Noel Ignatiev Zionism as a political movement developed in the late 19th century. Its founder, Theodore Herzl, was influenced by two phenomena: the extent of French anti-Semitism revealed by the Dreyfus Trial, and nationalist ideals then popular in Europe. Herzl held that Jews cannot be assimilated by the nations in which they live, and that…
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by Omar Barghouti, The Electronic Intifada, 11 November 2008 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9948.shtml There has been a spate of recent news reports on international companies moving out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) to locations inside the internationally-recognized boundary between Israel and the West Bank. The impression is made that boycotting products originating in Israel’s illegal colonies in…
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by John HilleyOne Voice is a project which apparently promotes peaceful joint Israeli-Palestinian efforts towards a “two state solution”. When stripped bare, however, we find a more stealthy agenda serving to disguise Israeli power through appeals to ‘moderation’ and challenges to ‘extremism’. Despite it’s elite allies and the failure of a supposedly critical media to…
OneVoice Europe will be conducting a tour of UK Universities from 10th-15th November. This organisation, whose badge was prominently displayed by Paul McCartney on his recent trip to Israel (despite numerous calls for him to stay away), has an impressive Honorary Board of advisors which includes everyone from Dr. Saeb Erekat to Sir Jonathan Sacks,…
Last night (Tuesday 11 November) the North Korean government reported a bumper harvest and in an equally militarised country, the Jerusalem Post reported over 350 people attending a meeting in Edinburgh addressed by the Israeli Ambassador, Ron Prosor. The absurd claim was accompanied by an attack piece suggesting that the protestors were motivated by anti-Semitism. In…
The well-funded group One Voice held a meeting on Monday 10th November with Glasgow University Rector Charles Kennedy. One Voice claims to represent both Palestinian and Israeli grass-roots opinion and to oppose ‘extremism on both sides’. The first claim is bogus; their so-called ‘balance’ is between ongoing Israeli ethnic cleansing, carried out by both state and…
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