Omar Barghouti and Shlomo Sand both argue that Israel’s discrimination against its Palestinian citizens is toxic and offensive — long before it even considered the latest legislation, to declare the country the nation state of the Jewish people.
The war waged on Palestinian lives and livelihoods has always been a holy war. Zionism is a religion that draws power through collectivism and idolatry. The religion’s purgatory, totalitarian logic moves believers to act – ruthlessly and single-mindedly to purge Palestine.
The author left Israel 23 years ago because she never trusted Israel. She always felt oppressed by the atmosphere of suspicion and harshness and its obsession with ‘security’ and control, which has now tragically infected the entire Western world.
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was celebrated at the UN last week. Sec’y General Ban Ki-moon was there, peering at haunting images of Palestinian dispossession.
After Guy Davidi came out in favor of boycott, the Oscar-nominated director’s cultural status went to “zero” in Israel, he says. So that’s why he’s raising money on Indiegogo for his new film, Mixed Feelings
Haaretz reports: “A fire caused damage to Jerusalem’s Hebrew-Arabic bilingual school on Saturday evening. Police and fire services suspect arson as hateful phrases were also sprayed on the building, reading “Kahane was right” and “There’s no coexisting with cancer.” The fire broke out at the playground in the school, and was extinguished by emergency crews. The Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School is the country’s largest Jewish-Arab institution.”
From legislation saying that Israel is the nation state of the Jews to bookburnings at a bilingual school to a racist song saying that Palestinians just want to kill Jews — Israel’s political culture seems to be cracking up. And no one at the top is trying to tamp down the demons.