Posts Tagged ‘Knesset’
Israel 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 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 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 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…
Read MoreFalse Accusations of anti-Semitism are Designed to close down Debate
The Zionists Examine Palestinian Supporters’ Speech for Traces of ‘anti-Semitism’ Whilst working with anti-Semites from the EDL to neo-Nazis David Ward MP Latvian Waffen SS march that Robert Zile MEP supports Today I had a letter in the Guardian defending David Ward MP, the Bradford East MP for the Lib Dems against false charges of…
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