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This newsletter-type-thing just came in from Jewish Voice for Peace: Dear Jonas, Frankly, I’ve had enough of the lies and distortions surrounding the UN Goldstone Report. I’ve had enough of the maneuvering by Israel, the US, and other countries in order to dismiss the report and its authors and bury …

Democracy? Sorry, we seem to be out of that.

From Wikinews: Israel’s Knesset considers ‘loyalty’ law The first law, the ‘Loyalty Oath Law’, makes any “call to negate Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state, where the content of such publication would have a reasonable possibility of causing an act of hatred, disdain or disloyalty” a criminal offense …

from Israel

14 Jan. ’09: Israeli Human Rights groups: Clear and present danger to the lives and well-being of tens of thousands of civilians The level of harm to the civilian population is unprecedented. According to the testimony of residents of the Gaza Strip and media reports, military forces are making wanton …