Posts by Tony Greenstein

There is a level of sickness in any occupation that leads to the most vile acts. One only needs to read of the actions of Nazi soldiers or the US in Vietnam or the British in Iraq to know that. But Israel’s occupation of Gaza reached new heights earlier this year. One example was the…

Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet is no bleeding-heart liberal. He is a supporter of Israel’s right-wing coalition. Nonetheless he joins an increasing number of Zionists embarrassed by the support of Britain’s main fascist party, the BNP, for the racist remarks of Israeli Ministers and their attitude to Israel’s Arabs and migrant workers in Israel. Note that Schochet…

Here is the answer to those who criticise Goldstone. The Israeli Military’s Chief Rabbi tells religious students and soldiers that those who show mercy will be ‘damned’. Clearly our Rabbi Rontzki is an exponent of the idea that you don’t allow women and children to live if at all possible. So what does our Nazi…

Free Mohammad Othman, Ezra Nawi and the Shiminstim The facade of the Middle East’s ‘only democracy’ is slipping. Gaoling its critics, Arabs but now also Jews, is the action of a State for whom the enemy within is everywhere. This is the ‘Jewish’ State in the 21st Century. A state based on the principline of…

On Wednesday 18th, over 200 students and staff demonstrated at the University of Birmingham as members of Senate arrived for their meeting. Slogans included “Students not Starbucks”, a reference to the multi-million pound refurbishment of the Muirhead Tower which now incorporates a Starbucks in its reception area, but no reception staff. One of the student…

The Rise of the New ‘Anti-Semitism’ I was invited as a guest on BBC1’s The Big Questions last Sunday, hosted by Nicky Campbell. The topic was the alleged rise of anti-Semitism. I must confess I hadn’t heard of the programme before. The programme, rather ambitiously, tackles 3 topics in a one-hour slot – and they…

Over the past 4 years the Campaign to Boycott Israel has grown by leaps and bounds. UNITE (T&G section) and UNISON have both endorsed the call, as has the Scottish and Irish TUCs. Even the British TUC has called for a boycott of the produce of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. You might think…

Good news from the chief economics editor and deputy editor-in chief of Yedioth Aharonot, Israel’s largest daily, Yediot Aharanot. Compared to 30 years ago, Israel is now a pariah in respectable society (as well as among trade unionists and all others fighting for justice!). After all who wants to share company with those who defend…

The bloody Islamic regime of Ahmedinajad, which together with its predecessors has murdered thousands of people, has taken another innocent life. Ehsan Fattahian was hanged yesterday morning (November 11th). Having been tortured and refused to sign a confession his initial 10 year goal sentence was replaced by the death penalty. The barbarities of the present…

Yes it is almost becoming a regular feature. Another Rabbi says killing non-Jews is fine, even if they are innocent. But wasn’t that the Nazi idea in respect of Jews? They are all worthless, they will all grow up to be evil etc? Below is an article from Haaretz on this delightful character Rabbi Yitzhak…