Posts by Tony Greenstein

Ronnie Kassrils was the only Jewish member of the last South African government and its most ardent anti-Zionist. This is an address he gave for “Israel Apartheid Week”Ronnie Kasrils fought for decades against apartheid in his South African homeland, and with victory served in the governments of Nelson Mandela, and later Thabo Mbeki. He is…

US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say By John ByrneRaw Story, May 6, 2009 United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a Human Rights First report and followup investigations. In all, 98…

Israel’s notorious Border Guards, posted a number of videos some months ago on U-Tube. They have only just come to light. The one below shows a Palestinian being forced to hit himself as the border guards enjoy his humiliation. The image that comes to mind is that of Vienna’s Jews being forced to sweep the…

For the second time in 3 years, the National Conference of UNISON, Britain’s second largest trade union, has voted to support a Boycott of Israel, as well as demanding a removal of all settlements and the demolition of the Apartheid Wall. The salient parts of the motion are below: ‘Conference reiterates its belief that a…

Below is an interesting analysis, from the perspective of the Israeli secret service, into what is happening in Iran. My own take on what is not dissimilar. The question is whether the present, youthful, student demonstrations can trigger a response in the Iranian working class and the poor. If that is the case then we…

Is there anything more abhorrent than the torture of children? Yet this Nazi-like practice is now adopted by Israel, with its ‘independent’ judicial system turning its usual blind eye to what is happening. Of course if this was happening to Jewish children then they would intervene immediately and world leaders would queue up to condemn…

The Boycott motion at the British Universities & Colleges Union began the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in 2005. Then it called down a hail of fire from the pro-Zionist lobby. This year it has passed with barely a murmur, although the National Secretary, Sally Hunt, declared it was unlawful, the moral victory is…

Below is an article from Haaretz which displays the racist and genocidal beliefs of Chabad (Lubavitch) a Hasidic sect, in all its murderous glory. This is the reality behind all the talk of ‘peace’ and ‘2 states’. The growing support for a ‘radical’ solution in Palestine. It was Rabbis such as Friedman who provided the…

New Labours Death Agony Twelve years ago, I wrote a pamphlet ‘The Noble Sayings of Lord Bassam’. Lord Bassam was a minor star in the New Labour firmament, one of those people who were willing to junk all they had professed to believe in for the same of personal advancement. Principle was not a word…

Mary Rizzo is the indefatiguable helper and accomplice of notorious anti-Semite Gilad Atzmon, with whom she runs the Palestine Thinktank. Indeed she is a friend and supporter of any and all the anti-Semites hovering on the fringes of the Palestine solidarity movement – Israel Shamir, Paul Eisen, Atzmon of course. And on the blogs she…