Posts Tagged ‘Uri Avnery’
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…
Read MoreWhy Zionism was responsible for the Racism at the heart of Israel’s Identity – Talk No. 5 – Friday 23 April 2021 6 p.m.
Why Zionism was responsible for the Racism at the heart of Israel’s Identity – Talk No. 5 – Friday 23 April 2021 6 p.m. Israel has always faced a choice between being a Jewish State or a Democratic State – what it can’t be is both Please Register here Uri Avnery was one of the few…
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…
Read MoreMeet 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…
Read MoreShlomo 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…
Read MoreJerusalem – 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…
Read MoreShulamit Aloni – A Beacon of Tolerance Amidst a Sea of Racism
The Death of Shulamit Aloni and the idea of a progressive Zionism It is with sadness that I learnt of the death of Shulamit Aloni, who formed the Civil Rights Party in 1973, which then went onto form an alliance with the ‘left’ Zionist Mapam and Centre Party Shinui Meretz, in 1992. Shulamit was leader…
Read MoreVeteran 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreAn Israeli nationality would undermine the ‘Jewish’ nature of the Israeli state
Israel – The Only State in the World that is not a State of its own Citizens Hebron Settlers – Jewish nationals unlike those they rule over Israeli Palestinians – accorded the rights of guests of the Jewish state The basis of Israeli Apartheid is the fact that it has no citizenship. In this it is like…
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