Monthly Archives: September 2015
Israel strangles freedom of speech
Knesset adopts bill to prevent state-controlled Read more [...]
Palestine: The end or a new beginning?
Alan Hart says the future of the Palestinian cause depends on whether there are enough diaspora Palestinians who care enough to become politically engaged to rebuild their national institutions on democratic principles and standards of accountability. Read more [...]
The birth of Europe’s refugee crisis
Jamal Kanj argues that the embryo of the refugee crisis facing Europe today was yesterday’s support for the Security Council-sanctioned war on Libya and the assistance given to“freelance” fighters in Syria. Read more [...]
Jewish communal upheaval
Lawrence Davidson examines the detrimental effects of Israel’s insistence that it is the national embodiment of the Jewish people on US Jews and Jewish bodies, many of which stigmatise any Jew who publicly criticises Israel. Read more [...]
A frightened Palestinian boy vs the ugly face of the Israeli occupation
As the footage of a young Palestinian boy being headlocked by an Israeli Wehrmacht soldier circulates around the world, Uri Avnery looks at how the attitudes of ordinary people around the world towards Israel are changing. Read more [...]
Help nail Binyamin Netanyahu
Stuart Littlewood urges Britons to sign the petition for the arrest of Netanyahu for war crimes so that the 100,000 signatures required for parliament to debate it can be reached before his arrival in the UK. Read more [...]
Criminalising refugees: the disgrace of Britain’s immigration detention centres
Graham Peebles says the “dehumanising political immigration net” in Britain has created an environment of prejudice and fear, and allowed governments to criminalise people whose only crime is to be in need of a home. Read more [...]
David Cameron rewards Israel super-stooge
Stuart Littlewood considers UK Premier Cameron’s appointment of Stuart Polak, a self-declared agent of Israel, to the House of Lords, noting Polak’s pledge to serve Israel, not the British people, in the upper chamber of parliament. Read more [...]
