Italian Grocers Boycott Israeli Products

Two Italian grocery chains, Coop Italia and Nordiconad, announced they will discontinue carrying and distributing all Israeli agricultural products beginning next week. The decision came in response to one of Italy’s strong BDS campaigns, Stop Carmel-Agrexco.

T.E.A.M. (Turkey + Europe + Armenia = Membership)

Slovenia’s public and unwavering support for Turkey to enter the European Union is seeing some immediate results with today’s announcement that Turkey and Armenia are preparing to take the necessary steps towards re-establishing diplomatic ties after so many years of hostility and animosity.

After a short period in the dark, it’s good to see Turkey mentioned in the diplomatic sphere of recent current events.

What really surprised me though, were the grossly flawed assessments and erroneous assumptions of what would happen after these ties are established (if they ever do get set up) namely, that once Turkey and Armenia tear down their walls of enmity and build up their bridges of diplomacy, Ankara’s bid for membership in the European Union will be on one way ticket towards becoming a reality.

21 Reasons America Blows Europe Out of the Water

Spending two days stranded in European airports and flying with the Spanish airlines makes me an expert on Europe and its affairs. I love Europe, both the old one and the new one, but I think America’s got them by the nuggets.

Here are 21 reasons why!

Western Hypocrisy Shines at the Racism Conference

Sorry, we’re at the wrong conference…thought it was a pro-racism event. Following on Kalash’s post… The orgasmic outrage against Ahmedinejad’s speech is a farce. The diplomats who walked out and boycotted the conference are the same who propagated lies and based invasions on them. Even worse, they come from countries enriched by and built on [...]

Rome, Jerusalem, Khartoum

On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As a Sudanese-American, I was struck by my own reaction to the ruling, which was a simultaneous surge of relief tempered by unease. I felt relief because, in truth, the Sudanese government [...]

Barcelona Basketball Game Disrupted by Palestine Supporters

I know this is ancient by the internet’s standards, but this video is very inspiring — and not just because the European game promotes passing and team dynamics. Tel Aviv Maccabi team played in Barcelona earlier this month. The protests were prominent and part of the growing boycott Israel movement. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLLIT2MbBE]

Proposal to the Dutch to Ban this Hair

… on grounds that of the Quran, this MP, and this MP’s hair, the hair is most banworthy.

British MP: Israel was born out of Jewish terrorism

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8] “Israel was born out of Jewish terrorism,” said Sir Gerald Kaufman, the veteran Labour MP in the British Parliament yesterday, comparing the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland. Kaufman, who was brought up as an orthodox Jew and Zionist, has become one of the [...]

Italy To Recompensate Libya for “Colonial Era” (1911-1943)

So why the compassionate cuore on the Italians part? Actually the compensation proposed to a tune of $5 billion dollars (and agreed upon by Gaddafi) would directly be invested in business projects like a highway from LIbya to Egypt and a guaranteed first dibs on energy contracts with Libya. Additionally, Libya, in return for the [...]

Greek Luminaries Post Nakba Statement

Greek newspapers published a statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people. It was written by 87 notable Greeks and Cypriots. Part of it read: There is no reason to celebrate! Israel at 60 is a state that is still denying Palestinian refugees their UN-sanctioned rights, simply because they are ‘non-Jews’. It is still illegally occupying [...]