 | Last login: 3 weeks agoAntifascista is a 21 year old guy from Brisbane, QLD, Australia. **All hatred is bad. It would be best to treat people the way we wish to be treated?
Not blogging much these days, as I am studying Urban and Regional Planning at University.
Im a cyber antifascist who enjoys playing footy, listening and strumming to music, and hitting the town for a night out. I class myself as a moderate who has an interest in local and international politics and a genuine desire for peace in the Middle East through open-mindness. Currently studying planning at University of Sunshine Coast. |
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 Apr 21, 9:08am  (1 review) movies, isreal, liberal, palestine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bubble_...- Interesting film about some cool left-wing Israelis from Tel Aviv. Really enjoyed it, and loved this quote: 'we don't want territories, we just want to party'.
- Apr 21, 8:33am
- I think in a perfect world, every racial group could have its own homeland, but that quite obviously is not probable. In saying that though, I'm not opposed to Jewish people and do not deny their history, I just don't believe its wise to claim they have suffered like no other people and desperately need this state. If Jews so desperately need this state or homeland, then why are a large percentage of global Jewry not living in Israel?
The left has never been concerned with Israel's Jewish character, it has always maintained concern with racial/apartheid-styled policies, expansionism and its human rights record. I don't think it would be unfair to say, that if Israel had returned to the 1967 borders a decade ago, support for Israel would have greatly increased amongst those on the left. I agree with most critics of Israel including Jeff Halper, when he says that Israel has to let go of its Leon Uris version of history. There is no way in hell a country can maintain 'one identity'. I think Jewish culture has much more hope if its not limited by an Israeli society separated between two people.
The conflict could have been solved ages ago, if the Israelis had decided whether to define their state or absorb the Arab-Palestinian population into one-state.
We seem to have this ridiculous conversation in contemporary times, thanks to the Bush years, of their being a consensus among the pro-Israel right/Likud community in and outside of Israel, that says 'we want to build settlements on Palestinian land, but don't want to have anything to do with them, and don't want them to have a state'. How does that make any sense? If the Palestinians have no state, but Israel wants to build houses right next to them, then what kind of future is that? How can things get better? There seems to be no doubt in my mind, that the non-existent intellectual capacity of George W. Bush and his team over the last 8 years, has had a massive impact on Israeli policy in Gaza and the West Bank. I've only thought about that more recently.
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- If you say so... | Antony Loewenstein
- Mar 25, 5:35pm (2 reviews) politics, racism, palestine http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2009/0...
- So there you have it. Racism is acceptable. Zionism is racism. A racially exclusionary state, such as Israel, is perfectly acceptable.
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- BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clash in tense Israeli-Arab town
- Mar 25, 4:56pm (2 reviews) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7...
- Extreme right-wing Israelis and their mates in the police force remind Israeli-Arabs of the last 60 years of hell.
- Quote.. · Mar 25, 4:49pm
- 'Can you think of anything more sick then preventing a people from the right to self-determination but then refusing to nationalise them with-in your own state?'
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- Speaker addresses Palestinian-Israeli conflict - Columbia Missourian
- Nov 30, 2008 2:41am (2 reviews) middle-east http://www.columbiamissourian.com/storie...
- Baltzer is Jewish-American and spent time teaching English in Turkey under a Fulbright grant. During her time teaching in Turkey, Baltzer would travel to neighboring countries whenever she got a break. On one of her trips through Lebanon, Baltzer befriended a group of Palestinian refugees who she attributes to helping her gain perspective on the conflict.
â€oeI didnâ€t hear very much about Palestine growing up,†said Baltzer. â€oeAfter visiting Palestine myself, I knew it was important to share my experiences with others.â€
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- http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3628789,00.html
 Nov 30, 2008 2:37am (1 review) politics, israel, racism, palestine http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,...- Disgusting.
I doubt this will be reported in the US.
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- http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630772,00.html
- Nov 30, 2008 2:36am (2 reviews) politics, israel, middle-east, racism http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,...
- How will they ever go back to 1967 boundaries?
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- Likud MK calls for using Palestinian prisoners as human shields...
- Nov 30, 2008 2:35am (5 reviews) middle-east, israel, racism, palestine http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1041...
- A joke.
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- Maan News Agency
- Nov 29, 2008 4:20pm (1 review) israel, palestine, violence http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr...
- Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian ambulances in the West Bank village of Dier Esteyah on Wednesday, according to witnesses.
Red Crescent ambulances were parked in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday when settlers wrote provocative slogans, such as "Death to Arabs" and others, according to the Red Crescent.
The Red Crescent expressed concerns about such attacks by settlers in the West Bank. The organization added that Israeli authorities are responsible for protecting their workers and vehicles from these kinds of attacks, and that not doing so is illegitimate, an official told Ma'an.
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