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The Interior Minister’s call to expel African immigrants, in context
Eli Yishai, Israel’s Interior Minister, has a strong track record of racist anti-refugee remarks, and is representative of the “demographic threat” obsession that dominates Israeli politics.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
Tagged immigration, refugees
3 Comments
It’s Good to be the King: Netanyahu scraps elections, buys off opposition and cements power with new unity gov’t
In a surprise move, Benjamin Netanyahu has cut a deal with Shaul Mofaz’s Kadima Party to join his coalition government, effectively canceling the Israeli elections he had just announced. Paul Mutter breaks down the deal and what it means for Israeli politics and a possible attack on Iran.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged featured
25 Comments
‘Safe European home’?
Toulouse killings demonstrate that Identity politics is a blind alley, for radical Islamists, and the far right in Europe
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, War on Terror
Tagged Antisemitism, France, Islamists, racism
46 Comments
‘We Will Never Bomb You’ meme goes viral in Israel
Two Israeli designers, Ronnie Adri and Michal Tamir, came up with a Facebook campaign called “Iranians We You” intended to “humanize” the Israeli people for Iranian Facebook users and express opposition to the government’s war talk.
The spoils of lawfare, or please do not pet the Islamists: Shurat HaDin’s 2012 ‘Ultimate Mission to Israel’
Shurat HaDin – an Israeli “lawfare” group that set up legal roadblock after roadblock against “Gaza Freedom Flotilla II” last year – has for several years offered tours of Israel that take in the sort of sights a military fanboy would love.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government
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Why Israel freed Khader Adnan
Adnan’s case, as numerous commentators rightly note, has drawn attention to Israel’s practice of administrative detention. But by promising to release Adnan, the Israeli government headed off what could have been an embarrassing political and legal debacle.
“Four days in Ramallah through the lens of dehumanization” – remembering Anthony Shadid
Boston.com just republished Shadid’s four day account of his journey through the West Bank in the spring of 2002. It’s worth quoting it at length; there’s no better way to mark Shadid’s career than letting his words speak for him.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics, War on Terror
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Controversial US police chief hired by Bahraini Interior Ministry
Former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami, John Timoney, has been recruited by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry to advise the Bahrainis on policing strategies.
Posted in Arab Spring, US Policy in the Middle East
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2012: The year of the Bibi
Noam Sheizaf has a smart piece up at Foreign Policy forecasting the results of the upcoming Knesset elections. It looks like Netanyahu is here to stay.
Why did Ehud Barak postpone joint US-Israeli military exercise?
Multiple analysts have suggested that the postponement demonstrates the Israeli government’s contempt for Obama and an ongoing effort to back the president into a corner in an election year over Iran.
Mixed messages from Syrian National Council on U.S., Israel
This article first appeared on the Arabist. According to Reuters, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria – the two largest opposition coalitions in Syria – signed on the last Friday of 2011 … Continue reading
Mossad Chief: Stop calling Iran an ‘existential threat’
Wouldn’t it be nice if the heads of our own national security agencies spoke truth to power like this? Tamir Pardo, head of Mossad, had this to say to a roomful of Israeli ambassadors last week: “What is the significance … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged featured
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Occupation economy: taking from the very land they stand on
Dispossession of Palestinian land means theft of resources, unending
Israel vs Israel: night-time arrests of rightists
Nighttime arrests of Israel rightwing activists for alleged actions against Israeli army
Three years later, IDF happy with ‘Cast Lead’, wants to have another go
From Haaretz: Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz marked the three-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead on Tuesday by hailing it “an excellent operation that achieved deterrence for Israel vis-a-vis Hamas.” However, he warned, cracks have … Continue reading
UK, France, Germany and Portugal condemn Israeli plan to build 1,000 new settlements homes
The UK, France, Germany and Portugal issued a joint statement today requesting that Israel cease all settlement construction in both East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Virtual Appeasement: Obama’s iMunich?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces a “virtual” U.S. Embassy for Tehran.
Posted in Iran, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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The tax-deductible Occupation
There are good NGOs and bad NGOs in Tel Aviv’s eyes. The new Likud-Yisrael Beitenu NGO funding legislation is aimed at the bad ones. Bad ones criticize the Occupation. Good ones help it along. This bill will limit and tax … Continue reading
Netanyahu throws in with Lieberman on legislation targeting dissident NGO’s
Netanyahu aligns with the far right on bill cracking down on foreign donations to dissident organizations
Settlers are excluded (sort of) from hasbara campaign on college campuses
Faces of Israel is a p.r. campaign for Israel on American campuses. It emphasizes diversity, and tries to keep settlers in the time-out room
Updated: Will Tel Aviv and Washington play it safe Egypt and Syria?
Rather than intervene in Egypt or Syria, Obama and Netanyahu will look to uphold the status quo of military control in both countries.
I hold my breath, Haaretz
Haaretz is out front in describing anti-democratic forces in Israel. Who will take up this journalistic challenge in the west? Especially as another Nakba is threatened
Haaretz names the top 10 pro-settlement Knesset members
Leaked report from a settlers’ advocacy group ranks Knesset members by the amount of legislation they have advanced to benefit the settlements.
‘Normalcy’ in the Gulf means billions of US arms sales to face down Iran
us plan for normalcy in the Gulf means billions of arms sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia and other border states of Iran
Posted in Arab Spring, Iran, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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