Posts Tagged ‘Haolem Hazeh’
Book Review: Avi Shlaim – Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab Jew
How Israel and Zionism Destroyed the World’s Oldest Jewish Community in Iraq One World, London, 2023 Witness – The Last Jew of Babylon – 15 Jul 07 – Part 1 Avi Shlaim is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at St Anthony’s College, Oxford. He is also an Iraqi Jew who emigrated at the age of…
Read MoreDAVID EHRENFELD – The Red Diamond Merchant – The Strange Case of the Socialist Who Was Israel’s Biggest Diamond Merchant
Watch Eran Torbiner’s Film About the Man who Helped Fund the anti-Zionist Left and Stood in the Forefront of the Fight for the Rights of Israeli Palestinians It’s not often that a rich capitalist or member of the ruling class crosses class lines to support the left. Of course there are exceptions such as Friedrich…
Read MoreRemembering Uri Avnery – an Israeli giant
Uri Avnery was the last Zionist who genuinely supported equality Uri Avnery marching with Gush Shalom peace activists, 2002. Photograph: Mike Nelson/AFP/Getty Images Uri Avnery, who died on 20th August aged 94 was a remarkable political activist. Avnery fought in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948 (or the Nakba) and he defended that war as…
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