Posts Tagged ‘Balad’
Scratch a Liberal Zionist and You find a Jewish Racist
Hannah Weisfeld of the Zionist Yachad group first accepts then deletes my response to her article on Jewish Identity The hypocritical Liberal Zionist group Yachad which argues that support for Israel is compatible with support for peace Hannah Weisfeld – Yachad Director who prefers to delete critical comments rather than justify her pretentious writings UPDATE: …
Read MoreIsrael is jettisoning even the trappings of democracy
Apologists for the Israeli state always refer to the fact that Arabs have the vote in Israel, as if putting your cross on the ballot paper once every 4 years rectifies all the racist injustices of the previous years. In fact nearly 50% of Israeli Palestinians don’t even vote because it is considered a waste…
Read MoreThe ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ Suspends 3 Palestinian members of the Knesset and takes steps to expel them
Israel is, as every Zionist propagandist tells you, a democracy. Of course they define a democracy quite narrowly. Basically the chance to vote every few years for a new parliament (Knesset) counts as democracy. The systematic discrimination, the denial of land rights to Israeli Palestinians, the denial of any civil or political rights to the…
Read MoreIsraeli Knesset Rejects Bill to Enshrine Equality in Law
A Palestinian citizen of Israel waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against the police killing of Khir Hamdan in Umm al-Fahm. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) It should be no surprise that when faced with a choice of enshrining equality in Israel’s Basic Law (the equivalent of a constitutional law) the Knesset voted it down. Not…
Read MoreBanning the northern Islamic Movement Demonstrates that for Arabs Israel is no Democracy
Demonstration against the banning of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement Netanyahu decided on November 17th to ban the northern wing of the Islamic Movement. A movement which is supported by about half of Israeli Palestinians. Netanyahu did this for nakedly political reasons, as Jonathan Cook shows in his article below. Raed Salah outside…
Read MoreIsraeli Labour – As Racist as Likud
There is nothing that Netanyahu’s done that Israeli Labour governments haven’t done before him Those with short memories and an even shorter imagination believe that an Israeli Labour Party government will be a break from the Netanyahu government. This despite the fact that the ILP has supported all the attacks on Gaza. Now the leader…
Read More‘The Only Democracy in the Middle East’ Suspends Arab MK Haneen Zoabi
Israel’s mask of democracy slips as Haneen Zoabi is suspended for 6 months Haneen Zoabi – singled out for abuse by Israeli right and Zionists In the summer Haneen Zoabi, a member of the Knesset for Balad, was asked of the kidnapping and murder of 3 teenage settlers was an act of terrorism. She replied…
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What if it was Your Child? Israeli Soldiers’ Child Abuse https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1410694442525214&fref=nf This video speaks for itself and demonstrates how ritual sadism and brutality has become an integral part of the Occupation army’s operations. British MPs and the Vote for a Palestinian State Latest News: Motion Passed by 274-12 Ed Balls – Labour Shadow Chancellor One…
Read MoreBanning Arab Parties – A Demonstration of Zionist Democracy
Arab Parties Who Don’t Accept Israel as a Jewish AND a Democratic State will be banned from standing in the General Election Like the fascist he is, David Rotam, of the overtly racist Yisrael Beteinu seeks to ban Arab Parties In January there will be a general election in Israel. It is predicted that this…
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