It has been a while since I have written anything to do with matters concerning the Jewish people or Israel, for the most part due to the fact that I no longer work in the field, and have been preoccupied with my work in the Health and Fitness industry. But on this occasion I am [...]
Archive for the ‘Zionism’ Category
Overcoming the Colonial nature of anti-Semitism
Posted: 30/06/2010 in Anti Semitism, Israel, ZionismThe original purpose for the creation of a Jewish state were in the Zionist movements founding years very different to what Jews both in Israel and the Diaspora see its existence serving the Jewish people today. For the most part modern Zionism emerged from two main schools of thought. In Western and central Europe where [...]
The controversial book by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy1 raised some very important points about the US Israel relationship and sparked widespread criticism from many Israelis and Israel supporters abroad over the accusation that the pro Israel lobby has too much influence over US foreign policy and that [...]
Israel as the Jew among the nations, Herzls illusions.
Posted: 07/06/2010 in Anti Semitism, Israel, Politics, ZionismHerzl believed that anti-Semitism would disappear once the state of Israel was established and the Jews would then become ‘normal.’ In many cases Israel is treated as the Jew among the nations. Where Secular Zionism placed no emphasis on any religious concept of the Jews being a ‘chosen people’ or a ‘light unto the nations,’ [...]
Since Obama and his administration came to power it was evident that there was going to be tension between the Liberal Democrat party and Israel’s most right wing coalition in its history lead by Netanyahu’s Likud party. Their approaches could not be more opposite. Obama inheriting a huge mess caused by possibly the least popular [...]
If in 2008 Norman Finkelstein was denied entry into Israel, it comes as no surprise that Noam Chomsky has been barred entry to Israel in 2010. However surprisingly, after much fear that the fate of Finkelstein may have befallen John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of the controversial book The Israel Lobby and US foreign [...]
A delegation of Israeli youngsters from Tel Aviv visit the United States to join their Diaspora Jewish counterparts on a Zionist youth movement summer camp. On the camp they take part in a program run by their leaders on Jewish festivals. Part of the program involves both the Israelis and Americans discussing which is their [...]
During Operation Cast Lead in the beginning of 2009 I received a few emails forwarded to me from an old Muslim friend from university in protest of the Israeli assault on the Gaza strip. I was in Israel at the time as I had just made Aliyah in Jerusalem where it was completely quiet; you [...]
The End of Blind Support – Towards a New form of Israel Advocacy.
Posted: 01/04/2010 in Jewish Identity, Politics, Zionism“Being critical of Israeli policy is perfectly legitimate and not anti-Semitic. I myself am a critic of Israel. I didn’t agree with Oslo, Camp David, Taba, The Road Map, Annapolis, the disengagement from Gaza, the withdrawal from Sinai, the Peace treaty with Jordan and think that we should have done more in the Second Lebanon [...]
This week tension between Jerusalem and London arose as Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated in a hotel room in Dubai by an alleged Israeli hit squad traveling on forged British passports bearing the names of five British Jews who had made Aliyah, living in Israel. The British government have called for a full investigation [...]
