IN ALERTS 2015 POST 08 APRIL 2015 LAST UPDATED ON 08 APRIL 2015 BY EDITOR The sudden cancellation of an academic conference on Israel, as well as the lack of outcry from ‘mainstream’ media, demonstrates…
By Jonathan Brown | Fri 20th March 2015 – 4:05 pm On ‘Call Clegg’ this week Nick robustly declared that “if Benjamin Netanyahu now unilaterally has decided to rule out the prospect of a Palestinian…
No Country for Non-Jews? Initial Reaction of RHR’s President on what the Elections Tell Us about Israeli Society and Our Task as a Rabbinic Human Rights Organization There is still the possibility of surprises, but…
‘In Netanyahu’s narrative, the Palestinians pose an existential threat to Israel’s Jewish citizenry.’ Friday 13 March 2015 09.00 GMT Last modified on Friday 13 March 2015 19.53 GMT Israeli voters have to choose between two…
Ben White Last night, I participated in a debate at the Cambridge Union on ‘This House Believes Israel is a Rogue State.’ Speaking alongside Ghada Karmi and Norman Finkelstein for the proposition, the motion was…
Netanyahu’s False Narrative of Self-Defense By Marjorie Cohn, Counterpunch March 04, 2015 On March 3rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran. Referring…
Controlling the water, electricity and taxes, Israel’s mob – IEC, Customs and the infrastructure ministry – shows the Palestinian Authority who’s the boss. By Zvi Bar’el | Feb. 25, 2015 | http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.644049 There is no closure on the West…
Jibril, left, lost two of his four grandchildren to hypothermia in the storms last month. The family now live in a tiny plastic-covered wooden structure in Beit Hanoun with a blanket for a door. Photograph:…
I’m confused. Very, very confused. Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says his country is in imminent danger of being nuked off the face of the earth by Iran. But he wants every Jew to flee…
An education system that brings an inherently violent organization in through the front door is failing at its most basic obligation. This policy is the first injection of militarism, ultimately meant to prevent our children…
Published time: February 08, 2015 09:23 Edited time: February 09, 2015 07:03 Get short URL A Palestinian Bedouin near his dwelling that was demolished by Israeli bulldozers near the Jewish settlement of Karmel, near the…
As the editor of a progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine that has often articulated views that have prompted condemnation from both Right and Left, I had good reason to be scared by the murders of…
Submitted by Peter Garcia-Webb on Tue, 2014-12-30 11:35 The major danger of the Jordan backed Abbas UN resolution is that it might be supported. If so, in one simple move Mahmoud Abbas will have proved…
Germany’s history makes it reluctant to put pressure on Israel. But if it has the country’s best interests at heart, it should exert its influence to bring about peace. Twenty-five years after the fall of…
On a hill lying near the Gaza Strip’s eastern border with Israel, Youssef Abu Shreitah hammered a stack of used wood slabs together with nails to build a small pyramid-shaped house. Abu Shreitah, a government…