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A sad farewell to Marek Edelman – the last surviving Commander of the Bund. The article below describes his funeral in Warsaw, where he was buried, although he lived in Poland’s second city, Lodz. It is noticeable that apart from the attendance of Shevach Weiss, a previous Israeli Ambassador to Poland, in his personal capacity,…

I May Not like Jews but I Just Love Israel Michal Kaminski – friend of British Conservatism The row over the Tory Party’s choice of allies in the European Parliament rumbles on. In particular over Michal Kaminiski, member of the far-right Law and Justice Party in Poland’s Sejm and leader of the Conservatives and Reformists…

I guess it is inevitable but when I heard that an Israeli scientist, Professor Ada Yonath, had received the Nobel Prize, my heart sank a little. She was head of research in the field of structural biology and biochemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and was therefore almost certainly involved in some…

An interesting obituary for Marek Edelman in Ha’aretz by someone who is clearly a Revisionist Zionist but who nonetheless recognises the contribution of Marekt Edelman and the fact that he remained a determined opponent of Zionism to the last. Not for him the ‘negation of the Diaspora’ and other anti-Semitic notions. Tony Greenstein Marek Edelman…

Below, in an e-mail to two PSC activists, Betty Hunter, General Secretary of PSC, admits that the Palestinian Authority decision was ‘appalling.’ And that’s it. She denies burying the Goldstone Report. But that is not the point. PSC have refrained from any criticism of the Palestinian Authority’s decision to do exactly that. The main factions…

Last Commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt Dies Aged 90 On October 2nd 2009, Marek Edelman, Deputy Leader of ZOB, the Jewish Fighting Organisation in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, died aged 90. Marek Edelman who, after the death of Mordechai Anielwicz, became Commander of ZOB, was a living legend as well as a world famous…

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprisingby Marek Edelman published in a pamphlet called The Warsaw Ghetto: The 45th Anniversary of the Uprising Interpress Publishers pp. 17-39 [undated] I am not acquainted with the young author of this booklet, one of the leaders of the Jewish Uprising. He brought me a typewritten copy, and I read it all…

The behaviour of the Palestinian Authority in accepting the US and Israel’s demand to withdraw a motion endorsing the Goldstone Report on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza is not unique. During the Second World War, the Nazis set up Judenrat (Jewish Councils) in Nazi-occupied Europe. Of course the parallels are not exact, because it could…

DEBATE – ‘Israel-Palestine and the one state solution:principled solidarity or cul-de-sac?’ Tony Greenstein [Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods/Alliance 4 Green Socialism] Jack Conrad [Communist Party of Great Britain] Moshe Machover [founding member of Matzpen– Socialist Organisation in Israel] 6.30-9.30 October 11th Lucas Arms, Pentonville Road, London There has, over the past year, been a vigorous…