Posts Tagged ‘Akiva Orr’
Israel’s Denial That It Bombed Al Ahli Hospital Is As Credible As Its Denial That It Murdered Shireen Abu Akleh
After Killing 500 More Palestinians It’s Time We Accepted that Israel is a Genocidal, Ethnic Cleansing, Failed Apartheid State – We Need a Democratic not a Jewish State Israel’s bombing of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza Israeli Ghoul & Liar-in-Chief How the Media Converted Lies Into Truth & Truth Into Lies This was published in the Western Mail 31.7.14.…
Read MoreHelen Aksentijevic interviews veteran anti-Zionist Moshe Machover, one of the founders of Matzpen, the Socialist Organisation in Israel
Machover looks back on life since his childhood under the Palestine Mandate and describes both his own family and political background There are not many people who can justly be described as legends in their own lifetime but Moshe Machover is one such person. An indefatigable optimist he was the ‘one who got away’. Targeted…
Read MoreHaim Hanegbi – Founder of Matzpen – An Appreciation
Obituary in today’s Ha’aretz from Matzpen Hebrew translation of Ha’aretz advert Haim Hanegbi, a founder of the Israeli Socialist Organisation (Matzpen) died on March 2nd 2018. Below is the paid advert and the translations thereof in Ha’aretz newspaper. Also I copy below an obituary of Haim by Ahmad Jaradat of the Alternative Information Centre and…
Read MoreA History of the Boycott – The Weapon of the Oppressed
Israel’s Fear of the Boycott Demonstrates Its Power There is one weapon that Israel fears more than any other – the Boycott. Terrorism, suicide bombing, demagogy – holds no terror for the Israeli state compared with the Boycott. Why? It can be summed up in a single word – ‘Delegitimisation’. One of the many talking…
Read MoreAkiva Orr, co-founder of Matzpen – the Socialist Organisation in Israel passes away
From working class militant to anti-Zionist writer I only met Akiva Orr once, when he spoke at Sussex University in the 1980’s, to a sparsely attended meeting of the Palestine society on campus. His book on Israel – appropriately titled ‘The UnJewish State’ had just been published. Akiva was an entertaining if not eccentric speaker…
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