The anti-boycott law passed Monday night. Much has been said about what the American administration — blind as always to Middle East realities — tagged "an internal issue." Let me just add that my readers should remember, from now on, that there are things I am not...
West Bank Neighbors: Chronicles of Death
March 11, 2011 On Friday night, two men—presumably Palestinians—entered the West Bank Jewish settlement of Itamar. The settlement of 1,000 was established in 1984, deep in occupied land (28 km from the Green Line). It is named after the son of the biblical Aharon,...
Barak Unmasked
Racism, Rabbinical and Otherwise
As part of Israel's orgy of racism and fascism since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed his far-Right coalition almost two years ago, dozens of Israeli racist rabbis (RR) have signed an edict forbidding Jews in “the Land of Israel” from selling or renting...
The Flotilla in the Israeli Press
Not many atrocities can be less controversial than Israel's attack on the Turkish-based flotilla heading to Gaza yesterday. Like Somali pirates, Israel attacked the boats in international waters. Like the darkest regimes, Israeli forces opened fire on unarmed...
From Two States to One
Last week in Tel Aviv, a judge imposed a $25,000 fine on three tenants who extended their balcony illegally by annexing 23 sq. meters (250 sq. ft.). Well, that's not really a scoop. Illegal construction is a punishable offense everywhere, even if there are no...
Israel, a New Decade
Fascism Needs an Enemy
Abe Foxman’s ‘Anti-Semitic Pandemic’
If there were a Nobel Prize for Hypocrisy, Abraham Foxman would have been a great candidate. The director of the Anti-Defamation League, who once interpreted even International Holocaust Remembrance Day as an expression of the Gentiles' latent desire to see Jews dead,...
Abe Foxman’s ‘Anti-Semitic Pandemic’
If there were a Nobel Prize for Hypocrisy, Abraham Foxman would have been a great candidate. The director of the Anti-Defamation League, who once interpreted even International Holocaust Remembrance Day as an expression of the Gentiles' latent desire to see Jews dead,...