“Stockholm airport bars Israeli airline over security inspection methods”

From Haaretz. Stockholm airport bars Israeli airline over security inspection methods Swedish port refuses to allow Israeli methods of security inspections dictated by Shin Bet, which inlcude ethnic, personal profiling, extensive questioning. By Zohar Blumenkrantz Arkia has to stop flying … Continue reading →

Goldberg Slipping on Grass

  Goldberg Slipping on Grass Günther Grass’s poem What must be said has been defended and attacked throughout the globe. The poem protests against the German sale of a nuclear submarine to Israel;appeals for international control of the Israel and Iranian nuclear program by an … Continue reading →

Thousands of Euro Jews are running out of patience with Israel

Although this is pretty weak and the signatories can’t bring themselves to utter the necessary criticisms – a state can’t be both Jewish and democratic – perhaps we shouldn’t be too harsh, it’s a welcome development: More than 3,000 European … Continue reading →

JNews is a Jewish-led news service

Just the latest concrete proposal to not allow hardline Zionists the only platform to be heard about the Middle East: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most destabilising conflicts in the world. Yet consumers of media receive confusing messages … Continue reading →

Jews and anti-Semitism

Here’s a fascinating recent speech by British Jew Tony Klug: “Are Israeli policies entrenching antisemitism worldwide?”

Not all Jews want never-ending war against Gaza

Congratulations to these Jewish brothers and sisters standing up for human rights, not simply Zionist loyalty: British Zionist activists reacted on Tuesday with “bemusement” to a letter cosigned by hundreds of pro-Palestinian Jewish compatriots urging Gordon Brown to adopt the … Continue reading →

Balance and Imbalance in the Media

In late April of this year an exhibition opened of photographs of Arab refugees who were displaced from their homes in Israel in 1948. Held at London’s Barbican Arts Centre, it consists of 16 black and white images taken by … Continue reading →