Tom Berger - intellectronica

Not sure what plant this is, but it’s growing in the patio...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:12:41 +0100

Not sure what plant this is, but it’s growing in the patio of the Israeli embassy in London. (Taken with instagram)

Taken with instagram

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:10:35 +0100

Taken with instagram

Photo

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:54:51 +0100

Taken with instagram

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:53:00 +0100

Taken with instagram

Barking and Howling

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:50:20 +0000

Barking and Howling

Commando Bizarre

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:08:10 +0000

Commando Bizarre

Magic Toolbox

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:31:02 +0000

Magic Toolbox

God, as you don’t understand them

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:29:17 +0000

God, as you don’t understand them

Corpo City

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:25:37 +0000

Corpo City

15 Records in (much less than) 15 minutes

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:42:00 +0100

Me too. Only 15 records. In no particular order.

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Franco Battiato - Clic
Sonic Youth - Goo
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
Tricky - Maxinquaye
S/T - Space Fidelity
Mouse on Mars - Vulvaland
High Llamas - Hawaii
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Fred Frith - Step Across the Border
Colin Newman - Commercial Suicide
Legendary Pink Dots - A Perfect Mystery
Tuxedomoon - Half Mute
Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - Paix

Now you.

'Facebook photos of soldiers posing with bound Palestinians are the norm'

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:59:00 +0100

'Facebook photos of soldiers posing with bound Palestinians are the norm':

Facebook photos depicting Israel Defense Forces soldiers pictured alongside handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees represent the norm, not the exception, in IDF conduct, an Israeli human rights group said on Tuesday, thus refuting an official army statement claiming the opposite.

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The statement released in a Facebook page called “The Norm that IDF Spokesman Avi Benayahu Denies,” also included several graphic photos depicting soldiers posing next to the bodies of suspected militants as well as next to handcuffed detainees [viewer discretion is advised].

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“We suggest that the IDF Spokesman not insult the intelligence of the Israeli public, and clarify that it is a widespread phenomenon, not an aberration caused by a single soldier,” the statement said, adding that the enclosed photos were taken at several times during the last ten years and represented only a “preliminary batch.”

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh detailing his 12 hour of hell, crossing the...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:52:49 +0100

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh detailing his 12 hour of hell, crossing the border between Jordan and Palestine, coming back home from a conference.

Israeli police raze 'illegal' Bedouin village in Negev

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:08:18 +0100

Israeli police raze 'illegal' Bedouin village in Negev:

Israeli activists said 1,500 police arrived in Al-Arakib village at dawn.

They destroyed 30 to 40 makeshift homes and uprooted hundreds of olive trees belonging to the villagers, they said.

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The Bedouin say they have lived in the area since before the foundation of the state of Israel.

They resist efforts to re-settle them in towns and villages, saying it goes against their traditional way of life.

A Land Administration official, Shlomo Tziser, told Yediot Ahronot the officers were implementing a final court order for the evacuation of the area.

“Today we shall evacuate them and should they return we’ll do it again,” he said.

For alternative sources see:

The new Vision Express ads look like a Residents video. Nice!

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:25:30 +0100

The new Vision Express ads look like a Residents video. Nice!

Palestinian homes bulldozed as Israeli freeze on demolitions appears to end

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:10:00 +0100

Palestinian homes bulldozed as Israeli freeze on demolitions appears to end:

East Jerusalem families hit by destruction order

Israeli bulldozers destroyed at least three Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem today, breaking an unofficial moratorium on house demolitions since the end of 2009.

At least one of the homes was occupied by a family of seven, who removed their belongings shortly before the building was razed.

“They can build hundreds of settlements but I’m not entitled to live in a shack?” Linda al-Rajabi was quoted in the Israeli media as saying.

Two of the demolished homes were in the last stages of construction.

Jerusalem city authorities said all the homes were built without proper planning permission, which Palestinians say is almost impossible to obtain.

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All settlements on land which Israel occupied in 1967 are illegal under international law.

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Jewish Liberators, Palestinian Terrorists

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:30:01 +0100

Jewish Liberators, Palestinian Terrorists

Two State Hypocrisy by Daniel McGowan

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:51:35 +0100

Two State Hypocrisy by Daniel McGowan:

Historical Palestine (or Israel within the borders it now controls including pre-1967 Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights) is one country with one water system, one electrical grid, one powerful military to defend and define its external borders, one monetary system, one telephone system, and one postal system. It is already one state, although half the population has lesser rights or none at all.

