They cut Late Junction and amplify Israeli hasbara. That may seem like juxtaposing the apparently trivial with the deadly. But it is a good metric for describing the priorities of BBC management. At any rate, one cannot imagine Raffi Berg listening to the subversive strains of Late Junction whilst he waters down Israel’s atrocities. In …
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It’s Democracy Jim, But Not as We Know it
I object strongly to those who claim Israel is not a democracy. It is a democracy! But it’s an apartheid democracy. That’s the finer point they are missing. It’s a system where democratic rights and representation exist for some while being denied to others. Consider the nation-state law, differential rights between Jewish and Palestinian citizens, …
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Next Year in Palestine
“Next year in Jerusalem”, is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder and at the end of the Ne’ila service on Yom Kippur. It expresses the desire of Jews to return to Jerusalem. May every Jew understand that “next year in Jerusalem”, in peace and with the willing acceptance of …
Need a Car? Israeli Historian Benny Morris Says You Can Steal It
According to Benny Morris, who at one time described himself as one of the “New Historians” that had arisen in Israel in the 1980s, one’s perceived needs are justifications for the injustices one might commit trying to fulfil them. Speaking in a 2005 interview with Haaretz, Morris presents his justification for the establishment – some …
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The End of Israel Is No Fairy Tale
Jewish Terror Has Exploded, and Nothing Is Standing in Its Way. It May Bring Israel Down Israel Will Collapse Within a Year if the War of Attrition Against Hamas and Hezbollah Continues The Brutalization of Israel Is Well Underway. If We Do Not Act, Its Collapse Is Only a Matter of Time In my youth, …
Moshe Dayan’s Telling “Gaza” Funeral Eulogy
The Israel born historian Omar Bartov, writing in the Guardian, recounts a funeral Eulogy Given by Moshe Dayan in 1956. (As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel) “On 30 April 1956, Moshe Dayan, then IDF chief of staff, gave a short speech that …
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The Mouse, the Hippopotamus, and the Grain Store: A True Story
If you listen to Israelis and their defenders, everything is the fault of the Palestinians. According to this narrative, they rejected a “generous” offer of 44% of their land in 1948 and have since rejected all overtures from an Israel eager for peace and coexistence. They allegedly resist unreasonably, irrationally, and violently against Israel’s settlement …
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Mapping Solidarity: An Internet Directory of Jewish Anti-Zionist Voices
Creating a comprehensive directory, to amplify Jewish Anti-Zionist Voices in solidarity with Palestinians, will bring to the fore the vast landscape of Jewish dissent and opposition to Israel. The full power of this voice is currently unheard because there are efforts to exclude it from the mainstream media. It is more than arguable that the …
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Overnight Antisemitism, the Great Silencer
Recalling Kafka’s Metamorphosis, being called an anti-Semite can be transformative, and the transformation can happen overnight. Have you ever woken in the morning and discovered you have turned into a cockroach? Or worse, a harpy, with claws, horns and pointed ears? Probably and hopefully not, though disturbingly that is increasingly the experience of many who …
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Zionist Whataboutism
What should one respond when a Zionist or Israel apologist complains that Israel is being unfairly singled out for criticism? For example, when they ask “What about the Uyghur in China and the Rohingya in Myanmar?”, also citing other examples of brutal oppression and genocide? I have found it can be effective to respond with …