Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Israel propagandists in a muddle about Jewish self-determination
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- Pubblicato Domenica, 14 Aprile 2013 09:36
- Scritto da JfJfP, Ben White
Jews for Justice for Palestinians, April 8th, 2013
| Moroccan Berber |
What is this picture doing here? It shows a group of Berber people; although Berbers were credited with an active role in the Arab uprisings, they are a non-Arab ethnic group which has no state of its own. Rather, they shared the aspiration and efforts of their Arab neighbours in overthrowing the national dictators. See end for more examples of religious/ethnic groups with no nation-state – although, like Jews, all but the most isolated communities have exchanged religious ideas and marriage partners with neighbours and traders over centuries, losing their claim to unique distinction.
Israel’s definition as a ‘Jewish state’
The alternative to Israel as a “Jewish state” is not a Palestinian Arab state, but a state where all have equal rights.
By Ben White, Al Jazeera
April 08, 2013
In recent years, there has been a growing, critical questioning of Israel’s definition as a “Jewish state”, and the system of privilege (and discrimination) that it entails. This has happened for a few different reasons, including: attention-grabbing efforts in Israel to implement cruder ethnocratic legislation, the political mobilisation of Palestinian citizens of Israel and their subsequent targeting by the state, the treatment of non-Jewish African migrants, Netanyahu’s repeated demand that Palestinians “recognise” Israel as a Jewish state, the focus of the BDS call, and increasing anti-Zionist dissent within the Jewish community in the West.
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Votes and hopes for Lapid handed power to right wing
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- Pubblicato Sabato, 06 Aprile 2013 05:46
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March 19th, 2013
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| Yesh Atid voters applaud their hero Yair Lapid as the election results come in, January 29, 2013, Photo by Yehoshua Josef, Flash90 |
Press Release from Gush Shalom:
March 18, 2013
Today was established in Israel an extremist right-wing government in which settlers and their allies hold all the key positions: their Minister of Housing will construct settlement housing; their Minister of Industry will divert industries to the settlements; their Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee will provide them with plenty of funds. The Minister of Defense – who is, in effect, the military dictator holding sway over the Occupied Territories – is opposed to any gesture towards the Palestinians, even the smallest and most symbolic. It is a government which appointed a minister to take charge of conducting negotiations with the Palestinians and an entire ministerial team to oversee such negotiations, but would not be able to conduct any such negotiations in reality.
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Gallons for the rich (Israelis) puddles for the poor (Palestinians)
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- Pubblicato Martedì, 27 Novembre 2012 09:12
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August 1st, 2012
This posting has 4 items:
1) AFP Settlers taking over Palestinian springs: UN report;
2) The Nation (Thailand) Water wars will be the future;
3) Amira Hass Using water as a weapon in the West Bank;
4) Ma’an Israeli settlers draining Palestinian water supply
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| A man in Gaza collects rainwater from a flooded road; a report by charities Save the Children and Medical Aid for Palestinians says that the levels of contamination are more often than not ten times what is safe for consumption reports Russia Today. Photo Reuters/Goran Tomasevic |
Settlers taking over Palestinian springs: UN report
AFP
March 19, 2012
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers have taken over dozens of natural springs in the West Bank, limiting or preventing Palestinian access to much-needed water sources, a United Nations report said on Monday.
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Jewish Chronicle hosts BNP blogger
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- Pubblicato Domenica, 06 Maggio 2012 10:56
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April 20th 2012
Hugh Muir
A BNP bigwig writing for the Jewish Chronicle. Some mistake surely?
Hugh Muir, Diary, guardian.co.uk
19.04.12
With their party in laughable disarray, most members of Nick Griffin’s far-right BNP seem content to keep their heads down. But others have careers to build and division to sow. Thus, even in this period of hibernation, they seek a profile. One such is Carlos Cortiglia, who needs to put himself about, not least because he is standing as the party’s mayoral candidate for London. But platforms are hard to find. What to do? His solution has been nothing if not canny; he has been blogging on the Jewish Chronicle. It was easy, for until recently the paper had a system where any reader could set up their own blog and publish their thoughts. He penned at least three blog posts there, all moderate by the standards of JC bloggers, in fact “completely innocuous” as described by editor Stephen Pollard. Unacceptable nevertheless. For although it boasts a Jewish councillor in Essex, the BNP never seems far from the whiff of antisemitism. Griffin, we know, received a conviction in 1998 for distributing material likely to incite racial hatred, and in the course of the prosecution made statements denying the Holocaust. Recently antisemitism appeared to fuel a row between activists on the south coast. “Hitler had a purpose with the Jews,” tweeted one local organiser approvingly. That’s the least offensive quote I could find. The BNP and the Chronicle were never a good fit.