Posts Tagged ‘Haneen Zoabi’
Haneen Zoabi and the Lessons from Kristallnacht
Guardian letter 14.11.08. Interior of Fasanenstrasse synagogue in Berlin after Kristallnacht – today mosques and churches are burnt in Israel Germany and the Jews, Israel and the Palestinians. One Must Compare what does this remind you of? We live in a society that cultivates the feeling, from kindergarten to old age, that every stranger is…
Read MoreIsrael’s Lynching of Haneen Zoabi
I’ve written before about the attacks of the Israeli state and politicians from all the Zionist parties – (with the partial exception of Meretz) on Haneen Zoabi, the incredibly brave Israeli Palestinian Member of the Knesset for Balad/Joint List. Haneen Zoabi As readers of the blog will be aware from previous posts eg. The Witchhunt…
Read MoreWhy All the Fuss – We Kill Children All the Time
A Response to ‘Israeli condemnation ‘not enough,’ say US Jewish groups, after baby killed’ Fatal firebombing of Palestinian family by alleged Jewish terrorists prompts unusually harsh criticism by mainstream US Jews Below is my response to an article in The Times of Israel on the murder of a Palestinian baby: The whole concept of terrorism…
Read MoreCuring Your Stutter Won’t Improve Israel’s Image!
It’s a mistake common to many reactionaries. It’s not what we do that is wrong, it’s just that we aren’t getting the message across. It was something we heard repeatedly during the Thatcher era. But if it was just a question of image, then the BBC’s pro-Israel propaganda during Operation Protective Edge should have done the…
Read MoreMeet the Knesset Members from the Joint List
Netanyahu’s Fear Mongering Attack on Palestinians – Rooted in Zionism Palestinian citizens of Israel – and their political parties – agreed on a most basic principle: there should be equality under law and in practice between them and Israeli-Jews. Everything else, the peace process, the two state solution, could fall to the side. Netanyahu’s demographic…
Read MorePalestinian female MK Haneen Zoabi physically attacked – again
Banned, Physically Attacked – Israeli Democracy in Action Another example of the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. Haneen Zoabi, an articulate, forthright Palestinian member of the Knesset has been villified, suspended from the Knesset, barred from running (until the High Court overturned it) and now physically attacked during the election campaign by a range…
Read More“What is she, an Arab?”
Israel’s Casual Racism Ali Abunimah on Monday 23rd February 2015 This astonishing video of an incident that occurred on an Israir airlines flight from Tel Aviv to the seaside resort of Varna, Bulgaria, last weekend has become a social media sensation among Israelis. Although all involved in the incident are apparently Israeli Jews, it is…
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 MoreIsraeli Arabs Singled Out For Dismissal and Attack in Israel
Oppression targets Palestinians in Israel Israeli policemen arrest protesters as Palestinians living in Israel and left wing activists protest against the Israeli attack on Gaza in down town Haifa, July 18, 2014. Israeli police arrested 28 activists, as protesters took the streets and blocked roads calling to put an end to the attack. (Fiaz abu-Ramele/Activestills.org)…
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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