| Right wing Israeli vegans are a major challenge to the Israel-hatersnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 04 Mar 05:45 AM Here are parts of an abstract of | | Here are parts of an abstract of an academic paper, "Vegan nationalism?: the Israeli animal rights movement in times of counter-terrorism," published in Settler Colonial Studies. In recent years, the movement advocating animal rights and welfare (animal rights movement), in parallel with the practice of ethical veganism, has become increasingly significant in Israel. Along with this trend, several studies examine and analyze the colonial aspects of the Israeli animal rights movement and its relevance to the Palestinian issue from the perspective of Critical Animal Studies. Critically examining preceding studies on veganism and colonialism, through analysis of the political discourses of leading activists and public figures within the newly popular Israeli vegan trend, as well as interviews with a sample of Israeli vegans, this article will demonstrate how veganism in Israel is associated with a narrative of Israeli national superiority. Such discourses may well be called 'vegan nationalism'. Vegan nationalism is a discursive and regulatory framework in which veganism is considered proof of the moral superiority of a nation in a settler colonialist context, implicitly stressing the barbarism and backwardness of the 'terrorists'. The paper has way too many logical fallacies to list, but here is one particularly egregious example: In her writings, Israeli animal rights activist, Shira Hertzanu, has...Read More |
From Ian: Danny Ayalon: Why Israel Must Fight the Legal Wars Waged Against It Unlike the peace treaties that Israel signed with Egypt and Jordan, its conflict with the Palestinians is not about changes to territorial borders, and therefore cannot be resolved in this manner. While exchanging territory for peace worked with Jordan and Egypt, with the Palestinians, this would not lead to the same result. The Palestinian aspiration remains to replace all of Israel with an Arab-Muslim state. This is illustrated in textbooks in Palestinian Authority (PA) schools that make no differentiation between Judea and Samaria, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Jaffa, or Haifa. Hamas relays this same ideology day and night. As a result, the conflict spans military, terrorist, and economic arenas. It includes actions such as the organization of boycott movements — a potent weapon that the Palestinians have sought to employ against Israel. The political-legal arena is a vital dimension in this conflict. The Palestinians would, if they could, eject Israel from all international institutions, and place it under sanctions. This political-legal war is being waged at the Hague, the United Nations, UNICEF, and UNESCO. All of these efforts are part of the political war to combat Israel, isolate it politically, and create opportunities for a future economic or military assault against it when conditions...Read More |
Hassan Asfour was a key aide to Mahmoud Abbas in the 90s and helped negotiate Oslo II. He's written articles for major journals and became a foe of the peace process. He is now editor of Amad, a Palestinian political news site. His character is portrayed in the HBO film Oslo.
He latest editorial proves that he is an antisemite, too.
Trying to equate Russia with Israel, he mentions US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken three times - always describing him as "the Jew Blinken."
Seems a little odd.
But that isn't quite enough to prove he is an antisemite. This paragraph is: The cry of theatrical actor Zelensky, "Jews of the world, save me." A call that replaced national affiliation with religious affiliation... Such words assert that he is not a president of a country but an employee of a gang!
