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Israeli soldiers try to arrest Activestills photographer Yotam Ronen, as Palestinian and international activists block 443 highway, which connects Tel Aviv and Jerusalem through the West Bank, during a protest against the violence of the Israeli settlers, October 16, 2012.

Israeli soldier: ‘Cameras are our kryptonite’

A recent article on Ynet, and excellent analysis by Ali Abunimah on the Electronic Intifada, yields this gem of a quote (emphasis Abunimah’s): One soldier admits that the presence of cameras – presumably in the hands of Palestinian and other videographers – inhibits the soldiers from being even more abusive: T. says the cameras on…

By Activestills December 11, 2012

On bigotry and solidarity

Greta Berlin’s anti-Semitic tweet was but one in a series of comments she has made, enabling many of her critics to discredit the entire Free Gaza Movement. As activists, it is our job to make sure one bigotry can never be used to justify another. By Tom Pessah An Iranian American acquaintance once explained to…

By +972 Magazine October 7, 2012

Greta Berlin (second from the left, bottom) with a group of activists and parliamentarians at the Larnaca port (photo: Free Gaza Movement / CC BY-ND 2.0)

Head of Free Gaza Movement: Anti-Semitic video in question is ‘disgusting’

After being accused of promoting a video which places the blame for the Holocaust on the Zionists, Greta Berlin tells her side of the story. I just finished about a 20-minute phone interview with Free Gaza Movement spokeswoman Greta Berlin, who spoke from Los Angeles. I exchanged some e-mails with her, I asked…

By Larry Derfner October 6, 2012

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At Harvard conference, a one-state vision Israelis can live with

Concerned the Harvard-hosted One-State Conference would rationalize a call for the destruction of Israel, the writer was pleasantly surprised to take part in a creative and intelligent weekend that offered hopeful ideas for the future of Israelis and Palestinians. By Itamar Mann Last week, I experienced some discomfort surrounding the One State Conference at Harvard,…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2012

New NYTimes J’lem bureau chief accused of bias against Likud

The demand that the New York Times new Jerusalem bureau chief – who has yet to take up her post here – be “unbiased” towards the Netanyahu government is the height of ‘chutzpah’ Jeffrey Goldberg, the former IDF prison guard and self-appointed gatekeeper of all things Jewish and Zionist, is not happy with the incoming…

By Yossi Gurvitz February 18, 2012

Could Damascus blogger be a married couple from Edinburgh?

The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty may have come as close as anyone to uncovering the real identities of “A Gay Girl in Damascus.” Having crisscrossed the information, they are now certain beyond doubt that the blog was a hoax, and that behind it wasn’t a gay Syrian woman named “Amina Arraf”, but…

By Dimi Reider June 12, 2011