by AJDS | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Steve Brook [There is increasing evidence that antisemitic feeling is increasing globally. The fact that the Israeli-Palestinian crisis still remains unresolved is probably playing a major role in this…. More than 15 years ago, in its summer 1994 issue, the...
by AJDS | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
The South African Jewish community is as Zionist as they come, and its major newspaper, pretty conservative. But this editorial is devastating for the Israel right or wrong crowd. At last, the message must be getting through–something is really rotten…...
by AJDS | May 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
The bunker mentality or a truly democratic Israel Peter Beinart’s essay in the New York Review of Books about the demise of liberal Zionism has caused has caused quite a stir. Moshe Yaroni (a nom de plume) has continued the discussion on his blog, in which he says:...
by AJDS | May 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Albie Sachs is one of South Africa’s heroes, a former judge of the Constitutional Court and a victim of a terror attack by agents of the old regime. He recently made a speech about the Goldstone Affair to the Cape Town Press Club in which he said: “Today I...
by AJDS | May 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s always interesting to be in a country with at least 11 officially recognized African tribal communities, and a number of other ethno-cultural tribes including the Jewish community. As in Australia, there is the problem of take-no prisoners in the South...
by AJDS | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve blogged an opinion piece about a ‘democratic constitution for Israel on the Galusaustralis site. The full version is also available here. I have also tried to address criticisms in the comments to the Galus article, with additional references.