JEFF HALPER, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), recounts some of deeds and facts on the ground that no-one even pretended were “frozen” as a condition for talks: a relentless march of bulldozers and walls through homes, villages, water systems, cemeteries. (more…)
Stephen Lendman’s moving and detailed article puts the Occupation under a microscope, showing the intimate workings of (more…)
Last month saw a flurry of “taboo-busting” articles and statements from major figures on the Israeli Right and the settler movement (more…)
Millions of words have been written and spoken about the “Oslo/Camp-David/Annapolis” etc negotiations. Here are some more. Direct talks are set to resume (more…)
Helen Thomas, veteran of the White House Press Corps, got drummed out of her job for saying Jews had no right to be in Palestine and should go back where they came from.. (more…)
Yossi Alpher is bitterly opposed to the One State solution. He once headed a Mossad institution and far from having seen the light since (more…)
Q: Why can’t the Jews have a state like everyone else? (more…)
Q: “I don’t care if there’s one state, two states or twenty states. All I want is human rights and an end to the occupation.” (more…)
Q: There would be a bad economic imbalance between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Surely it wouldn’t work? (more…)
Q: Isn’t it easier to return to the 1967 Borders? (more…)
Q: How is unity possible when they don’t recognise Israel’s right to exist? (more…)
Q: Israel: who and what are we supposed to recognise? (more…)
Q: Why is Israel singled out for punishment? What about China’s repression of Tibet, or Russia in Chechnya, Darfur, or other abuses? Surely this singling out of Israel is because of hatred of Jews? (more…)
Of the handful of books on the single state, Virginia Tilley’s The One-State solution is both the most pessimistic and also the most unequivocal in demonstrating that there really is no other way to peace. (more…)
Some of the most touching writings are those that take us back to what now seems an idyllic past, as precious as a lost species of beautiful animal. British Ambassador in Jordan, James Watt, blogged (more…)
Commentator Bradley Burston, writing in Ha’aretz (2 August) on several themes including the continuation of the Jewish state, managed a heap of confusions in just a few sentences, but failed to ask a heap of important questions. (more…)
In an impressive display of how to launch a concerted BDS campaign, 150 Irish artists signed a pledge announcing that they intend not to perform or exhibit in Israel, (more…)