There you have it. Being a proud Jew makes you a gang member, answering only to the Elders. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book...Read More |
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. London, March 4 - Researchers from a prominent international human rights organization informed journalists today that now that their work determining the existence of a race-based system of discrimination in the Jewish State has concluded for the time being, the group will go on hiatus from examining countries for instances of the phenomenon, that is unless anyone else needs them to take a look at what Jews are doing again. Amnesty International's Apartheid Investigation Department told reporters that they will take it easy for the foreseeable future, given that no one of consequence has expressed interest in finding Apartheid anywhere but Israel. Lead investigator Ann Tissemitt told reporters Monday that she and her team plan to spend the next several years gallivanting various places, because their services appear unneeded for at least that long. "I've always wanted to visit Myanmar," she confessed. "Doing so in an official Amnesty capacity would be problematic, given the whole implication of our investigating Apartheid, and I need not tell you that Myanmar has been a candidate for that designation for years now, specifically with regard to the Rohingya Muslim minority. But as a private individual, all bets are off. I can't wait. Following that. I...Read More |
From Ian: Jonathan S. Tobin: The Lessons for Israel from Russia's War on Ukraine The courageous conduct of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has personally led the defense of his country rather than fleeing for his life as most people expected he would do, has turned the former comedian into an unlikely 21st-century Jewish hero. In the last decade, Russia became a Middle East power. With American acquiescence, Russia became, along with Iran, a full-fledged combatant in the Syrian civil war. With the brutal use of military might now being employed in Ukraine, the Russians enabled their ally, Assad, to prevail in a war that cost the lives of hundreds of thousands and rendered another five million homeless. The Russians remain the dominant force in Syria, making Putin a powerful neighbor to Israel, rather than just an international symbol of tyranny and aggression. It is only via the good graces of the Russians that the Israel Defense Forces is able to have the freedom to strike at Iranian forces and those of its Hizbullah terrorist auxiliaries in Syria. Most Jews are rooting for Zelensky to somehow avoid the fate that usually befalls those who are forced into fights with ruthless and militarily powerful neighbors. However the war in Ukraine turns out, it is a warning to small countries to reject the notion that their safety can depend on international guarantees. The 1994...Read More |
By Forest Rain
Russia - Ukraine war: abuse of Holocaust memory and other politically incorrect thoughts I work in a privately owned Israeli company founded by immigrants from Ukraine. Half the employees are Ukrainian-born Israelis. The others are from Russia (barring a handful of Israeli-born Israelis). Many of the faces I see throughout the day are drawn and weary. People worried sick about elderly parents who did not make Aliyah. Worried about friends and extended family members currently in the war zone. War is a terrible thing. Being helpless when people you care about are under attack is gut-wrenchingly awful. My heart goes out to all who are suffering during this truly difficult time. And yet… I have a big problem with the way the news cycle has turned to Ukraine. My social media platforms are filled with solidarity posts. Mainstream Israeli media is focused 24/7 on Ukraine. The comparisons with World War II and the Holocaust seem to be plastered all over the international media. Jewish and Holocaust-centered propaganda has been used by Russia (calling Ukrainians Nazis), by Ukraine (saying that Russia is killing Holocaust victims again by bombing Babi Yar) and by Jewish advocacy networks putting a spotlight on the Jews/Israelis caught in the crossfire of this war. Frankly, I'm disgusted. No Jews, no news?
This isn't our war. We have enough wars of our own. This one has absolutely nothing to do with Jews or Israel. Any Jews who are hurt, injured, or suffer in any...Read More |
This video shows how workers in Ashdod found thousands of bullets hidden in insulation material headed for an importer in Gaza.
Unfortunately we don't know the name of the exporter responsible for this, or what country it came from. But it shows how Hamas exploits Israel's allowing materials into Gaza to try to bring in weapons and ammunition. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Read all about it here!...Read More |
The UN General Assembly held an Emergency Special Session to deal with the Ukraine crisis, starting on February 28. The media and the UN says that these sessions are extraordinarily rare, and that this is only the eleventh UNGA Emergency Special Session since the UN was founded 76 years ago.
But that is misleading.
Of the first ten Emergency Special Sessions, five of them were dedicated to bashing Israel: the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th.
But two of these are quite anomalous.
The 7th Emergency Special Session was convened on 22-29 July 1980. But it didn't end there. Unlike all previous Special Sessions, it had four additional meetings starting two years later, in 1982. When it first adjourned in 1980, the backers of the anti-Israel bashfest said it was adjourning "temporarily" with the intent of being able to reconvene whenever they want to attack Israel again without the bureaucratic hassle of voting to convene a new Emergency Special Session.
When the 7th Emergency Special Session "reconvened" in 1982, US Ambassador to the UN Jeane Kirkpatrick noted that this completely circumvented the normal rules of the UN, and bluntly gave the reason why as part of a great speech that exposed the UN's hypocrisy: [W]ho among us sincerely believes that the exercise in which we are now engaged – this "resumed" emergency special session – will take us closer...Read More |
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