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...]
Slideshow: Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel
Banksy's Walled Off Hotel opened earlier this month in Bethlehem. And it's a trip! After reading this interview in which he spoke in detail about his artistic vision for the project, and seeing the photographs of the project, I was entranced. It's both a powerful political statement and funny as hell. But dark-funny. It's a send-up of Occupation, a sly, … [Read more...]