Posts by Tony Greenstein

This was article was sent to me by Eran Torbiner, producer of Bunda’im, a lovely and very moving film about the surviving (and sadly dying) remnant of the Bund in Israel and their determination not to compromise their beliefs in a society based on everything the Bund fought against This is a tribute to the…

Minister declares Israel “belongs to white man” “I have nowhere to go,” says Moses Gadia. Jillian Kestler-D’Amours The Electronic Intifada 12 June 2012 ( Jillian Kestler-D’Amours / IPS) EILAT (IPS) – Moses Gadia speaks quietly, a detailed and colorful map of South Sudan on the wall next to him. In the courtyard outside, a group…

The article below is worth crossposting, although I don’t agree with all of it.  In particular it doesn’t draw the connections between the ‘threat to our identity’ that Netanyahu expresses and the Zionist aim of creating a purely Jewish state.  Where Friedman talks about ‘Israeli racism (which exists, as it does everywhere)’ she forgets the…

Ultra-Orthodox Sect Reported to Have Spoken at a Meeting of National Front Supporters If the Jewish Chronicle are correct, Strictly Orthodox Neturei Karta’s new alliance with extreme right  and there is no reason to believe otherwise, then one Rabbi Aharon Cohen from NK spoke to a meeting consisting of fascists, holocaust deniers and assorted anti-Semites.  …

Protest in France The BBC – the British Government’s main propaganda organ – has consistently refused to carry news of the Palestinian hunger strikes – now or earlier in the year.  But the BBC were more than willing to cover Gilad Shalit when he was captured by Hamas Palestinian players play in handcuffs to symbolise…

As the Pogroms Against Africans Continue with the Encouragement of the Israeli State As the Israeli government continues on its racist course, defending the ‘Jewish’ nature of the State against African asylum seekers, with the Israeli Labour Party, doing nothing to prevent what is happening and the Histadrut – the so-called Zionist ‘trade union’ remaining…

Speaking Tour of Father Raed Awad Abusaliah I must confess an interest.  Living Stones, the Christian Charity dedicated to support of Palestinian Christians was founded by Father Michael Prior, who was if I remember correctly, Vice-Principal of St. Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham – a sleepy teacher training college where I obtained my PGCE (teaching…

A State of Judenrats and Pogroms Interior Minister Eli Yishai. Photo by Alon Ron The pogroms that are now taking place in Israel are occurring with the permission and incitement of government politicians, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has previously been on record as stating that the existence of 60,000 African refugee ‘problem’ threatens the…

Once Again the Zionists Are Beaten –  Despite Police State Security I love this short video.  It tells it like it is.  I feel privileged to have taken part in another successful BDS protest and to know that our protest has, yet again, had world-wide  repercussions.  As the woman in the film said, the Zionists…

Stuff the Jubilee and the Royal Parasites Anti-monarchy protesters gather on the banks of the river Thames at city hall, London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/PA   A variety of tyrants and pretenders.  Queen Elizabeth II with her royal guests  pose for a picture before her Sovereign Monarchs Jubilee  lunch in the Grand reception room at Windsor…