Posts by Tony Greenstein

It is with a sense of frustration that one watches the latest instalment of the ‘peace process’ being played out. Preconditions for the negotiations, such as the freezing of settlements, have been abandoned. Another precondition from Israel’s Foreign Minister Lieberman, is the abandonment of the Goldstone Report, which the Palestinian Authority did their best to…

And so we see the beginings of the Palestinian Bantustans (or more accurately Reservations) being created – with the support of Abbas and his collaborators. Tony Greenstein “Palestinian Authority Only”: New Israeli Stamp Limits Travel For TouristsToufic HaddadThis is an image of a page from a French passport, whose owner recently went through the Allenby…

In a referendum on Thursday, Sussex students voted by 560 to 460 votes to Boycott Israeli Goods. The Zionists were active on the campus and their stunts included erecting a bridge on the main square! It was meant to symbolise a bridge to peace, whereas it was more a lifeline to the occupation authorities! Sussex…

The following article is from YNet, Yediot Aharanot on-line. It concerns the beating by Border Guards, in a video they themselves took, of 2 Palestinians in Jerusalem for the crime of being Arab. What is so outrageous in this case, and one cannot but recall similar instances of state-licensed beatings – be it in South…

Mark Stephens Threatens Libel Action againstDr Derek Summerfield for criticising Israel’s Apologist for Torture – Yoram Blachar Shurely some mistake as my old friend Lord Gnome might say. Whispers have reached our ears that Mark Stephens of Finer, Stephens, Innocent has threatened Derek Summerfield, the doctor who has been tirelessly campaigning against the complicity of…

Griffin denies he is anti-Semitic – after all I supported Israel!!Oh dear. This is becoming something of a habit. Everytime some loathsome fascist or racist rattlesnake gets accused of being anti-Semitic, what do they say? But I’m pro-Israeli!! I just love Israel’s attitude to Muslims (i..e they kill them). Of course this may fool those…

But Attendance Allowance is Still Under Threat As Disability Alliance Welcomes Government Proposals A little while ago I blogged about the threat from New Labour to abolish Disability Living Allowance – a benefit that had been introduced by the Tories in 1992 – and which helps ensure that disabled people have just about enough to…

Well what would know? Remember Israel’s boast? The only democracy in the Middle East. It would seem, however that the shine has somewhat come of that boast. In fact it is looking quite tarnished. Reporters Without Borders have just compiled the rankings for the 2009 Press Freedom Index and Israel comes in at 150! The…

I know that most Palestinians are horrified by the behaviour of Abbas and his cronies in withdrawing a critical motion of support for the Goldstone Report from the UN’s Human Rights Committee. However Palestinians should not think there is anything exceptional in Abbas’s behaviour. Indeed he is merely following in the footsteps of his Zionist…