Expats and Timorese working for the UN, NGOs and in government have differing views as to what will happen in 2012 as the election season approaches and UNMIT withdraws. What we do know, however, is that there are more than just grenades beneath the surface in East Timor, says Mark Notaras
READ MOREIsrael and Apartheid? Reflections on the Russell Tribunal on Palestine
An allegation of apartheid, like genocide, stands for something evil in the public mind, and is associated with the kind of institutionalized racism that owes its name to the governing process of South Africa under white rule. But the crime of apartheid was generalized on the basis of this historical background, and has the status of an [...]
READ MOREAustralia’s Middle East diaspora on the Palestine Boycott, Divestment & Sanction (BDS) campaign
Following the reaction to my blog post on the application of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) of Israel campaign in October, I approached five members of the Middle East diaspora and community in Australia to each discuss, in their own words, the following proposition: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the [...]
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Moammar Mashni on the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel (Discussant 5 of 5)
Moammar Mashni responds to This Blog Harms’ NAJ Taylor, who asks: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the use of “non-violent” harm to injure Israel economically, politically, reputationally and militarily and the relief of the “violent harm” endured by Palestinians under Israeli occupation? How useful is a campaign that “balances competing harms” for the Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Jewish and Muslim, diaspora – and wider Middle Eastern community – in Australia?”
READ MORELes Robenblatt on the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel (Discussant 4 of 5)
Les Rosenblatt responds to This Blog Harms’ NAJ Taylor, who asks: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the use of “non-violent” harm to injure Israel economically, politically, reputationally and militarily and the relief of the “violent harm” endured by Palestinians under Israeli occupation? How useful is a campaign that “balances competing harms” for the Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Jewish and Muslim, diaspora – and wider Middle Eastern community – in Australia?”
READ MOREKim Bullimore on the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel (Discussant 3 of 5)
Kim Bullimore responds to This Blog Harms’ NAJ Taylor, who asks: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the use of “non-violent” harm to injure Israel economically, politically, reputationally and militarily and the relief of the “violent harm” endured by Palestinians under Israeli occupation? How useful is a campaign that “balances competing harms” for the Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Jewish and Muslim, diaspora – and wider Middle Eastern community – in Australia?”
READ MOREAntony Loewenstein on the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel (Discussant 2 of 5)
Antony Loewenstein responds to This Blog Harms’ NAJ Taylor, who asks: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the use of “non-violent” harm to injure Israel economically, politically, reputationally and militarily and the relief of the “violent harm” endured by Palestinians under Israeli occupation? How useful is a campaign that “balances competing harms” for the Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Jewish and Muslim, diaspora – and wider Middle Eastern community – in Australia?”
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Amin Abbas on the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel (Discussant 1 of 5)
Amin Abbas responds to This Blog Harms’ NAJ Taylor, who asks: “To what extent is the BDS effective at balancing competing “harms” – the use of “non-violent” harm to injure Israel economically, politically, reputationally and militarily and the relief of the “violent harm” endured by Palestinians under Israeli occupation? How useful is a campaign that “balances competing harms” for the Israeli and Palestinian, as well as Jewish and Muslim, diaspora – and wider Middle Eastern community – in Australia?”
READ MOREThe awesomeness of planes and tragedy of such modern marvels
Why is that so many awe-inspiring feats of engineering are so hard to separate from deliberate mass death and misery? President Obama’s recent visit to Canberra reminded me of when I first had this thought. I was doing an internship at the Royal Australian Air Force think tank, then the Aerospace Centre (now the Air [...]
READ MOREIs now the right time to cry ‘Wolf’?
Conspiracy (noun): A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful Naomi Wolf has caused a tremendous imbroglio by writing an article that sought to alert fellow Americans to the dangers of a co-ordinated crackdown on Occupy protesters. She has argued that not only have local mayors met to plan an array of [...]
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