by AJDS | Apr 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
In a recent report published in the Forward, Nathan Guttman reports that ‘delegitimization’ is being used at the buzz-word against critics of Israel, particularly those involved in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement such as Naomi Klein. It is a...
by AJDS | Apr 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
The image to the right of this post is taken from the Facebook site of the Melbourne University Jewish Students Society and sent out very recently. Click on it for details. It was sent out to several hundred students. It was forwarded by a concerned member of the...
by AJDS | Mar 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
[Middle East News Service comments: Australians have been angry at a trial in China where an Australian was tried behind closed doors. Prime Minister Rudd pointed out to China not being a democracy, the law operates differently there. I wonder what he would make of a...
by AJDS | Mar 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Middle East News Service comments: For a few months now the Israeli Ethernet has been buzzing with mysterious rumours. I am told indirectly that there is a severe gag on mentioning a certain story in Israel. I cannot be told directly as there is a gag on the news of...
by AJDS | Mar 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
[A version of this was also published in New Matilda 31 March 2010] When I first saw Greg Sheridan’s op-ed piece , I burst out laughing, because it reminded me of capucchino froth–he sure must have been raging and frothing when he wrote this in...
by AJDS | Mar 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
This all might seem rather obscure in the scheme of things, but what goes on in the US bunkers is pretty relevant to the future of Israel. Commentators are buzzing because General David Petraues, the US Chief of Staff, offered remarks about Israel as a...