Over the past few years, I've watched with growing alarm as the far-right Likud government develops ever newer threats promoting fear among its voters. Bibi Netanyahu has played the Iran menace like a Stradivarius in order to serve as a pressure valve, releasing air from the international campaign on behalf of Israel-Palestine. He's raised billions to … [Read more...]
Roseanne Barr, Who Ridiculed Holocaust, Headlines Israeli Anti-BDS Conference
Ex-Hollywood TV star Roseanne Barr, who's undergone a conversion from being a rabid anti-Zionist to an Arab-hating Israel supporter will perform at an Israeli anti-BDS conference in March. She's been invited to Israel by the Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs (SWU), for whom she's headlining a fundraising gala at Temple Bnai Abraham in Oakland, CA on … [Read more...]
Witches’ Brew of Israeli Extremism
The demons are dancing tonight. On days like today, which bring news of serial bizarre developments within Israel's extreme-right, it calls to mind witches madly cavorting on broomsticks or laughing gleefully beside a boiling cauldron. It's a real Witches' Brew. One of the leading proto-fascist outfits, Im Tirzu, has rolled out their response to … [Read more...]
Daniel Barenboim: Hated in Israel, Unwelcome in Iran
Daniel Barenboim is far more than a brilliant orchestral conductor. He is a human being, a mensch. Though raised in Israel (but not born there), he has always risen above the insular world-view of many Israelis, especially regarding its relations with its neighbors in the Arab world. Together with Edward Said, he founded the West-Eastern Diwan … [Read more...]