Posts by Tony Greenstein

Why Does Samir Abed-Rabbo and a Few Gullible Palestinians Get Into Bed With Atzmon? There seem to be quite a number of fools who have fallen for Atzmon’s ‘Wandering Who’ including Professors John Mearsheimer, Richard Falk Petras, as well as a few Palestinian fools like Samir Abed-Rabbo. But do the latter know that Atzmon is…

To those who say that BDS is not working (the Zionists) or that it is an ethnic Jewish campaign (Gilad Atzmon) the article below from Ynet, on-line edition of Israel’s largest daily, Yediot Aharanot, is illustrative. BDS, although not yet universal, is a growing campaign and it is having some success – whether against Veolia…

All too often, when people in the West think of Israel and the Palestinians they also think of the most reactionary aspect of Islam – the stoning and flogging, the covering up of women with the burka and niqab, the tyranny of the religious establishment in Iran and Saudi Arabia and their vicious penal codes,…

Palestinian Declaration of Statehood Condemned by Palestinians I haven’t commented on the bid for Palestinian ‘statehood’ at the United Nations, not because I didn’t think it absurd, but because it was farcical. To imagine the UN is going to be able to deliver that which Palestinians on the grounds, the Arab peoples and international pressure…

Ahava – The Fruits of Boycott Ahava stands as a magnificent victory for the BDS campaign. It was initiated by Jews 4 Boycotting Israeli Goods, but was soon taken up by others, including the indefatiguable and voluble Michael Shanahan, who regularly upbraided Jonathan Hoffmann for his misdemeanours. Ahava sold stolen ‘beauty’ produce, as it later…

Action Needed and Solidarity with California, US Prison Hunger Strikers Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’[email protected] Twitter: http://twitter.com/fre eahmadsaadat Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners is more urgent than ever. Since the announcement of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike against the isolation of Ahmad Sa’adat and all other prisoners held in solitary confinement, and against torture and humiliation for…

Terror Attack by Israeli Police and Settlers Against Peaceful DemonstrationThe Violence that the Guardian and BBC Consider Normal HEB ENG EDITORS BREAKING NEWS: 23 people injured during settler attack on Palestinians and Israeli activists 23 פצועים בקרב פלסטינים ומפגיני שמאל שהותקפו ע”י מתנחלים From: Dan Cohen (west Jerusalem)עברית אחרי אנגלית – נא להפיץ – התמונות…

The Self-Destruction of Mearsheimer & Walt The publication by the London Review of Books of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s The Israel Lobby on 23 March 2006 had a major impact. Their argument was quite simple. The United States had been following a policy of support for Israel in the Middle despite, not because of,…

Criticise the Guardian’s Comment is Free But Get Your Fact Right First! Far be it from me to defend the Guardian or its Comment Is Free section. Having been banned from posting articles by its former editor, Matthew Seaton, because I insisted that comparisons could and should be made between Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians…

Richard ‘Lenin’ Seymour makes it clear that the SWP owes no-one an apology for its previous relationship with Atzmon [or indeed for anything!] I received a message earlier today regarding Atzmon’s new book The Wandering Who? It informed me and others that ‘a group of authors published by Zero Books have criticized the publisher &…