Collective Opinion and Collective Punishment

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:51:00 +0100

Let’s compare the following two headlines (both from mainstream right-leaning Israeli publications):

2009-01-14 Overwhelming Israeli support of Gaza op: The Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza enjoys the overwhelming support of Israeli Jews despite the loss of civilian life in the Hamas-run territory, a survey released Wednesday showed. A whopping 94% of the public support or strongly support the operation while 92% think it benefits Israel’s security, according to the Tel Aviv University survey. The poll found that 92% of Israeli Jews justify the air force’s attacks in Gaza despite the suffering of the civilian population in the Strip and the damage they cause to infrastructure. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed during the 19-day old operation …

2010-07-07 2/3 of Palestinians against rocket attacks: Some 68% of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza do not want Hamas to resume its rocket attacks on Israel, while 25.5% believe the attacks against Israel’s southern communities should be resumed, according to a survey conducted by the Ramallah-based Arab World for Research & Development (AWRAD) organization.

The poll’s findings, which are based on answers by 1,200 respondents, indicate that 35.4% of Palestinians residing in Hamas-ruled Gaza are interested in resuming the attacks, while only 19.5% of Palestinians in the West Bank share this opinion.

Ever since Hamas took over the Gaza strip, the result of its election by Palestinians in a democratic process, Israel and the west have taken to the collective punishment Gazans by withholding support, blockading the strip and bombing it from the air with conventional as well as chemical weapons, destroying much of the infrastructure and killing thousands of civilians.

Collective punishment is the least moral option reserved for people in conflict, since it hurts civilians and ignores the diversity of opinions in society. When is collective punishment permissible? When all other options don’t work, and when the community that is going to suffer doesn’t exhibit a wide range of attitudes to conflict resolution.

Based on the facts, I think it’s quite easy to see which nation has the moral high ground. Most Palestinians, despite the desperate situation they’re in, still object to targeting civilians in their struggle. Israelis, living a life of freedom and comfort, show wall-to-wall support for terrorism. Human lives are worth nothing to them, as long as these are not Jewish lives.

Which nation, then, is more deserving of collective punishment?

Study Shows Devastating Impact Of 2009 Israel Attack On Gaza Strip

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:19:18 +0100

Study Shows Devastating Impact Of 2009 Israel Attack On Gaza Strip:

Now it’s official: putting hundreds of thousands of people under siege and bombing them from the air makes their life a living hell.

Free All Ghettos

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:24:00 +0100

Casually reading the news, one might conclude that Israelis are all a bunch of racist lunatics, willing to take their vile ideology of Zionism beyond any border known to humanity. While to an approximation this is indeed the case, there are a few exceptions. Jonathan Shapira is one such good soul. A former pilot in Israel’s air force, Shapira was expelled from the force after declaring that he will refuse to carry out missions that have no moral or legal basis and has moved on to become one of Israel’s fiercest critics, fighting against the evils of Zionism tirelessly.

Today, in a brilliant act of protest, Shapira, together with a fellow activist from Poland, sprayed the remaining walls of the Warsaw Ghetto with the slogan (in Hebrew): “Free all Ghettos”. That ghetto in Warsaw, which saw one of the only uprisings by Jewish interns, has been freed many years ago. The ghetto Shapira is referring to is Gaza.

The link between the atrocities committed by the Nazis in Warsaw and the crimes committed now by Israel in Gaza is not Shapira’s invention. Rather, it is the essence of modern, secular Jewish nationalism. Israel has been using the Holocaust not only as international propaganda, but as an indoctrination tool. Israeli citizens are brainwashed from kindergarten with the idea that the holocaust is holy, and that it justifies the crimes Israel is committing for decades. When Israeli mothers send their children to the army, to terrorize the Palestinian population, it’s the holocaust that’s on their mind. It is the “moral” carte blanche of Zionism.

“It would be befitting that Israeli delegations will see that Israeli and international peace activists have been here before them and left a message”, says Shapira. In addition to the Hebrew slogan, they’ve also added “Free Gaza + Palestine” and hung the Palestinian flag.

Well done Jonathan Shapira! A few millions more like you and Israel might even deserve its place among civilised nations.