Author Archives: Annie Robbins

About Annie Robbins

Annie Robbins is Writer at Large for Mondoweiss, a mother, a human rights activist and a ceramic artist. She lives in the SF bay area.

Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel

Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 11 Comments

Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 22 Comments

Out of the Ballpark: Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference

A video and partial notes from Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics | 47 Comments

Hip hop leads the way in Gaza’s first talent show

Gaza’s first and only Break Dance team, Camp Breakers, share Mohammed and Abdullah’s inspiration and dream of establishing a Break Dance academy in the Gaza Strip.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 3 Comments

Shit Zionists say

A new video jumps on the “Shit ______ Say” bandwagon sharing some the most popular arguments hasbarists have to offer.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video | 21 Comments

AIPAC member identified as Abileah assailant during Netanyahu speech to Congress

Stanley Anthony Shulster, a retired lawyer, admitted to assaulting Rae Abileah, a member of CODEPINK, in the House of Representatives while she protested the Israeli occupation of Palestine during the speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. The Capitol Police issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Shulster for this attack.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 37 Comments

Adelson dumps Gingrich and Santorum’s star is rising

Bloomberg is reporting Adelson isn’t planning on floating Gingrich anymore which leaves him high and dry and scrambling for cash.

Posted in Israel Lobby, US Politics | 29 Comments

BDS: Rock musician Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv gig

chan marshall @CATPOWER DUE TO MUCH CONFUSION IN MY SOUL,PLAYİNG FOR MY İSRAELİ FANS W/SUCH UNREST BETWEEN İSRAEL&PALESTİNE I CAN’T PLAY,I FEEL SICK IN MY SPIRIT XX He War I never meant to be the needle that broke your back … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine | 8 Comments

‘Commentary’ covers its eyes and makes Palestinians disappear

Commentary decides that Hamas is irrelevant

Posted in Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Politics | 115 Comments

Fatah and Hamas sign historic unity deal, Abbas to head interim government

Palestinians seize the inititative, as Israel misses yet another opportunity

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 33 Comments

Sullivan says passionate American supporters of Israel create a ‘problem,’ conflating interests

Andrew Sullivan says Gingrich supporter Sheldon Adelson is conflating/obscuring American interest for Israeli interest

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 13 Comments

Blumenthal: Netanyahu seeks regime change in US and Iran

A must-see 12 minute wrap up on the state of affairs in this seasons Republican primary, the Adelson/Netanyahu/Gingrich connection, the push to war with Iran, and the dangers of fanning the flames of anti-Semitism. Real News host Paul Jay asks … Continue reading

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Reports/Video, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 8 Comments

Mossad chief held secret talks in DC with top U.S. officials

The Senate’s Worldwide Threat Assessment– excuse me, but there are too many If’s here for anyone to endorse a preemptive attack on Iran

Posted in Arab Spring, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 27 Comments

‘Israel Firster’ debate is an American argument, not a Jewish argument

Once Lee Smith joined the Hitler orgy over the Israel Firster debate naturally it occurred to me, with gentiles joining, the conversation was wiiiiide open. (Unless you’re Israeli, they’ve been ordered to ” stay out of it” by gatekeeper Eli … Continue reading

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Politics | 47 Comments

Chris Hayes stunning ‘Story of the Week’ featuring Sheldon Adelson

Chris Hayes features Adelson in his show’s ‘Story of the Week’, a whooping 13 minute segment titled ‘Democracy for Billionaires’.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 102 Comments

‘NYT’ carries water on ‘Israeli offer’ (but there’s a hole in the bucket dear Ethan dear Ethan)

NYT claims that Israel has made an offer– but there are no maps or documents

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 19 Comments

Iran sanctions backlash– oil buyers ditch dollar

India and China said to evade sanctions and buy Iranian oil using Yuans and gold

Posted in Iran, Media, US Policy in the Middle East | Tagged | 78 Comments

Israelis arrest Dweik in latest effort to put Palestinian spring on ice

Talks in Jordan are going nowhere as Quartet deadline for border proposals looms. Israel throws another wrench in the works!

Posted in Israel/Palestine | Tagged | 12 Comments

Israel’s Al Jalame prison: ‘Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement for days or even weeks’

The Guardian published a scathing article over the weekend by Harriet Sherwood on human rights abuses suffered by Palestinian children in Al Jalame prison in northern Israel.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports | Tagged | 22 Comments

Israeli drones are reported spying on Turkey for the Kurdish group PKK

Israeli drones are reported to be spying on southeastern Turkey in order to aid Kurdish rebel group classified by US as terrorist organization

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Turkey | 65 Comments

Cyber-attacks strike Israeli stock exchange, airline, banks

Cyber attacker OxOmar says he would reduce attacks on Israeli institutions if the country apologized for Gaza slaughter

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 59 Comments

Sundance Film Festival to feature doc on system of control in longest-running occupation

Sundance Film Festival to feature film on the thousands of laws and regulations governing Palestinians in the occupied territories

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East | 44 Comments

Breaking report: US/Israel military drill cancelled, after US tells Israel to back off

A joint military exercise of the US and Israel has been cancelled– following on US warnings to Israel to cool its anti-Iran actions

Posted in Israel/Palestine | Tagged | 144 Comments

Iran accuses CIA & Israel, US warns Israel to back off

The repercussions from the  assassination of Iranian nuclear expert Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan are rippling thru diplomatic circles even as thousands of Iranians mourn. With tensions high and the US denying any involvement in the slaying, the U.S. has– are you sitting … Continue reading

Posted in Iran, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged | 27 Comments

Why aren’t the best and the brightest in our MSM?

 Yesterday I spotted Sullivan’s piece about Newt’s Sugar Daddy, Sheldon Adelson, who … just happens to be Netanyahu’s chief propagandist in Israel. Sheldon Adelson is a Greater Israel fanatic, whose newspaper in Israel has featured full-on attacks on president Obama, … Continue reading

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 53 Comments