UPDATE: As soon as I posted a link to my Facebook account, its algorithm flagged the image to the left as content too graphic for its readers to see (see censored post to the right). This algorithm censorship is repulsive. As the conflict in Jerusalem spreads to Gaza, where Israel has just murdered 9 Palestinian […]
Netanyahu’s Hidden Hand Hovers Over Al Aqsa Pogrom
The past two nights have witnessed scenes of horrific violence with Israeli Border Police thugs assaulting Al Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam. They threw stun grenades, ransacked the sacred sanctum, and fired rubber bullets indiscriminately. Nearly 300 worshippers have been injured, many seriously. Israel claims that police only responded when Palestinians threw rocks […]
Arson Attack Against Jerusalem Church is Settler Terrorism
Earlier this week, an Israeli settler hurled a Molotov cocktail into the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane. It is one of Jerusalem’s most beautiful and sacred sites, where Jesus is reputed to have spent the night before his Crucifixion. The attack ignited the wooden pews and damaged the exquisite mosaic floor […]
World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem: Hijacking the Shoah, Whitewashing Nakba
This week, thirty world leaders are converging on Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I wrote about it in my new piece for Middle East Eye. All appearances to the contrary, this is not an official “Israeli” commemoration. Despite the fact that the country’s president is welcoming the dignitaries and […]
