September 2010
20 posts
Gideon Levy on Israeli society
via Andrew Sullivan:
“My biggest struggle is to rehumanize the Palestinians. There’s a whole machinery of brainwashing in Israel which really accompanies each of us from early childhood, and I’m a product of this machinery as much as anyone else. [We are taught] a few narratives that it’s very hard to break. That we Israelis are the ultimate and only victims. That the Palestinians are born to...
WatchObama UN Speech on Mideast Talks “Filled with Empty Words”; Palestinian Attorney Diana Buttu
British Unions step up campaign of boycott and...
Britain’s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.
Trade unions voted unanimously today at the TUC’s annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), seconded by the GMB, and supported by...
Jeff Halper to Pete Seeger - Don't Legitimize the...
Dear Pete,
All the best from your friends in Israel/Palestine. In that spirit, I was surprised to hear of your planned participation in With Earth and Each Other: A Virtual Rally for a Better Middle East. While at first blush it might seem to have something in common with the work of ICAHD and other Israeli and Palestinian peace groups — attempting to build bridges between peoples —...
“Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these...”
– George Bisharat جورج بشارات (via qexwejbey)
Direct talks déjà vu →
berniceshaw:
Stephen Walt:
Indeed, the more that I think about it, the more baffled I am. Why has Obama made such a high-stakes gamble with so little prospect of real success? By now he must know that he won’t be able to push Netanyahu very hard without facing pressure from AIPAC and Co. and squawks from influential Democratic Party insiders. By now he must realize that Netanyahu doesn’t see...
