This is an expanded version of an article recently published in Middle East Eye: In 2008, in the midst of a historic presidential campaign that would bring Barack Obama to the White House, a group of liberal Zionists disenchanted with the stranglehold Aipac had on Israel-related discourse in the U.S., founded an alternative Lobby. The co-founders were … [Read more...]
Israel is a Kahanist State
Bibi Netanyahu's recent comments about the nature of the Israeli state have exposed both him and the nation as a joint Kahanist enterprise. Until now, Netanyahu played it coy. He was like the old Enlightenment saying: be a Jew at home and a human being in public. With the Israeli public, he spoke candidly and betrayed the racism inherent in his … [Read more...]
Israel’s Nation State Law Seals the Death of Democracy
Let's get one thing out of the way first. This is not a Nation State law or a Jewish Nation State law. It is a Death to Democracy law. A Jewish Theocracy law. Israel is now no different from your average Muslim or Buddhist (Burma) or Sinhalese nation-state, which privileges one religion over another. It is little different from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or … [Read more...]
Israel: Price of Dissidence
When Israeli poet and lyricist, Yonatan Geffen wrote his poem comparing Ahed al Tamimi to Joan of Arc, Hannah Senesch and Anne Frank, I predicted what the impact would be: Really, it’s a fairly innocuous song. But it raises the hackles of Israeli patriot-enforcers, who attempt to extract their pound of flesh from the poor victim. You cannot stray from the … [Read more...]
