London Starbucks firebombed. Anti-Semitic graffiti too

East London Advertiser

A fire bomb was hurled into the premises of a cafe and coffee bar in London’s East End in the early hours of this morning.

It was one of a series of ‘hate’ incidents in Whitechapel which have included anti-Semitic graffiti, believed to be linked to protests over Israel’s operations in [...]

Zionism is not Judaism

Ze’ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism

Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine

[Revisionist Zionism] advocated the formation of a Jewish Army in Palestine that would force the Arab population to accept mass Jewish migration and promote British interests in the [...]

Gaza diary: Are we not human?

From Mohammed Ali, a researcher for Oxfam who lives in Gaza City.

The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza City are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans’ minds, nerves and ears too.

In a bid to stop my children twitching, jerking, trembling and waking at every sound of an attack [...]

Building a countervailing force to AIPAC

Juan Cole continues his thoughts on why protests in the streets have little, if any, effect on the US policy towards Israel, and what needs to be done.

The US Senate and the US House of Representatives are not afraid of street protests in San Francisco. And why should they be? What sort of threat [...]

Israel: Regional super power and largest Jewish ghetto ever

Photo from TimesOnline article. (Khalil Hamra/AP)

Ira Chernus, professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder on AlterNet

For more than 40 years, I’ve been watching my own Jewish people in wartime, repeating the same self-defeating pattern over and over. Most Jews say that they want Israel to be more secure, and [...]

Jon Stewart on Gaza

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Singing songs and carrying signs, mostly say, “Hooray for our side”

If a Stop the Gaza Invasion protest is filled with speakers saying we must stand with Palestinians even if this means decades more of struggle and conflict, then by definition it is not an antiwar rally.

Antiwar means figuring out how to end the violence, not calling for more by saying our side must [...]

Give to the United Palestinian Appeal

UPA provides both emergency humanitarian relief and long-term development programs to Palestinian communities striving for economic and social development in the wake of ongoing conflict.

UPA is also registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a private voluntary organization engaged in foreign aid

There were founded in 1978 and according to [...]

Gaza war. Two weeks and still going

AFP photo from BBC

From Hope man. He is Israeli and lives near Gaza. He blogs with Peace man, who is Palestinian and lives in Gaza.

We are now 2 weeks into the war. 1 week since the ground incursion and Peace man and I have been in very little contact since the. He [...]

Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation

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