Tag Archives: Israel

The absurdity of extreme nationalism

We hurt ourselves and others because we fail to realize that God’s signature is written on every soul, that it is apparent in every creation whether we are willing to acknowledge it or not. Fear drives sheep to commit atrocious crimes against innocent people. Frightened sheep are easy to herd, and quick to do what […]

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Rudolf Steiner on a Jewish state in Palestine

The Jews worshipped the one God Jehovah and men were thereby saved from wholly losing their way in polytheism. A natural consequence has been that the Jews have always kept themselves distinct from other men and so too — as always happens in such a case — have in many respects evoked dislike and antipathy. […]

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Maimonides

Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Rambam (רמב”ם – Hebrew acronym for “Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon”), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. Maimonides was born during what some scholars consider to be the end of the golden age of Jewish […]

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Juliano Mer Khamis

The Washington Post A black flag hung Tuesday over the Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp, where tearful young Palestinians mourned the sudden death of their Israeli teacher, a prominent actor and director slain a day earlier by a masked gunman in a nearby alley. Juliano Mer Khamis, the son of a Jewish mother […]

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Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

By Norman G. Finkelstein As Jimmy Carter’s new book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid[1] climbs the bestseller list, the reaction of Israel’s apologists scales new peaks of lunacy. I will examine a pair of typical examples and then look at the latest weapon to silence Carter. Apartheid Analogy No aspect of Carter’s book has evoked more […]

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“It Takes an Enormous Amount of Courage to Speak the Truth When No One Else is Out There”

“It Takes an Enormous Amount of Courage to Speak the Truth When No One Else is Out There” — World-Renowned Holocaust, Israel Scholars Defend DePaul Professor Norman Finkelstein as He Fights for Tenure 05.09.2007 | Democracy NOW! | Video | Mp3 by Amy Goodman RAUL HILBERG: Yes. I read this book, which was published about […]

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