Max Blumenthal Shows His Stripes Five members of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends attended a panel presentation which showcased Ben White and Max Blumenthal, both signatories to an on-line document which attempts to marginalize and silence Gilad Atzmon. This document is entitled “Not Quite ‘Ordinary Human Beings’—Anti-imperialism and the anti-humanist rhetoric of Gilad Atzmon”, and […]

oa – The Wolf’s Clothing As JWPF prepares to protest a “celebration” of genocidal violence – aka the creation and continuation of the State of Israel – we notice how this wolf calls upon its Hasbara Queen to run cover. Mary Rizzo writes, ” Noa is called to the front lines each time there is a […]

Deir Yassin Day 2013 April 9th – Deir Yassin Day – The 2013 London Commemoration Tuesday April 9th (Deir Yassin Day) at the St. John’s Wood Church NW8 (near the Central London Mosque). This central, prestigious and very beautiful church has long been a friend of Deir Yassin Remembered and has already hosted three commemorations […]

Celebrating “Israel” in Ann Arbor As far as JWPF’s Social Calendar Committee (SCC) can determine, Ann Arbor’s Jewish community has no plans for a Celebrate “Israel” Day event in May, typically held at the JCC. See last year’s protest of that event here. Instead, however, they plan to bring in a professional “Israel’” singer named Noa […]

Here’s an excerpt from a new article by British journalist Alan Hart: I find myself wondering how many of our present day leaders, President Obama in particular, are aware of what happened in Palestine that became Israel on 10 March 65 years ago today. On that day in 1948, two months before Israel’s unilateral declaration […]

Wearing the Colors Public displays of anti-Israel sentiments can often act as an invitation to conversation, a “fish hook”, so to speak. The T-shirt below and similar models are worn most places in Ann Arbor, and regularly at the YMCA in town. This past week the shirt drew a response there from a young, non-Jewish […]

Thesis Discussion It’s been a slow week here in the Midwest. Our February 23 vigil took place as usual with seven members of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends in attendance. However, other than that bit of street activism, we can only report that three members of JWPF read and discussed “The Victimhood of the Powerful: […]