The Revd. Stephen Sizer – Crucified by the Church of England for supporting the Palestinians

Instead of Condemning the neo-Nazis Who Attack Christian Palestinians Justin Welby prefers to play the role of Pontius Pilate To: Church of England PETITION Support Revd. Dr. Stephen Sizer’s against his unjust victimisation https://petitions.sumofus.org/petitions/support-revd-dr-stephen-sizer-s-unjust-victimisation The Church of England doesn’t have a good record when it comes to fighting racism, including anti-Semitism. Cosmo Gordon Lang, who…

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Remembering 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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Meet Avi Gabbay, Israeli Labour’s Racist New Leader

According to the Jewish Labour Movement’s ‘Sister Party ‘Settlements represent the ‘beautiful face of Zionism’ “The beautiful face of Zionism”- protecting settlements  from the natives. A checkpoint in the Jordan Valley, which “must remain” under Israeli state control; photo on January 2, 2014 by Uri Lenz/Flash90 Officially both the Jewish Labour Movement and Labour Friends…

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Shlomo Sand – Stops being that which he denies exists!

From Debunking to Denying History Two days ago I was sent a review from Ha’aretz (see below) on Shlomo Sand’s new book ‘How I stopped being a Jew’.  Shlomo Sands wrote a best selling book The Myth of the Jewish Nation.  This one is a dogmatic assertion (if Ha’aretz and others are to be believed  – I haven’t…

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Jerusalem – The Unholy City

Jerusalem  – At the Forefront of the Resistance Uri Avnery November 21, 2014 IN ITS long and checkered history, Jerusalem has been occupied by dozens of conquerors. Babylonians and Persians, Greeks and Romans, Mamluks and Turks, Britons and Jordanians – to mention just a few. The latest occupier is Israel, which conquered and annexed Jerusalem in…

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Veteran Israeli Peacenick Clings to Zionist Delusions

Does Uri Avnery know so little about Israel? Below is a reply by British journalist Jonathan Cook, who lives in Nazareth to the nonsense spouted by Uri Avnery. Avnery, of Gush Shalom, has a record of opposing the occupation and repression of the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.  He risked jail when it was a…

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A million Jews have left Israel

The Jewish State Loses its Attraction for Jews  It is somewhat ironic that Israel – founded as a ‘Jewish; state –has more Jews leaving it than entering it, despite it being a social taboo. Amos Elon – author of ‘ Founders & Sons’ emigrated to Tuscany, Italy Why is this so?  Because even most Israelis…

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