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Lenni Brenner and when Zionism saw itself as a Jewish Volkish movement This is a cross posting/guest contribution from Lenni Brenner, who pioneered the history of Zionist collaboration with the Nazis.  Lenni’s contribution cannot be overestimated for breaking the taboo that Zionism ever fought against or contributed to the fight against fascism and Nazism. His…

Qualifications?  Eliyahu Called for Murder of 1 million Palestinians and for Palestinian Children to be Hanged in Revenge Who can possibly say that the Israeli state and its leaders don’t possess a sense of humour?  After all how else can  you describe the decision to put the Chief Rabbi of Safed, Shmuel Eliyahu, in charge…

Reorganizing organized labor Photo: Marc Israel Sellem Railworkers on strike The railworkers union in Israel was historically the first mixed trade union as well as a bastion of the left.  The Zionists, led by Histadrut in 1921, were determined to smash it up and in particular end the joint organisation of Arab and Jewish workers…

Opening up the South Downs National Park Chanctonbury Ring, December 2004      Two weeks ago the Downlanders, a group which seeks to maximise the use of the newly created South Downs National Park, walked from a small town Steyning in West Sussex to Chanctonbury Ring and back again.  I went along with my son,…

Week of Action Against Workfare  We Won’t Work for Benefits or No Pay       On May 26th Brighton Benefits Campaign held a national conference  to co-ordinate opposition to Workfare – the idea of working for your dole, i.e. not being paid to work.  BBC, which has been going for a number of years…

The new head of the Israeli Red Cross (MDA) Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu advocates killing 1 millions Palestinians  Advocate of Genocide to Head Israel’s Magen David Adom! (Red Cross) When Henry Kisssinger received the Nobel Peace Prize, it was said by one comic to be beyond parody.  Israel has gone one further.  Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi…

Israeli arms sales to Rwanda’s Interahamwe were no different from those to genocidal regimes throughout the world How ironic, the justifications for Israel nearly always involve the holocaust of European Jewry.  Israel is a refuge for Jews (though most of them seem to want to avoid it including a million Israelis).  Can there be any…

A very interesting article which I sourced from Muzzlewatch  on the attempts by Zionist ideologues to equate support for the Palestinians, opposition to Zionism and support for the holocaust of European Jews together.  It relies heavily on Gilbert Achcar’s book ‘Arabs and the Holocaust’ which I reviewed critically on my own blog  and before that…

Finkelstein – divorced from the movement and motivated by arrogance and petulance  From a brilliant critic of Zionism to a supporter of a Jewish State  Norman Finkelstein – from anti-Zionist to supporter of an Apartheid State and a Palestinian Bantustan I am crossposting this excellent article and analysis of Norman Finkelstein’s attack on BDS from…