Posts Tagged ‘Basel Ghattas’
The Last Fig Leaf Hiding the Nakedness of Israeli Democracy Has Been Stripped Away
The very idea of a Jewish state is a violation of the rights of its non-Jewish citizens One of the few things that Zionists use to uphold the pretence that Israel is a democracy is the fact that the Arabs/Palestinians can vote in elections for the Knesset. Now even this is no longer true. it…
Read MoreIsraeli Labour Party Supports Netanyahu’s Attempt to Expel an Arab MK, Basel Ghattas
Basel Ghattas is the latest Arab member of the Knesset to come under attack from the Jewish majority It is one of the boasts of Israel that it is the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. Arabs can vote goes the narrative, therefore we are a democracy. Of course the idea that a democracy…
Read MoreThis is Zionism – The Demolition of Umm al-Hiran
Umm al-Hiran on the morning before the bulldozers moved in for a spot of ethnic cleansing Racism and Zionism are like Siamese Twins Shami Chakrabarti, who was enlisted by Jeremy Corbyn to write a report on racism and anti-Semitism spouted a load of nonsense about Zionism, the racist ideology and movement that gave birth to…
Read MoreOnly in Israel’s ‘democracy’ could the Prime Minister urge a pardon for a cold-blooded racist murderer
Elor Azaria, Israel’s killer hero is unlikely to do any gaol time Imagine, if you will, a Palestinian who had shot in the head, cold bloodedly, a severely wounded Israeli lying prostrate on the ground. Imagine Benjamin Netanyahu urging clemency. This is a fantasy scenario. Palestinians guilty of resistance, who kill Israeli combat soldiers, which…
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 MoreTantura – the Massacre that the Zionists tried to Cover Up
An excellent article by Jonathan Cook, a British journalist who lives in Nazareth. He was blacklisted by the Guardian. Tantura was the scene of one of the worst massacres of the Nakba and there has been a concerted effort to cover it up. The University of Haifa was complicit in the brow-beating of Teddy Katz,…
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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