This week’s J Street’s conference saw Zionists, students, pensioners, 1948 Jewish fighters, anti-Zionists and Nazi hunters congregate in Washington DC in an effort to widen the debate over the Middle East.
Zionism
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Rundle vs. Danby rumble continues
Crikey readers weigh in on Zionism, the Telstra split, student politics and more.
Guy Rundle: The issue that’s not allowed online
The issue that gets everyone everywhere into trouble is forthright criticism of Israel.
Reaction to Pilger award reveals Zionist lobby’s fear of dissent
The Sydney Peace Foundation awarded its annual prize to journalist, author and documentary maker John Pilger, and Jewish leaders again are on the offensive.
Future looks foggy for America’s pro-Israel lobby
America’s pro-Israel lobby — once a permanent fixture of the country’s political landscape — is facing an uncertain future as young non-Orthodox Jews become increasingly disengaged with the state of Israel and its policies. Can they learn to love a country but not its government?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Readers shake their fists at Amazon
#amazonfail … BrisConnections … the Press Council … peak oil … The Philippines
Guy Rundle: Zionists and Nazis connected. Discuss
As far as accusing Zionists of being Nazis, the past, present and future champions are other Zionists.
Apartheid in Israel
The Israeli offensive in Gaza might seem unstoppable. But so, too, did apartheid, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Nick Griffin: to visa or not to visa?
It’s hard to know how best to approach hate-mongers seeking to grace our shores, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Courting the Jewish vote
The Federal seat of Wentworth is between the self-appointed, Honorary Jew (Malcolm Turnbull) and the proudly Zionist, True Jew (George Newhouse), writes Antony Loewenstein.
