Professor Jacqueline Rose was Colin Mackay’s guest on this week’s edition of A Life in Question, in which she discussed her interest in Zionism, psychoanalysis and feminism. Identifying with the dissenting tradition within Zionism, exemplified by intellectuals such as Ahad Ha’am, Martin Buber and Hannah Arendt, she argues that their alternative vision of Zionism holds [...]
According to a new report published by B’Tselem and HaMoked, Israel’s policy of “strangulation” has effectively cut the Gaza Strip off from the rest of the world. The report, which documents the grave and prolonged violation of human rights resulting from Israel’s control of the movement of people and goods between Gaza and the rest [...]
Gush Shalom ad published in Ha’aretz, April 1 , 2005: As if… Sharon seems to obey the Supreme Court of Israel. The path of the Separation Wall seems to have been moved to the vicinity of the Green Line. But now it becomes clear that he is building more walls, under the guise of “protecting [...]
The news from Palestine this week seems to be all about Hamas and what is sometimes described as “the decision by Mahmoud Abbas to integrate Hamas into Palestinian politics” and sometimes as “Hamas’s historic compromise”. Which is it, and does it matter? Hamas’s stated objective is to establish an Islamic state in historic Palestine. It [...]
Gush Shalom ad published in Ha’aretz, April 1 , 2005: Great show The Gush Katif settlers who are willing to leave are unable to do so. Why? Because as of now – 115 days before the date set for the withdrawal – there is yet no one to decide upon their compensations, and no one [...]
In this clear and concise piece in The Electronic Intifada, Jeff Halper (you know how highly I rate him) explains the significance of last week’s announcement of the settlement of E-1, the corridor connecting Jerusalem to the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim: “it seals the fate of the Palestinian state”. The settlements to the [...]
