Posts by Tony Greenstein

Jonathan  Hoffman Defends the 42% of Israelis Who Don’t Want Arab Children in the same Nursery as Jewish Children The Ha’aretz Article that had Hoffman & co. screaming The Article that Drove the Racists Made I was first alerted to the fightback by Zionist propagandists against an article by Gideon Levy in Ha’aretz last week…

Why Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu Oppose Israeli Apartheid and Support BDS Nelson Mandela – a long-time opponent of Israeli Apartheid Christian fundamentalist supporters of Sodastream – 20 years ago the same people supported South African Apartheid Black Zionist who tells anti-Zionist Jews they should have been annihilated by Hitler – and then claims that…

Was Savile a Zionist I had a weird message earlier today on the Argus blog from Harvey Garfield, Hoffman’s uglier twin (yes it is possible) and also a somewhat less eloquent(!) but equally viperous soul, asking me to dissociate myself from a Scottish PSC article, which apparently linked Jimmy Savile and Israel together. Garfield it…

Survey, conducted by Dialog on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, exposes anti-Arab, ultra-nationalist views espoused by a majority of Israeli Jews By Gideon Levy | Oct.23, 2012 It’s called co-existence! Palestinians waiting to cross through the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus. Photo by Nir Kafri Most of the Jewish public in Israel supports the establishment of…

Jewish Chronicle Censors itself –  as Zionist Federation attacks ‘Crude Smear Story’ You couldn’t make it up.  The Jewish Chronicle’s front page story this week is ‘JNF loses half its revenue’ by Simon Rocker.  Try finding it on the JC’s own site however.  It has disappeared!  Failing JC Editor, Stephen Pollard, now quakes in his…

Compilations of soldiers’ testimonies published by Breaking the Silence Soldier preparing for a ‘demonstration of presence.’ Batir, 2004  Intimidation of the Palestinian Population – “Prevention” Since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in September 2000, more than 1,000 Israelis and 6,000 Palestinians have been killed. The considerable escalation in violence between Palestinians and Israelis both…

According to Benjamin Netanyahu,  Zionism Dictates that Israel cannot accept refugees or asylum seekers without ‘diluting’ its Jewish majority.  Racism?  Good gracious no!   Apparently ‘This phenomenon is very grave and threatens the social fabric of society, our national security and our national identity,” he said on May 29.  Note the last  remark – ‘our national…

   Islam: The Untold Story  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm8xKh8eQqU Blasphemy is a Medieval Idea – Religion is a Belief System we are entitled to criticise  That there are racists from Nick Griffin to the latest Islam: Innocence of Islam who attack a religion as a means of attacking its adherents is undeniable.  But the right to criticise religion…

  Eric Hobsbawm was someone who stayed with the Communist Party till the end.  Whereas many intellectuals deserted the CP at the time of Hungary, Hobsbawm stayed the course.  He was, of course, criticised for his attitude toward Stalinism but whatever faults he had he was a great historian and equally importantly, he didn’t abandon…

Apartheid?  Good gracious no – Just Separate Road Systems! Palestinian and international activists block 443 highway, which connects Tel Aviv and Jerusalem through the West Bank, during a protest against the violence of the Israeli settlers, October 16, 2012. The direct action was organized in light of the increasing settler attacks against Palestinians and their…