Tonight we need to get down into the dirt, perhaps even the sewer, where some of Israel's worst racists and most powerful politicians live. Yesterday, MK Oren Hazan dragged a TV crew and hijacked a bus full of elderly Palestinian mothers headed to visit their children in Israeli prisons. Why Israeli border guards at the Israeli checkpoint let this … [Read more...]
Israeli Foreign Ministry Censors Telecom CEO’s Facebook Post Attacking UN Blacklist
The UN Human Rights Council announced last year that it planned to compile a list of Israeli and foreign companies which participated in Israel's Occupation and did business in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. Israel has taken to calling this a "blacklist," while in essence its a list of companies which have blackened their reputations by reaping … [Read more...]
BREAKING THE GAG: Secret Israeli Supreme Court Ruling Approves Massive Arms Sale to Genocidal Burmese Junta
בג"ץ אישר בהחלטה חשאית את המשך יצוא הנשק מישראל למשטר בבורמה, המואשם בפשעים נגד האנושות المحكمة العليا الاسرائيلية تصادق سرا على مواصلة تصدير الاسلحة الى ميانمار If you're alert, you're probably asking yourself: how can you report what the court decision was if it's secret? For the answer, read on. Earlier this week, the Israeli Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Nakba and Jim Crow: Mirror Images
I was just reading an informative history of white-on-black violence in America published in The Atlantic, when one particular method of such violence struck me. Here's the passage: Consider the little-known history of racial cleansing in America. Across the South and Midwest...hundreds of counties...experienced sharp and abrupt drop-offs of their black … [Read more...]
