Steve Cohen A nice obituary for Steve Cohen (to add to the ones I linked to here) from Ionnek at Indymedia London (currently the lead item on the front page, which is gratifying), which includes a bibliography of some of his writings. Just good blogging My two favourite blog posts of the week: the F...

If you read this ("Friends of the Earth") at Harry's Place, please immediately go and read this ("Friends of the Earth Middle East impersonated by Anti-Zionists") at the excellent Greens Engage website. Oh and while you are there, re-read Kellie's excellent piece of prose "Gaza - whose fault?". And ...

In Rome, the Pope welcomes ultra-conservative Catholics back into the fold, including British Holocaust denier Richard Williamson, who last week told Swedish TV “There were no gas chambers.� Peter Risdon (profiled here) usefully draws out the continuities between today's British elite antisemiti...

As discerning regulars will have noticed, I haven't had much surfing or blogging time lately, so I've been spending a pleasant post-prandial moment catching up a bit. (Lunch: hearty fare at a formica table in a Turkish greasy spoon with my loved one.) I bring back assorted things for you, in alphabe...

I hate Pat Buchanan. And I hate Norman "the imp of the perverse" Finkelstein....

This is really not to be believed, but the sad fact is that what you're about to read is true: Muslims are profane bigots, losers really, and worse, are insufferable miserable hateful bastards, who will go to any length no matter how foolish they come off, to villify Americans and Jews. Does the wor...

A new low. Previous: Finkelstein in Lebanon All posts on Norman Finkelstein. H/T: Jogo...

Martin recently had a post on hating the London Review of Books , and then having one's faith restored. As a subscriber, I know exactly how he feels. You have the overwhelming sense of this cliquey in-group of wealthy North London bobos reviewing each other's books, feeling smug about their cultural...

From Ahmadinejad Was Not Mistranslated: What Iranian Leaders Really Say about Doing Away with Israel: Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Wh...

From Anti-Semitism among Palestinian Authority Academics: PA efforts to delegitimize Israel are evident throughout Palestinian society and involve television, schoolbooks, and culture, incorporating hate messages and the denial of Israel's right to exist. Academics including professors, religious sc...