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Compilations of soldiers’ testimonies published by Breaking the Silence Soldier preparing for a ‘demonstration of presence.’ Batir, 2004  Intimidation of the Palestinian Population – “Prevention” Since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in September 2000, more than 1,000 Israelis and 6,000 Palestinians have been killed. The considerable escalation in violence between Palestinians and Israelis both…

According to Benjamin Netanyahu,  Zionism Dictates that Israel cannot accept refugees or asylum seekers without ‘diluting’ its Jewish majority.  Racism?  Good gracious no!   Apparently ‘This phenomenon is very grave and threatens the social fabric of society, our national security and our national identity,” he said on May 29.  Note the last  remark – ‘our national…

   Islam: The Untold Story  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm8xKh8eQqU Blasphemy is a Medieval Idea – Religion is a Belief System we are entitled to criticise  That there are racists from Nick Griffin to the latest Islam: Innocence of Islam who attack a religion as a means of attacking its adherents is undeniable.  But the right to criticise religion…

  Eric Hobsbawm was someone who stayed with the Communist Party till the end.  Whereas many intellectuals deserted the CP at the time of Hungary, Hobsbawm stayed the course.  He was, of course, criticised for his attitude toward Stalinism but whatever faults he had he was a great historian and equally importantly, he didn’t abandon…

Apartheid?  Good gracious no – Just Separate Road Systems! Palestinian and international activists block 443 highway, which connects Tel Aviv and Jerusalem through the West Bank, during a protest against the violence of the Israeli settlers, October 16, 2012. The direct action was organized in light of the increasing settler attacks against Palestinians and their…

Israeli Government Calculates Calorie Intake Per Day for Palestinians of Gaza You have to hand it to the Zionists.  Where Hans Frank, Governor of the General Government (Poland minus the German annexed territories) led, they follow.  According to Wikipedia t he following was the number of calories allowed the different populations.  If the Jews had…

First a video showing the group Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods protesting outside Sodastream.  THus giving the lie to any allegations that to Boycott Israeli Stolen Goods has anything to do with anti-Semitism. Batsheva Dance Company Forced to Cut Performances in Brighton! Those who play for settlers can’t complain if they’re not wanted in the…

Or How I was Taken in by Greta Berlin’s Protestations of Innocence After my first post on the anti-Semitism and the Free Gaza Movement and the distribution of a link concerning an anti-Semitic video  by a Eustace Mullins, which claimed that the Zionists had basically organised the holocaust in conjunction with the Nazis, I received…

The Beginning of the End for the Israeli State It is, what you might call, the beginning of the end. For years Zionist sophists have used the slogan of a Jewish Democracy, when what they meant was a Jewish Demographic Majority. Because given the choice between democracy and demography most Israelis and Zionists will choose…

Between anger and denial: Israeli collective memory and the Nakba A new documentary aims to decipher some of the anxiety that accompanies the Israeli debate over the events of 1948. By Noam Sheizaf Ruins of Palestinian Nakba village Qula, 2010 (photo: Deborah Bright / Zochrot.org) A strange thing regarding the debate on the Nakba: the…