Mark Braverman: ‘I think we Jews need to look in the mirror … and stop looking backwards’
Mark Braverman draws upon his own journey as a US-raised Jew with a Jewish Palestinian family background and frankly — refreshingly! — talks about the connection between Jewish identity and … Continue reading
Outdoing the Kafkaesque: Egypt’s new US-designed underground Gaza wall (updated)
UPDATE 1: Paul Woodward applies a healthy dose of skepticism to these early reports. I’ve added his observations with his kind permission (see below). UPDATE 2: Sherine Tadros reports from … Continue reading
John Pilger – Sydney Peace Prize lecture
Last month Australian journalist John Pilger, recipient of the 2009 City of Sydney Peace Prize, delivered his prize address, The Great Australian Silence (transcript). Pilger focuses here on issues of … Continue reading
'The Battle for Israel's Soul' – Channel 4 on Jewish fundamentalism
Jewish fundamentalism is something the mainstream media torch is rarely shone on, with recent articles about spitting at Christian clergy being confined mostly to the israeli press. Few exceptions exist: … Continue reading
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