Posts by Tony Greenstein

‘Well There’s a First Time For Everything, Bob!’ Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s Response to Bob Simon’s observation that he has never experienced an attempt at censorship by another state before Not for nothing is Israel known as ‘the only democracy in the Middle East.’  The genocidal leaders of American fundamentalist Christians – Pastor John Hagee,…

‘I’d have no problem standing with the EDL… In fact, I’m surprised there aren’t more Brits demonstrating against Islamofascists Only a couple of weeks after the Jewish Chronicle was found to have been allowing the BNP’s candidate for the London Mayoralty to have a blog on its site,  the Jewish Chronicle has a new hate…

Largest Post-War Anti-Fascist Mobilisation in Brighton as Hundreds Turn Out For the past 3 years, an outfit called March for England has marched from Brighton Station down to the Old Steine. The first year they lodged at the King & Queen Pub opposite Grand Parade and last year they drank before setting off at the…

Not before time a detailed overview of the Lockerbie bomb case When Muammar Ghadaffi made his peace with western imperialism and Tony Blair , part of the price was the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie Bomber. A special court had been convened at Camp Zeis in the Netherlands 8 years before, but…

Palestinian Christians attacked for challenging Christian Zionism Emily Lawrence, The Electronic Intifada, Bethlehem 12 March 2012 As someone who’s an atheist, it’s been a source of amazement that the western Christian churches, especially the Protestant/non-Catholic denominations, have been a steady source of support for the ‘return’ of the Jews to Palestine. Evangelical support for Zionism…

I am unashamedly lifting a story from Mick Hall’s excellent Outrage blog. This one is on how David Cameron, whose family fortune was accrued via offshore tax havens, and George Osborne have robbed and stolen the benefits of the most vulnerable in society, whilst New Labour looks on with approval. Because the proposal to replace…

Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy By Matthias Schulz AFP The Jews had significant competition in antiquity when it came to worshipping Yahweh. Archeologists have discovered a second great temple not far from Jerusalem that predates its better known cousin. It belonged to the Samaritans, and may have been edited out of the…

Israel’s policy of unlimited detention without trial is challenged As I have oft-remarked, there is an uncanny parallel between Ireland and Palestine. As Ireland was being partitioned the Palestinian Mandate was being put in place under the same Home Secretary Winston Churchill. The Unionists in the north of Ireland achieved a gerry-mandered majority through the…

“the anti-Semites will be our most dependable friends… our allies.” Theodor Herzl, Complete Diaries, M Lowenthall, pp. 83-84 Once again the Zionists are up to their old tricks. Consorting with anti-Semites to ‘encourage’ Jews to go to Israel. As Israel’s Ambassador in Britain once said, Zionism is a movement of ‘self-repatriation’. But it is comforting…

What was the attitude and record of Arabs and Muslims to the Holocaust? Nearly a year ago, I wrote a review essay on Gilbert Achchar’s The Arabs & the Holocaust. It was published in Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal Vol.10, No.1 (May 2011): 109-119. It is one of the conditions of having an article…