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UN torture watchdog demands accessBy Jonathan Cook in Nazareth18 May 2009 Jonathan Cook reports on evidence of a secret Israeli prison – described by an Israeli human rights group as an even grosser violation of international law than Guantanamo – where Arab and Muslim prisoners, including Palestinians, are systematically tortured. The United Nation’s watchdog on…

Threatened with gaol for opposing the demolition of Bedouin houses Ezra Nawi is an unusual Israeli. Of Iraqi descent, gay and a persistent opponent of the occupation and Israeli racism. When the Israeli military went into action against the Bedouin of South Hebron he stood in the way of a bulldozer. He was arrested and…

A very interesting article. Left-Zionists always make great play of the supposed support for 2 States in Israel itself, despite the fact that they keep voting for people opposed to such a concept. The articles below, and the excellent introduction to the first, need no further additionTony Greenstein Israeli left-Zionists and people like Uri Avnery…

The two articles below demonstrate more clearly than anything the racism of Zionist settler-colonialism. The Galilee, where the majority of the population is still Arab, has been subject over the years to continued policies of ‘Judaification’. The equivalent in other places best left unnamed was ‘deJewification.’ Such is the logic of Zionism. And of course…

A quite remarkable story about the establishment of a holocaust museum in the Palestinian village of Na’alin. Na’alin has been the centre of the struggle against the Apartheid Wall. But then it has always been the case that it is the oppressed who are able to reach out and understand and the oppressor who can…

Ronnie Kassrils was the only Jewish member of the last South African government and its most ardent anti-Zionist. This is an address he gave for “Israel Apartheid Week”Ronnie Kasrils fought for decades against apartheid in his South African homeland, and with victory served in the governments of Nelson Mandela, and later Thabo Mbeki. He is…

US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say By John ByrneRaw Story, May 6, 2009 United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a Human Rights First report and followup investigations. In all, 98…

Israel’s notorious Border Guards, posted a number of videos some months ago on U-Tube. They have only just come to light. The one below shows a Palestinian being forced to hit himself as the border guards enjoy his humiliation. The image that comes to mind is that of Vienna’s Jews being forced to sweep the…

For the second time in 3 years, the National Conference of UNISON, Britain’s second largest trade union, has voted to support a Boycott of Israel, as well as demanding a removal of all settlements and the demolition of the Apartheid Wall. The salient parts of the motion are below: ‘Conference reiterates its belief that a…

Below is an interesting analysis, from the perspective of the Israeli secret service, into what is happening in Iran. My own take on what is not dissimilar. The question is whether the present, youthful, student demonstrations can trigger a response in the Iranian working class and the poor. If that is the case then we…