Posts Tagged ‘Zeev Sternhell’
Israel is not only the world’s most racist state it is a nation of murderers
Israel is not only the world’s most racist state it is a nation of murderers What is it about Israel that makes it so attractive to anti-Semites, fascists and racists such as Trump, Bolsonaro and Duterte? Israel is proof that any group of people, including Jews, can, given the right set of circumstances become racists…
Read MoreComparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany are NOT anti-Semitic – Israelis do it all the time!
What is the difference between Israelis who chant ‘Death to the Arabs’ and Nazis who shouted ‘Death to the Jews?’ The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism states that ‘Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis’ could be anti-Semitic. But the strange thing is that anti-racist Israelis are the first to draw such…
Read MoreDe-colonising the mind – a former Zionist fighter’s journey to the other side of the road
Tikva-Honig Parnass – an Israeli anti-Zionist legend in her own lifetime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTPf2qgtQY Tikva Honig-Parnass’ Jewish militia played its part in depopulating and destroying Palestinian towns and villages in the 1940s [William Parry/Al Jazeera] I feel in awe writing this appreciation of one of the most dedicated Jewish anti-Zionists to have remained in Israel. Tikva Honig-Parnass was…
Read MoreThe historic contradictions of the Zionist Left are being played out in the death throes of Meretz
You can no more be a Zionist and a Socialist than you can be a Carnivore and a Vegan Below is an article from Gideon Levy. Gideon is one of the few, lonely voices of sanity in an Israel that has veered to the lunatic far-right. In his article Levy describes the terminal decline of…
Read MoreWhen Holocaust survivor Professor Ze’ev Sternhell compares Israel to Nazi Germany It’s Time to Wake Up
It’s not anti-Semitic to compare Israel to Nazi Germany – it’s what all anti-fascists should do If there is one thing that the Zionist movement and Israel’s supporters hate it is comparisons between the ‘Jewish’ State of Israel and Nazi Germany. ‘Anti-Semitism’ they cry like crows. It is the only Zionist response to criticism. The…
Read MoreGideon Levy on Why Israel is Part of the Family of Evil States
This is a really powerful essay by Gideon Levy, a columnist on Ha’aretz, Israel’s sole remaining liberal paper. Levy and Amira Hass, who is also on Ha’aretz, are virtually the only remaining journalists in Israel who have dedicated themselves to stopping the move to the racist far-right in Israel. Unsurprisingly both are heavily criticised by…
Read MoreThe Blog that Predicted the Victory of Netanyahu
Likud’s Triumph Emphasises the Irrelevance of Labour Zionism When all the pundits predicted that Netanyahu and the Right would be defeated in the Israeli General Election, this blog stood alone in predicting that the Zionist Right would triumph once again. Jews voting for the Joint Jewish-Arab List How could one disagree? In a blog post…
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