Posts by Tony Greenstein

Mubarak and Egyptian Regime Attempt to Destroy Solidarity With Gaza The following is a message from the organisers of the Gaza Freedom March and Jewish Peace News. The regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, which has consistently worked with Israel and the United States to reimpose the rule of Fatah stooges over Gaza, including supporting…

Israel calls itself a ‘democracy’ – the only one in the Middle East indeed. But the question of whether it is a democracy or an ethnocracy, with limited democratic rights for the Herrenvolk, boil down to whether all are treated as equal in the eyes of the law. One of the hallmarks of the Apartheid…

A year ago today, tens of thousands demanded the release of Israel’s youngest prisoners of conscience, the Shministim. These 12th graders courageously chose prison time over serving in the occupying Israeli army, and became heroes to us and the entire world. Last Chanukah, just one day after Tamar Katz was released from solitary confinement, the…

It is not only carols that go together with Christmas, especially those which draw attention to the western Christian hypocrites who have nothing to say about the strangulation of Bethlehem. So in the spirit of the times I present a short quizz from Uri Avneri, the veteran Israeli peacenick. Tony Greenstein A SHORT historical quiz:…

There will be those who are shocked at the revelation that Golda Meir, whose grandmotherly appearance belied a cold and cynical persona, told Poland under the Stalinists not to send sick or disabled Jews to the ‘Jewish State’. My friend Mark Elf, of Jewssansfrontieres attributes this to eugenicism and he is right. But that is…

Old Hymns Brought Up to Date Well it was the first ever carol service I have attended and what a wonderful event it was. Encouraged by a small Zionist demonstration outside nearly 200 people attended the service, a more than tripling of the numbers last year. We have a lot to thank Jonathan Hoffman, Zionist…

Top Ten Brands to Boycott this Christmas & all year Posted by Right Of Return Coalition on Thu, 12/03/2009 – 13:05 USCBI (U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel) While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to…

In essence the 2 articles below, on the state of human rights in Israel, suggest that protest is allowed (for Jews that is) only as long as it is ineffective. Human rights ‘with conditions’: Discrimination in 2009 Association for Civil Rights in Israel paints somber picture in its 2009 report: Protesting is allowed as long…

Trading in Arms with the Junta Was More Important than Rescuing Jews Post 1945 there was one regime that murdered Jews because they were Jews and in particular because they were left-wing Jews. In Argentina between 1976 and 1983 3,000 of the Disappeared Ones were Jewish, 10% of those murdered by the fascists. Yet there…