Category: Israel

It’s about land

The true Gaza back-story that the Israelis aren’t telling this week By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 9 July 2014   OK, so by this afternoon, the exchange rate of death in two days was 40-0 in favour of Israel. But now for the Gaza story you won’t be hearing from anyone else in the next few …

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One law for Jews and another for Arabs

Our wretched Jewish state By Gideon Levy, Jul. 6, 2014 5:34 AM   The youths of the Jewish state are attacking Palestinians in the streets of Jerusalem, just like gentile youths used to attack Jews in the streets of Europe. The Israelis of the Jewish state are rampaging on social networks, displaying hatred and a …

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The historical association was automatic

Berlin, 1933 and Jerusalem, 2014: When racist thugs are on the prowl By Chemi Shalev, Jul. 2, 2014 8:10 PM   On March 9, 1933, brown-shirted Sturmabteilung went on a rampage. “In several parts of Berlin a large number of people, most of whom appeared to be Jews, were openly attacked in the streets and …

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And land unthieved

Israeli teenagers’ funeral: It is obscene when either side kills children – not only Palestinians By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 1 July 2014   Three Israeli teenagers killed by Palestinians. Vicious, cruel, unforgivable. True. At least 37 Lebanese children killed by Israel. Regrettable, unfortunate, but the ultimate fault of “terrorists”. Untrue. The slaughter of the children …

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Only one side has the big guns

Benjamin Netanyahu’s lack of mercy is encouraging Israelis to take matters into their own hands By Mira Bar Hillel, Thursday 3 July 2014   When Lee Rigby was brutally murdered in Woolwich just over a year ago the Met Police took care to wound rather than kill Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebolawe although they were …

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Where self-love meets outrage

Selfies in the service of hate By Asher Schechter, Jul. 3, 2014 3:05 PM   Two Israeli girls embrace and pose for a selfie. Their hair is perfect, their makeup impeccable, and they’re smiling wide, squinting at the sun. In their done-up nails, they’re holding a sign that reads: “Hating Arabs is not racism, it’s …

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How do they get away with these lies?

Now we see how his doctrine turns enemies into ‘allies’ By Robert Fisk, Sunday 15 June 2014   How do they get away with these lies? Now Tony Blair tells us that Western “inaction” in Syria has produced the Iraq crisis. But since bombing Syria would have brought to power in Damascus the very Islamists …

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