Posts Tagged ‘Yitzhak Rabin’
“The official designation of Israel as a ‘Jewish and democratic state’ is an oxymoron. “
Given that Zionists usually explode in flame when you compare their spoilt brat of a state to Apartheid in South Africa, the article below should be of some interest. Contrary to his image as some kind of martyr to peace, Rabin was a hardliner who instructed the military to ‘break bones’ during the First Intifada.During…
Read MoreThe Right & Far Right Will Almost Certainly Win the Israeli Elections
The Last Fling of Left Zionism Herzog and Netanyahu – Spot the Difference Moshe Kalon of Kulanu – A Likud offshoot The late Shulamit Aloni who founded Meretz and drifted away from Zionism The last time that the Israeli Labour Party (flying under the Zionist Union flag today in alliance with Tsipi Livni’s Hatnuah) won…
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 MoreThe Myth of Israeli Democracy – Arab Votes Count for Nothing
Jonathan Cook, who lives in Nazareth There is a widespread belief that Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy and that Arabs, who can vote in Israeli elections, are equal participants in this democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact no Arab party has ever been a member of a government coalition. …
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