Gaza as inflection point
The Limits of Israeli Belligerence by DINA JADALLAH The war on Gaza combines the characteristic drastic brutality towards Palestinians and… Read More »Gaza as inflection point
Israeli Aggression
Each shoe was worth a thousand words
By PATRICK COCKBURN
The sight of the Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi hurling his shoes at President Bush at a press conference in Baghdad will gladden the heart of any journalist forced to attend these tedious, useless, and almost invariably obsequious, events. "This is a farewell kiss," shouted Mr Zaidi. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
Official press conferences of any kind seldom produce real news, but the worst are usually those given by foreign leaders on trips abroad in which they and their local ally suggest that they are in control of36and all is going according to plan.
The torah position on the current conflict in Gaza
The Torah Position on the Current Conflict in Gaza
Jan 4, 2009
Once again, we find ourselves reading horrifying headlines regarding the unrest in the Middle East. In one long chain of tragedies and civilian bloodshed, residential neighborhoods have been transformed into war zones, the daily lives of civilians distorted by ever-present shadows of terror and fright.
Our readers have long been familiar with the Torah position; let us re-announce it boldly and clearly:
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Rabbi should know better
Rabbi should know better
By Dr Anver Suliman
The title of the article, “Israel’s Holy Warrior” (March 8) was appropriate for Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein. — Dr Anver Suliman, Laudium
DICHOTOMY: Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein
Israel’s holy warrior
Israel’s savage behaviour was demonstrated to everybody all over the world in the recent carnage on Gaza. So brazenly did Israel use chemical weapons like phosphorous and DIME that many legal experts are working to indict Israel for war crimes. Israel is hiding the names of the responsible officers.
As a rabbi, Goldstein should know better, but his blind prejudice towards Israel has led to a dichotomy in his thinking — one of principles of Judaism and the other the racist stance of Zionism.