International poll: 49% back Palestinian state
In a poll covering 19 countries, only 21% do not support a Palestinian state. In favour - 49%. Of course you know what the right will say about the poll…
Israel
Gates slams Netanyahu: Israel ‘ungrateful’, not serious about peace
Gates and Netanyahu in happier timesIn a surprising column by Iraq war booster Jeffrey Goldberg, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates slams Israel, saying it is not serious about peace…
UN Report "Blockade Legitimate Security Measure"
A UN report shows that the Israel blockade is legal. As it protects the citizens of Israel by making sure that Gaza doesn't obtain weapons that can harm it's own…
Turkey’s Snub & The Decline of Israel
Israeli blunder: Turkish ship Mavi Marmara as it's being attacked by Israeli commandos during attempt by flotilla to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip. It was just over 20 years…
How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
Let Freedom Rain: How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stonesA side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of…
Israel’s Extremist Right’s Alliance with Evangelist Lunacy
The Israeli paper, Haaretz, isn't pulling any punches in denouncing the despicable way the Netanyahu government cozies up to radical Christian evangelists of the ilk of Glenn Beck: In recent…
Israel/Palestine Overview
The Israel/Palestine issue is a particularly difficult topic to talk and write about simply because it is such a poignant, polarizing and established issue. Within a few sentences, western commentators…
Tony Benn to BBC "If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself"
BBC meets its match. Liberal media my ass. Hey Tony, why not visit the CBC and kick some ass here, too?H/T: @EverettColdwell
Pig: the other blue meat
Antonia Zerbisias is a columnist and tweeter that I often like and have ocassionally agreed with, her politics regarding Israel notwithstanding. In a twitter post earlier today she wrote: “DAMMIT…
Why Boycott Israel?
Why Boycott Israel?Excerpt: Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, a co-founder of the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Mark LeVine:…
Blue Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Strip
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
Rupert Murdoch, Friend Of Israel
Well this article is an interesting addition to the swirl of debate and exposé that's happening around Rupert Murdoch. The attached article is from J-Wire and is written by Isi…
Does This Sound Like a Democracy to You?
Imagine our Parliament enacting a law that an individual or organization proposing a boycott could be sued for compensation by any individual or institution facing possible damage and without requirement…
Israel Attacks Free Speech To Defend Democracy
When is an attack on democracy not an attack on democracy? When the government says that they are defending democracy, of course. That seems to be the thinking in Israel's…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted material for your weekend reading.- He's a bit too shy in pointing out exactly how thoroughly the Cons' position on the Canadian Wheat Board has been rebuked in CWB…
Taking Sides In Syria
The article below is a reprint of a longer article by Simon Assaf, a British-Lebanese socialist, that will appear in the upcoming issue of the British magazine Socialist Review. It's…
"Anti-Semitism" Committee A Rearguard Defence Of Israel’s Crimes
It's nothing new really - the right wing, who can barely make their lips form the words "anti-racism", spend boatloads of cash to "take a stand" against anti-Semitism. Except that…
And so it goes: Yahoos on the prairies.
I suppose some folks think that the regina mom is a yahoo cuz she’s shooting off her mouth all the time. Really, she hasn’t had a lot of time for…
What would questioning disguised pacifists accomplish anyway? The Gaza flotilla’s mission is a humanitarian mission first and foremost
Reading Christopher Hitchens’s article, titled “Some questions for the ‘activists’ aboard the Gaza flotilla”, in Tuesday’s edition of the National Post, almost got me to write a letter to Mr.…