Mona Baker

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Anne Gwynne | Axis of Logic | 6 October 2004 Twenty days ago I described the Nablus experience of Jewish Holy Days, and forecast what I thought the hermetic sealing of Palestine, announced by Shaul Mofaz on 10th September and said to be for Israel’s security, would mean for Palestine (Too Much to Atone

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Oded Yinon, translated by Israel Shahak | KIVUNIM / Palestine with Provenance | February 1982 Commentary: This essay originally appeared in Hebrew in KIVUNIM (Directions), A Journal for Judaism and Zionism; Issue No, 14–Winter, 5742, February 1982, Editor: Yoram Beck. Editorial Committee: Eli Eyal, Yoram Beck, Amnon Hadari, Yohanan Manor, Elieser Schweid. Published by

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Uri Avnery | Gush-Shalom.org | 18 September 2004 The Security Service is haunted by a terrible fear: that another Israeli Prime Minister will be assassinated. The extreme right-wing, which does not hide its admiration for Yigal Amir and his deed, harbors some who dream of a similar action. After all, if Amir succeeded in

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) JON ELMER interviews URI DAVIS  | 17 September 2004 Jon Elmer: Your autobiography subtitle describes you as an “anti-Zionist Palestinian Jew.” By way of introduction, can you explain that designation? Uri Davis: Well, that particular designation is informed by a commitment to a rather conventional principle: the separation of religion from the state. I

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Alison Weir | If Americans Knew | 15 September 2004 The most monumental cover-up in media history may be the one I’m about to describe. In my entire experience with American journalism, I have never found anything as extreme, sustained, and omnipresent. Three and a half years ago, when the current Palestinian uprising began,

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Ran HaCohen | Antiwar.com | 15 June 2005 What is the first picture the term “occupation” raises in our mind? Probably some kind of extreme violence among civilians: lethal fire in the middle of town, terrified kids in pajamas watching heavily armed soldiers searching a house, a helicopter firing a missile in the midst

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Dominic Casciani | BBC News | 29 December 2005 Britain’s top Jewish body has apologised for branding a Muslim charity a “terrorist organisation”. In an out-of-court settlement, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said it should not have described Interpal in these terms. London-based Interpal, which raises millions for Palestinian causes, had launched

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Oren Ben-Dor | Counterpunch | 15 December 2005 Today we hear a lot about legal challenges mounted against the wall in the West Bank. I would like to reflect upon a different wall, a metaphorical wall, the wall which remains ethically and legally unchallenged and whose foundations are actually, albeit unwittingly, being fortified by

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) David Noble | Canadian Dimension | 1 November 2005 This is not about Jews. It is not about race, ethnicity or religion. It is about power. The new Israel lobby in Canada — the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA) — has enormous power, derived from abundant resources, corporate connections, political associations,

From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Mary Ellen Davis | Montrealserai.com | November 2005 (In the heart of the West Bank, checkpoints separate Palestinian youth and instructors from their classrooms; by September the sealed wall will further disrupt access to education.) The view is impressive from the balcony of the Muhsen family’s apartment in Abu Dis. Hisham, a fine arts