פרשה ביטחונית חדשה: השב"כ עצר תחת צא"פ 5 חברים בולטים בתנועה האיסלאמית Ten days ago Israeli police broke into the homes of five current and former leaders of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, trashed their homes searching for God knows what, and arrested them. It "disappeared" them for all that time, interrogating them without access to counsel. … [Read more...]
The Persecution and Assassination of Omar Barghouti by the Inmates of the Asylum of Israel Under the Direction of the Marquis de Millikovsky
What a clever way to destroy the career of a Palestinian activist. He founded an international movement, BDS, so arresting him for espionage or on a political pretext would bring the wrath of the world down upon Israel. So you look for an alternative and rip a page from the early FBI, which couldn't topple Al Capone by conventional means. So it chose an … [Read more...]
Knesset Votes to Ban Palestinian Parties, Destroy Israeli Democracy
Yesterday, the Israeli Knesset voted to ban Israeli Palestinian political parties from participating in future elections. It accomplished this evisceration of Israeli democracy in the dead of night with only 29 members voting in favor (20 brave souls voted against, the rest were apparently asleep at the switch). The means used was quite ingenious: the … [Read more...]
Bring the Family: Israeli Air Force Pinkwashing
In very few western countries are the armed forces used to promote the nation to the outside world. For decades, Israel has promoted its "citizen's army" as emblematic of Israeli democracy. However, this hasn't been true of the IDF for many years. 30% of eligible males do not serve (many ultra-Orthodox receive yeshiva exemptions and it doesn't even summon … [Read more...]