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A genuine PEACE movement CANNOT BE ZIONIST

By Guest Post • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Zionism

WRITTEN BY JASON KUNIN first published on Znet

"Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.'" - Angela Davis
It's common practice among those of us outside Israel who have been frustrated by the hostility and intimidation we encounter whenever we voice criticism of Israel to point to the fact that there is greater freedom to criticize [...]

Is Palestine a Province of the Monstrosity called Israel?

By Guest Post • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

WRITTEN BY JORGE ALDAO
Translated by Ernesto Paramo and revised by Machetera
In a recent piece titled "The Hottentots Morality" Uri Avnery makes some truly amazing assertions.
The most surprising of them is the one that states: " *in my view, there is one simple principle, and it applies to everybody: every province that wants to secede [...]

Critique of Avnery's "Apology" by Henry Lowi

By Guest Post • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Zionism

Gush Shalom is hosting a protest on the sea, coordinated with allies in besieged Gaza. Like usual, Gush Shalom does not demand that the siege be ended unconditionally. It wants a "ceasefire", whatever that means in the context of ongoing Israeli oppression and domination of Palestine. The same week, Uri Avnery [...]

Uri Avnery's 1948: A Critique

By Guest Post • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Documents, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Palestine, War, Zionism

WRITTEN BY MERC (MIDDLE EAST REALITY CHECK)
If you want to sort the political sheep from the goats in the Palestine/Israel fold, just look at the positions taken by pundits on the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948-1949, Uri Avnery is a case in point. Avnery is the 84 year-old veteran leader of Israel's peace movement, Gush [...]