In London last week I went to a showing at the ICA of a new film, Forgiveness, made by the Israeli director Udi Aloni (son of Shulamit Aloni, for people who like making connections). Aloni was at the showing and discussed the film with the audience afterwards. “Forgiveness” is a tremendous film, about memory and [...]
A follow-up to this post: Mick Napier of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written a highly critical article on Atzmon. (At the time I’m writing, the SPSC server isn’t working, but you can get a flavour from an extract here). I can’t resist ungraciously pointing out that Mick doesn’t actually mention anywhere that the [...]
The Palestinian government is constantly being told that it must renounce violence and recognise the state of Israel. Here’s the thing: Hamas has no incentive to renounce violence as long as Israelis aren’t being told to do the same. And what does it mean to recognise the state of Israel? It doesn’t mean “acknowledge Israel” [...]
