The phrase “degel shakhor,” lierally “black flag,” refers to a principle in the Israeli military which is supposed to encourage soldiers not to carry out immoral orders. “Just following orders” was not supposed to be an excuse. Reality never measures up to ideals, and it is just as hard for Israeli soldiers to defy orders [...]
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Degel Shakhor (Black Flag)
Posted in IDF, Refugees, tagged 1948, B'Tselem, Ben Dunkelman, Bernard Avishai, Black flag, Israel, Jewish State, Nazareth, Palestine, Uri Avnery on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Israel’s Troubled Conscience
Posted in Israel, Refugees, tagged Akiva Eldar, AlanDershowitz, Armenian Genocide, Berkeley, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Joan Peters, John F. Kennedy, Native Americans, New York, Palestine, Refugees, Right of Return, S. Yizhar, Tel Aviv, United States, USSR on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at the very wide gap between Israel’s collective stance on the Palestinian Nakba and the understanding of events most Israelis have of that piece of history. It has been my experience that, while the average American, Jewish or not, is quite ignorant of the facts surrounding the [...]
More on the RNC Call for One State
Posted in Christians, Republicans, United States, tagged Anti-Zionism, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Middle east, Obama, One-State Solution, Palestine, Palestinians, pro-Israel, Republicans, RNC, Two-state solution, West Bank on January 19, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Some follow-up points on the RNC resolution I reported on here. First, I think it’s clear that the RNC absolutely has no idea what they actually said. They do not understand the implications of their resolution and that it would mean either the end of Israel as a Jewish state or would necessitate the mass [...]
GOP Officially Endorses One-State Solution
Posted in Christians, United States, tagged Anti-Zionism, democracy, international law, Israel, Jewish State, Middle east, Obama, One-State Solution, Palestine, pro-Israel, Republicans, Two-state solution on January 19, 2012 | 33 Comments »
Last week in New Orleans, the Republican National Committee officially adopted a resolution supporting a one-state solution in Israel-Palestine. This news came to me via a very trusted source, but both I and my source were puzzled by the fact that we could find nothing in the media confirming this. I called the RNC, but [...]
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