Posts by Tony Greenstein

Uri Avnery is unique among Zionists. He opposes the consequences of Zionism whilst supporting an idealised version of what he would like Zionism to be! Of late he seems to be obsessed with trying to prevent fellow Israelis in the peace movement drawing the right conclusion about Zionism, namely that it is inherently racist and…

Atzmon’s Attack on Moshe Machover Backfires! Sad as it might seem, Mary Rizzo seems to be getting over her infatuation with Gilad Atzmon. Admittedly it has taken a long time and for a middle-aged woman it might be thought somewhat naff to drool over the latest drivel by the phony philosopher, but better late than…

The article below was printed as an Op-Ed in the LA Times. It has caused a furore. Neve Gordon, a lecturer at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, has come to the conclusion that only a boycott of Israel will be effective in putting pressure. Neve Gordon supports, wrongly in my opinion, the 2 States…

An important article concerning the use of migrant labour in Israel and the deliberate decision taken in the 1980’s to wean Israel off using cheap Arab labour (other than in the Territories). Why? Because the similarity with Apartheid South Africa became too obvious and the fear was that if Israel became dependent on Arab labour,…

There are many myths about how Mahatma Gandhi achieved Indian independence almost by his own exertions. Rarely mentioned is his acceptance of communal electorates in 1931, which led as night followed day to the bloody partition of India. Or his alliance with the cotton manufacturers against the workers of Bombay. But one thing is for…

I first came across Dov Yermiya when he wrote an extremely moving book ‘My War Diary – Israel in Lebanon’ in 1983. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli army but was moved enough by what he saw to speak out against the atrocities that he witnessed.. Danny Rubinstein in Davar (paper of the…

This was forwarded to me today. Just another example of Israel’s random brutality against Palestinians. Further comment is unnecessary. Tony Greenstein This boy, Mahmoud Eghbariyeh, did NOTHING but forget his ID card, although he had another identification document on him, his driving license. This took place at Qalandia checkpoint. This was was filmed by chance.…

If you want to know what the reality of a ‘Jewish’ state is, then the following story says it all. An Arab toddler, all of one-year old, is rejected from an Israeli nursery because she is an Arab. The full and sad, sorry story is below. Is there anyone who finds it difficult to make…

dfdfdfdfdf dfdf df df df df df df df ddf df Israel Medical Association Breaks Links with Israeli Doctors Opposed to Torture British Doctor Derek Summerfield Threatened with Libel Action by the IMA Today’s Haaretz (10.8.09.) carries a report that the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) has cut all links with the Israeli branch of Physicians…

One of the consequences of the Establishment trying to redefine support for the Palestinians and opposition to anti-Zionism as ‘anti-Semitism’ is that it now lays open political activists to prosecution for ‘racism’. We have the irony of those who defend racism and apartheid charging the opponents of both with ‘racism’. It is an example of…