Posts Tagged ‘Operation Cast Lead’
What do you do when you find that a friend has become a racist?
When Jean Calder joined with the supporters of genocide in Gaza to oppose ‘anti-Semitism’, she symbolised the problems of Western feminism Braverman’s dream (& apparently Jean Calder’s) This blog is a follow up to Anita Patel’s Women’s Place UK : Whitewashing Zionism. When you’ve been friends with someone for 40 years it comes as a shock…
Read MoreIsrael’s excuse for attacking Gaza, ‘Self Defence’, is no different from Hitler’s Excuse for Invading Poland – in both cases it was unprovoked
The real reason for the attack on Gaza lies not in immediate events but in the logic of Zionism – ethnic cleansing Last Monday 1st August Israeli soldiers arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a prominent figure in Islamic Jihad in Jenin refugee camp. Failing to provoke a response Israel decided anyway to restrict traffic around Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza-Israel…
Read MoreThe ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ jails conscientious objectors
This is an Older Post From 2013 Which Has Been Updated Israel set to jail teenage conscientious objector for eighth time In the modern equivalent of Sparta, to refuse to engage in the repression of the occupation is itself a crime. And to think they used to call the Jewish state-to-be a ‘light among the…
Read MoreBrighton Expresses its Support for Demonstration calling for a Council Boycott and Divestment from Israel
Israel’s War Crimes Shows Its Utter Contempt for International Law On a sunny Sunday lunchtime, some 250-300 people rallied outside Brighton Town Hall to listen to speeches and a march to Hove Town Hall. The occasion was the launch of a campaign to persuade Brighton & Hove Council, the first in the country controlled by…
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