There were many BDS victories recently and it is hard to keep up. But a notable acceleration of the cultural boycott is inevitable now that both Gil Scott Heron and Carlos Santana have canceled their appearances in Israel. The deputy of the Israeli ambassador in London was also reminded of the state’s apartheid policies and [...]
Editor’s Note:This is a must read book for any Edward Said fan. In this provocative insider’s portrait, Edward Said: The Charisma of Criticism by H. Aram Veeser (Routledge; Hardcover; 978-0-415-90264-9), H. Aram Veeser brings forth not the Said of tabloid culture, or Said the remote philosopher, but the actual man, embedded in the politics of [...]
Jonathan Cook Below is the text of a talk delivered to the fifth Bilin international conference for Palestinian popular resistance, held in the West Bank village of Bilin on April 21. Israel’s apologists are very exercised about the idea that Israel has been singled out for special scrutiny and criticism. I wish to argue, however, [...]
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home The Ghetto of Bethlehem is shrinking, the people are resisting but feel abandoned by the self-appointed leadership. Many people complain who come to give their blessings to projects or to plant a tree for the cameras or to promise support that never materializes. [...]
Sami Jamil Jadallah I am sure if Haim Weizman, Theodor Herzl or David Ben Gurion were alive and were invited by Bibi Netanyahu to attend Israel’s 62nd birthday, they will be very disappointed with the State of Israel and wonder what wrong with the Zionist Enterprise? Not all “Diaspora Jews” are in and not all [...]
Mazin Qumsiyeh – A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home The articles and images crossing my mind and my computer screen over the past two days are an amalgam of ironies. An ultra orthodox Jew who burned the flag of the Zionist state on Sunday was arrested and charged. True to the Torah ultra Orthodox [...]
Brothers win damages for abusive checks By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth Two Israeli Arab brothers have won $8,000 in damages from Israel’s national carrier, El Al, after a court found that their treatment by the company’s security staff at a New York airport had been “abusive and unnecessary”. Abdel Wahab and [...]
Mazin Qumsiyeh Friday, we had demonstrations in a number of locations in Palestine mostly in honor of prisoners (11,000 kidnapped Palestinians held in Israeli jails). The demonstration in Al-Ma’asara went smoothly even though the night before the Israeli army came in at 1 AM to raid and scare the family of Mohammed and Hassan (their brother [...]
Whistleblowing Israeli journalist treated as ‘fugitive felon’ By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth An Israeli journalist who went into hiding after writing a series of reports showing lawbreaking approved by Israeli army commanders faces a lengthy jail term for espionage if caught, as Israeli security services warned at the weekend they would “remove the gloves” [...]
Jonathan Cook in Nazareth An Arab member of the Israeli parliament is demanding that a newspaper be allowed to publish an investigative report that was suppressed days before Israel attacked Gaza in winter 2008. The investigation by Uri Blau, who has been in hiding since December to avoid arrest, concerned Israeli preparations [...]
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