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• • 12 Oct 09
  • 3:01 pm

  While Mr. Gordon has not yet responded to this writer regarding the firestorm generated by his "bold and public call" for BDS, a piece by Gideon Levy in Haaretz has done an excellent job of it. The quote that stands out is: "The height of ludicrousness was achieved by the President of Ben-Gurion University, Prof. Rivka Carmi. She was appalled by the article published by a member of her faculty, fearing it could affect the university's donations from American Jews. Here, then, is a new criterion for good citizenship and morality: the harm it wreaks to our schnorring. It's also a …

  Posted to Should Neve Gordon Be Punished?

• • 10 Sep 09
  • 2:18 pm

  I guess my problem with the so-called Zionist Left is how they can continue to espouse/defend Zionism and still claim to be progressive. Because to me, and many others on the left, it is "political" Zionism itself that was, and continues to be the problem. As stated by Ben Ehrenreich: "The problem is fundamental: Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either to politics of exclusion (think of the 139-square-mile prison camp that Gaza has become) or to wholesale ethnic cleansing. Put simply, the problem is …

  Posted to Einstein and Israel

• • 10 Sep 09
  • 4:14 pm

  Excellent article! Mr. Levy is a true progressive on the Israeli Left, courageously exposing and criticizing Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians, in stark contrast to others who engage in Zionist apologetics like espousing "balanced narratives," being "fair-minded," or seeing "complexities" in the Palestinian Nakba. Mr. Levy has recently also written an excellent piece defending Neve Gordon and his support for the BDS Campaign. Definitely worth a read. See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110514.html

  Posted to Israel’s Gadfly

• • 21 Aug 09
  • 12:05 pm

  "You feel like a child playing around with a magnifying glass, burning up ants." -- IDF Soldier WTF?!! How can anyone think like this, just 70 years removed from the Holocaust? The answer, it seems to me, is that the lack of accountablility for the horrendous crimes committed against the Palestinians all these years has created monsters out of such people. It has been unlimited US support and cover that has created and furthered this mindset, aided and abetted by those who, by word and deed, either cry for "balanced narratives" or oppose meaningful sanctions (like BDS) that might actually give …

  Posted to Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

• • 08 Oct 09
  • 3:15 pm

  The actions of the Obama Administration in pressuring Abbas to drop the Palestinian request for UN Security Council endorsement of the Goldstone Commission Report are simply disgraceful. History has demonstrated that covering for Israeli atrocities is not a receipe for encouraging good behavior, but instead will further contribute to the beastial mindset exhibited in the above-mentioned quote by an Israeli soldier. "A culture of impunity in the region has existed for too long," Goldstone told the UNHCR when presenting his report. "The lack of accountability for war crimes and possible war crimes against humanity has reached a crisis point." The Obama …

  Posted to Aiding and Abetting War Crimes