Posts by Tony Greenstein

Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy By Matthias Schulz AFP The Jews had significant competition in antiquity when it came to worshipping Yahweh. Archeologists have discovered a second great temple not far from Jerusalem that predates its better known cousin. It belonged to the Samaritans, and may have been edited out of the…

Israel’s policy of unlimited detention without trial is challenged As I have oft-remarked, there is an uncanny parallel between Ireland and Palestine. As Ireland was being partitioned the Palestinian Mandate was being put in place under the same Home Secretary Winston Churchill. The Unionists in the north of Ireland achieved a gerry-mandered majority through the…

“the anti-Semites will be our most dependable friends… our allies.” Theodor Herzl, Complete Diaries, M Lowenthall, pp. 83-84 Once again the Zionists are up to their old tricks. Consorting with anti-Semites to ‘encourage’ Jews to go to Israel. As Israel’s Ambassador in Britain once said, Zionism is a movement of ‘self-repatriation’. But it is comforting…

What was the attitude and record of Arabs and Muslims to the Holocaust? Nearly a year ago, I wrote a review essay on Gilbert Achchar’s The Arabs & the Holocaust. It was published in Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal Vol.10, No.1 (May 2011): 109-119. It is one of the conditions of having an article…

From anti-Zionist to Supporter of a ‘Jewish’ State This is taken from Pragmatism in the Service of Imperialism an article I wrote last week for the Weekly Worker. See also The Case for Apartheid, Norman and The Tragedy of Norman Finkelstein – Time to Say Goodbye (‘a brilliant refutation of Norman’s position’, Ilan Pappe.Last November…

Endorsed by Bill Clinton – Beinart Laments for an Israel that Never Was This is an excellent response to Peter Beinart’s Crisis of Zionism. Beinart is a child of the neo-conservative and Zionist establishment. As well as being the author of The Crisis of Zionism, he is a former editor of The New Republic, an…

Immigration Appeal Tribunal Shows that CST Used Forged Evidence It is with some pride that I found out that in the initial appeal against the proposed deportation of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Raed Salah, this blog was quoted as evidence of the dubious credentials of the Zionist Community Security Trust. This…

Better Late Than Never – The Man Who Justified Every Israeli Barbarity Draws a Line in the Sand One should, as the good bible tells us, welcome sinners, even those like Saul who are embarked on the road to Damascus. It is never too late to repent, as Elie Wiesel, who grew fabulously rich on…

The Scandal of Holocaust Survivors in Israel – They Starve In Order That The Israeli State Can Wage War On Iran With Money Intended For Them Ros Dayan lives in Israel. She is a holocaust survivor. As the holocaust is commemorated in Israel, she describes how she cannot afford to pay for food or clothes…

UPDATE The Jewish Chronicle hosts BNP Blogger then tries to hide it Stephen Pollards Defence – The Truth is a Lie When You Attack a Zionist Below is an update on this story from the ‘Sam Loves Hummus’ Blog. Apparently Stephen Pollard has tweeted that the truth about the JC providing a blog page to…