May 9, 2012 - News & Politics - 
0
Peace can only come between two democracies. The Palestinian Authority has to get its house in order or else everyday Israelis simply won’t trust them. They’ve made great advancements since the Arafat years, but it’s still a long way to go.
{ 0 comments }
May 8, 2012 - News & Politics - 2
A quiz — who said “We do not accept the semi-official view … wherein the state grants rights and is entitled to rescind them. We believe that there are human rights that precede the human form of life called a state.”
{ 2 comments }
Related reading:
May 8, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to the same exact rights. All the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly I don’t see much of a distinction beyond that.”
{ 1 comment }
Related reading:
My response to the Zionist Council of Victoria’s letter in the Jewish News denouncing my column from two weeks ago. The ZCV, writing purportedly on behalf of the entire community, attempted to sideline my Zionist views, instead of backing their inclusion within the Zionist community’s discourse. A better communal path would be to embrace these differences of opinion and structure a forum to debate these issues. Every Zionist view, no matter how confronting, should be encouraged; doing so will allow everyone to discuss the future of Zionism and say what it means for them to support Israel as a Jewish-democratic state. Our community will be demonstrably stronger for it.
{ 5 comments }
Related reading:
May 5, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
Olmert accuses right-wing American Zionists of spending “millions and millions of dollars” to topple his government and derail his peace making efforts. This gives new credence to the view that the only criticism some sections of establishment Jewry is willing to accept is from the right.
{ 1 comment }
Related reading:
May 5, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
Unilateral population transfers is ethnic cleansing and Arab-Israelis without voting rights is apartheid. This out-hawks even the most hawkish of Diaspora Zionists. Will this be Mitt Romney’s peace plan if he’s elected president later this year?
{ 1 comment }
I haven’t laughed so hard in ages…
{ 1 comment }
May 2, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Watch this incredible video from the winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent portray the Nazi invasion of that country in an 8 minute sand animation. Incredible.
{ 0 comments }
May 1, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
There’s no doubt that there’s a certain industry, particularly in Europe, that seems to live off the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The conflict, Zionism and Israel have all been favourites of the left, particularly since the fall of the Berlin wall. These guys know very little and certainly do “take advantage of what we’re most proud of: Our freedom, democracy and the tolerance,” as Dror writes.
{ 0 comments }
Related reading:
May 1, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Yair Lapid: “Look how Shas, with 11 seats, has the entire country wrapped around its finger”. The man’s not the perfect candidate, but he could throw a spanner in the works of the dominant ultra-Orthodox parties that dominate the Knesset’s committees and hijack Israeli coalitions. That’s something to look forward to.
{ 0 comments }
