Claims that Israel is a “shining city on a sand dune” echo the prejudice of Zionism’s founding father Theodor Herzl. Read more about Why is the Jewish Agency's Avi Mayer obsessed with race?
Jack Straw today rejected a former Israeli MP’s claim that he made anti-Semitic comments during an event they both spoke at last week. Read more about Former UK foreign minister hits back at Israeli "anti-Semitism" smear
David Rotem, a recent guest in the European Parliament, can make vile statements about Palestinians without fear of censure. Read more about Why are Israel's worst racists welcome in European Parliament?
What happens to a small village in the West Bank over the next few weeks will set a precedent about whether Israel will abide by its highest court’s ruling when it comes to dismantling settlements. Read more about Farmer spurns Israel's cash offer, refuses to allow settlers on his land
BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre, prides itself on “providing daily, expert news summary” to politicians and journalists in the UK. But when it comes to an issue as contested as Iran, what BICOM considers news suggests a problematic bias. Read more about The news according to BICOM
Email exchange shows that two of Israel’s most ardent supporters in Brussels disagreed this week over whether Palestine was a British colony. Read more about Pro-Israel hawks clash over history of "Independence Day"
French grandmas, a retired poet and nuclear holocaust are all threats of the same magnitude in the post-modern world of the current captains of the Israeli Titanic. Read more about Israel rides the rollercoaster of mass hysteria
For most of the past six years, Israel has forbidden prominent human rights defender Shawan Jabarin from leaving the occupied West Bank. On exception, he was allowed travel to Geneva this week. Read more about Interview: Palestinian rights defender banned from traveling tastes freedom in Geneva
Trita Parsi’s A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran is an exhaustive account of what happened to Obama’s campaign pledge towards Iran, particularly after the Israeli government and its lobby in the United States challenged the very notion of diplomacy. Read more about Israel lobby's machinations on Iran probed in new book
In a briefing paper issued today, Amnesty International stated that the Israeli military must cancel plans to forcibly transfer more than 2,000 Bedouin residents to an area besides the Jerusalem municipal garbage dump. Read more about Amnesty: Israel must cancel plan to forcibly displace Jerusalem-area Bedouin