The ‘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…

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Israeli 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…

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Israel Outlaws the Northern Islamic League – Another Step Along the Road to a Police State

The ‘Only Democracy in the Middle East’ Bans Israeli Palestinian Organisation Israeli Police Raid Offices of Northern Islamic Leagues Seizing Computers and Files Sheik Raed Salah – leader of the Northern Islamic Leagues    Despite the repression and racism, it can nonetheless be said that Israeli Palestinians still enjoy certain, albeit very limited democratic rights. …

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The Lies that the Guardian’s Comment is Free Tells – Israeli Labour Party assertions re its ‘opposition’ to settlements are allowed to go unchallenged

Israeli Labour Party Supports Netanyahu’s ‘Terror’ Bill Israel — the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’  besieged by enemies as seen by ‘anti-Semitic’ Palestinian cartoonist Latuff Guardian Denies Any Right of Reply Michael Biran MK – Israeli Labour Party  liar The strap line for the Guardian’s Comment is Free is that ‘Comment is Free but…

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The Blog that Predicted the Victory of Netanyahu

Likud’s Triumph Emphasises the Irrelevance of Labour Zionism  When all the pundits predicted that Netanyahu and the Right would be defeated in the Israeli General Election, this blog stood alone in predicting that  the Zionist Right would triumph once again.  Jews voting for the Joint Jewish-Arab List How could one disagree?  In a blog post…

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Israeli 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…

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