commentary from Israel & the West Bank
The Model Moves to the Mainstream
Clayton Swisher, working for Al Jazeera in Jerusalem, filed a new report on Israeli opinions of Obama yesterday. It is wonderful to see the model that Max Blumenthal and I recently began using to explain the Israeli mindset make it into mainstream press outlets. I hope to see more videos like this from Clayton during his stay.
Below is a video about settlement opinion on the same streets as the one above. I made it with Antony Loewenstein and David Jacobus this past July.
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Israel Continues to Place Settlers in East Jerusalem
about 3 hours ago - 1 comment
Last night, Israeli settlers took over yet another house in East Jerusalem. This time the house is located in the Arab quarter of the Old City. The facts on the ground simply discredit Israeli rhetoric about peace. The government continues to demonstrate its willingness to put more and more Jewish settlers in highly contested areas despite official policy of wanting peace talks with the Palestinians.
David Grossman in Sheikh Jarrah: “You have to be totally blind to not see what is happening here”
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
David Grossman addressed the protest in Sheikh Jarrah with an impassioned speech about the importance of the ongoing protests in the neighborhood. Below is video of the speech and protest. The good people at Just Jerusalem have posted an English translation of Grossman’s speech. Here it is: “[...] what took place during the last few
Will Obama Please Step Up
about 11 months ago - 1 comment
The Fatah conference is underway in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. There has been no lack of controversy regarding the first conference held in over twenty years and the biggest headline to emerge is that Fatah is not about to relinquish their right to armed resistance against Israel’s forty two year occupation of the
Jews for a Theocratic Israel
about 12 months ago - 1 comment
As an Israeli who actively opposes the occupation, it is important and fascinating for me to keep abreast of what the “other side” thinks. The following is a quote from the leading religious settler activist Nadia Matar of Women in Green, who is known for her fanaticism. While she does not represent a large segment
Jerusalem Welcomes American Envoys with Chants of “Saddam Hussein Obama”
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
A rally was held this evening protesting the arrival of the US envoys in Israel. Members of National Union, Likud and Israel Beiteinu led the crowd, which included Kahanists wearing t-shirts saying “Kahane was right,” referring to Meir Kahane’s ideology of violence against all who stand in the way of the constant expansion of Jewish
Settlers, Israel and the Media
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
Settler organizations have publicly proclaimed their intention of rebuilding at least eleven outposts in newspapers across Israel today. They claim to be taking a stand against the international pressure on Israel to destroy illegal settlements and freeze all settlement activity. What is really going on with this public proclamation of intent? Why would they inform
David Jacobus Responds to the Critics
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
David Jacobus has written a response to the criticism that we have received for our latest video on public opinion in Jerusalem about Obama and the settlements. “Those who find the interviews unfair seem to fit into two categories: the first disagree that the views shared in the video are representative of Israelis, and the
what is the feeling in Jerusalem about settlements and Obama?
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
With all the current rhetoric out of Washington regarding an Israeli settlement freeze in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, we wanted to gauge public opinion on the streets of Jerusalem on a sunny, Sunday afternoon last weekend. What we found was shocking but unsurprising. The ease with which most Americans and Israelis, young and
Does violence pay in Israel?
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
The past week, the streets of West Jerusalem were rife with scenes of violence. Segments of the ultra orthodox have been protesting the arrest of an ultra orthodox woman accused of starving her three year old child. She was facing jail time and the ultra orthodox community is up in arms about how the state
Feeling the Hate in Tel Aviv The Sequel To The Censored Video
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Max Blumenthal has produced a follow up to our video entitled Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem which was banned from Youtube after receiving over 400,000 hits in one week.
about 10 months ago
Brillian post as usual. Thanks!
I crossposted this to my Blog… http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/special-double-feature-hate-videos-a-must-see-for-every-american-taxpayer/
about 10 months ago
I thought of you and Max when I saw the Al-Jazeera video. Great stuff. What are you up to these days? Twitter misses you
about 10 months ago
U realize that the physician in the 1st video is American, another one was French, and the people in ur 2nd are American and British and not Israeli
about 10 months ago
How can I make a living like you by doing nothing? Sign me up.
about 10 months ago
I think you have somewhat of a point, Avi, but not entirely. I mean, Israel is an immigrant society, so of course many Israelis are born in other countries. But yes, I also think that American Aloyim have more hawkish and rejectionist positions to the peace process than do native born Israelis. Ok, that´s also too sweeping of a statement, but it would be interesting to know what the opinions of Israelis is, who have lived through the 80s and 90s in Israel, during the possibility of a peace settlement, and then it´s falling away.