contingent Only Sussex Friends of Israel seemed to love MFE/EDL EDL Surrender Notice Every inch was a struggle On April 22nd 2012 a group called March for England, which contained a mixture of EDL, Infidels, Casuals and Gullibles,…
Read MoreWhy the Rise of Fascism is Again the Issue
The Lies of Imperialism Feed the Rise of Fascism By John Pilger Activists of the far-right Ukrainian Svoboda party. ‘In the recent elections [it] fell only 0.3% short of the required minimum of 5%’ required to enter parliament. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images February 27, 2015 “ICH” – The recent 70th anniversary of the liberation of…
Read MoreJewish Defense League thugs found guilty of assault at Palestine event in London
Zionist Nazi Group Members Attacked a Palestinian Literary Event Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada Fri, 02/27/2015 Photo from the JDL UK website shows Roberta Moore meeting with deputy speaker of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin in Israel. Two Jewish Defence League UK thugs were today found guilty of assault after they attacked a panel at a Palestine literary festival in…
Read MoreIsrael Supports ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria
Israel and ISIS – Butchers Together It has become increasingly clear in recent months that Israel is unhappy with the attack on ISIS in Iraq. This was demonstrated a few weeks ago with the Israeli missile attack which killed 6 members of Hezbollah and the Iranian military, including a General. Now Israel has arrested Sedki…
Read MoreA History of the Boycott – The Weapon of the Oppressed
Israel’s Fear of the Boycott Demonstrates Its Power There is one weapon that Israel fears more than any other – the Boycott. Terrorism, suicide bombing, demagogy – holds no terror for the Israeli state compared with the Boycott. Why? It can be summed up in a single word – ‘Delegitimisation’. One of the many talking…
Read MoreWaitrose Magazine Carries 32 Page PR Pamphlet with Israeli Tourist Board
‘Tasteless’ Waitrose Exposed Last week we learnt that the upmarket supermarket (well their prices are up-market!) Waitrose, a supermarket that flaunts its ‘corporate social responsibility’ and its egalitarian employment practices – has teamed up with the Israeli Tourist Board to produce a special glossy insert for ‘Waitrose Kitchen’, their customer magazine. The 32-page insert is…
Read More“What is she, an Arab?”
Israel’s Casual Racism Ali Abunimah on Monday 23rd February 2015 This astonishing video of an incident that occurred on an Israir airlines flight from Tel Aviv to the seaside resort of Varna, Bulgaria, last weekend has become a social media sensation among Israelis. Although all involved in the incident are apparently Israeli Jews, it is…
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