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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…

From anti-Zionist to Supporter of a ‘Jewish’ State This is taken from Pragmatism in the Service of Imperialism an article I wrote last week for the Weekly Worker. See also The Case for Apartheid, Norman and The Tragedy of Norman Finkelstein – Time to Say Goodbye (‘a brilliant refutation of Norman’s position’, Ilan Pappe.Last November…

Endorsed by Bill Clinton – Beinart Laments for an Israel that Never Was This is an excellent response to Peter Beinart’s Crisis of Zionism. Beinart is a child of the neo-conservative and Zionist establishment. As well as being the author of The Crisis of Zionism, he is a former editor of The New Republic, an…

Immigration Appeal Tribunal Shows that CST Used Forged Evidence It is with some pride that I found out that in the initial appeal against the proposed deportation of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Raed Salah, this blog was quoted as evidence of the dubious credentials of the Zionist Community Security Trust. This…

Better Late Than Never – The Man Who Justified Every Israeli Barbarity Draws a Line in the Sand One should, as the good bible tells us, welcome sinners, even those like Saul who are embarked on the road to Damascus. It is never too late to repent, as Elie Wiesel, who grew fabulously rich on…