Category Archives: Palestine & Israel

Study Includes Self-Reports Of Violent Israeli Army Abuse Of Palestinians

From The Observer: In the words of one soldier: ‘The truth? When there is chaos, I like it. That’s when I enjoy it. It’s like a drug. If I don’t go into Rafah, and if there isn’t some kind of … Continue reading

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The "Zionist Five" Is Not A Case Of Censorship

From a post on Oy Bay (curtsy to Muzzlewatch) entitled “San Francisco Art Gallery Censors Writing and Art Work as Too Zionist”: Himmelberger Gallery, a well-known art gallery located in San Francisco’s tony Union Square, has decided to cancel plans … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Palestine & Israel | 27 Comments

Israel, Palestine, The Israeli Lobby, Apartheid, Etc

Very few issues fill me with despair like thinking about Israel and Palestine. I don’t understand why, when American Jews lean left, virtually all the major lobbies and organizations representing American Jews are on the far right. (Groups like AIPAC … Continue reading

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A Few Random Comments About the God's Warriors Series

I’m going to organize this as bullet points for each episode.  Gods Jewish Warriors I thought this was the best one of the series.  It was balanced in showing both the extremist settlers, and the more mainstream Jews who were … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, International issues, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel | 4 Comments

Are you watching God's Warrior's on CNN?

CNN is airing a special on relgious fundamentalism; it is a 3 part series.  Tonight is God’s Jewish Warriors, and in the next two days they will cover God’s Christian Warriors and God’s Muslim Warriors.  If you are watching, what do … Continue reading

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What If The Israelis Had Kidnapped Alan Johnston?

Over at The Debate Link, David, discussing the kidnapping of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, writes: An interesting article in the UK’s Telegraph asks what the media would do had Israeli forces, rather than Palestinians, abducted a BBC crew. Suffice to … Continue reading

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What Could Possibly Qualify As Anti-Semitism?

David at “The Debate Link” asks: If saying that Jews who support Zionism are exhibiting “collective insanity” is not anti-Semitic, what qualifies? I’d say this comment (which I didn’t let through) submitted to “Alas” by John Samhain may fit the … Continue reading

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Empty Spaces Waiting For Whites To Move In

Are the three events exactly the same? No, of course they’re not. But that doesn’t mean the similarity isn’t interesting…. AngryBrownButch, in a post about gentrification, quotes a interview with a fashionable New Yorker she heard on the radio: Q: … Continue reading

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Review: Children Of Men (reasonably spoiler-free)

Children of Men is a distopian movie, about a world where no woman has given birth for 18 years. It contains the most powerful scene I’ve ever seen on film. Kee, a young black woman is going into labour on … Continue reading

Posted in International issues, Iraq, Palestine & Israel, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 10 Comments

Israeli Gay Pride March Forced To Move To Stadium

And of course, the bigots are gloating. Pam’s House Blend provides this quote from leading bigot Rabbi Yehuda Levin (pictured ((So sue me – I’m feeling immature today.))): This is not the homo-land, this is the holy land. Today is … Continue reading

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