Mona Baker

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ran HaCohen | Antiwar.com | September 29, 2003 The eve of the Jewish New Year is an excellent occasion for what Jewish tradition calls Kheshbon Nefesh, or soul-searching on so-called “anti-semitism”, which has now become the single most important element of Jewish identity. Jews may believe in God or not, eat pork or not,

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ibrahim Nafie | Al-Ahram Weekly | 20 – 26 November 2003 The Israeli right stands guilty of more than hypocrisy when they accuse others of being anti-Semitic, writes Ibrahim Nafie ——————————————————————————– Israel and Zionist organisations are becoming increasingly dependent upon the charge of “anti- Semitism” as a political weapon. Individuals and organisations, indeed entire

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Cihan News Agency | Cihan News Agency | 13 November 2003 ISTANBUL – The Turkish government will take precautions against an increase in banking activities and the purchase of land in northern Iraq. The Turkish government plans to respond to activities of “Kurdish Credit Bank” which grants loans to Kurdish people to purchase land

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ghada Karmi | Al-Ahram Weekly | 29 May-4 June 2003 Skillful manipulation by Israel of allegations of anti-Semitism has resulted in a culture of silence and intellectual intimidation with regard to Israel, writes Ghada Karmi* The Palestinian Intifada has been raging for over two years now. The death toll amongst Palestinians, which keeps rising

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Amiram Barkat | Ha’aretz | May 2003 Most of the new immigrants who joined the Israel Defense Forces over the past year were not registered as Jews, Chief Education Officer Brigadier Elazar Stern said yesterday at a conference in Jerusalem’s Heichal Shlomo, headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate. “Last year 51 percent of the immigrants

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Phil Baty | Times Higher Education Supplement | 16 May 2003 There was a time when student activists worshipped the then imprisoned South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, voting to name their union buildings after him. Now Birmingham University’s guild of students has threatened disciplinary action against members who circulated a leaflet quoting Mr

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Tanya Reinhart | Electronic Intifada/Yedioth Ahronoth | 15 May 2003 Every few months, a “peace plan” is pulled out of the drawers of the White House and keeps the public discourse busy for a few weeks. Although this ritual has a fixed pattern and predetermined end, it is curious that many in Israel are

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Zionist Organisation of America | IMRA | 1 May 2003 NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized the Bush administration’s “Road Map” plan, warning that it is a road map to disaster–it will create a Palestinian Arab terrorist state that will endanger Israel and undermine America’s war against terrorism: The

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Uri Avnery | Media Monitors | April 20, 2003 It was an almost unbelievable news story: in order to trim the national budget, the Ministry of Education had decided to dismiss hundreds of teachers. A private company got the job of delivering the bitter news to the dismissed teachers. Two days before Passover –

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Michael Lind | New Statesman | 7 April 2003 America’s allies and enemies alike are baffled. What is going on in the United States? Who is making foreign policy? And what are they trying to achieve? Quasi-Marxist explanations involving big oil or American capitalism are mistaken. Yes, American oil companies and contractors will accept