by Pier Marton | Nov 5, 2012 | Health, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Quotes
Amos Oz is visiting Englandโฆ 1. From his talk on the Middle East and the prospect of future co-existence between Israel and Palestine on BBCโs Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival (45 min.) โ available for one more year: โ We have to reach a livable compromise between...
by Pier Marton | Oct 29, 2012 | Antisemitism, France, History, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars
โฆ a sizable section of the European left has been reluctant to take a clear stand when anti-Zionism spills over into anti-Semitismโฆ Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant group Hezbollah, famously commented: โIf we searched the entire world for a person more...
by Pier Marton | Oct 23, 2012 | Death, Film, Middle-East, Politics, Sound, Spectacle, Wars
After Osama bin Ladenโs death comes a big bang revenge spectacle in our theaters and our homes, one more glorious solidification of enmity. Evil incarnate, bring it on? Maybe it is high time to revisit Sam Keenโs Faces of the Enemy (the book and the film)? November 4โฆ...
by Pier Marton | Aug 19, 2012 | Antisemitism, History, Magyar, Middle-East, Racism
Hungary far-right leader discovers Jewish roots by Pablo Gorondi BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) โ As a rising star in Hungaryโs far-right Jobbik Party, Csanรกd Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of โbuying upโ the country, railed about...
by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2012 | Antisemitism, Doc, Jewish, Middle-East, Racism, Shoah, Wars
A film documenting the stories of Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman (who just died), two slave labourers who escaped from Treblinka extermination camp in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. For five more days (or more!) on BBC website:ย Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor...
by Pier Marton | Jul 28, 2012 | Antisemitism, Doc, Film, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time
โฆ in the same venomous spirit as Alois Brunner (in hiding in Syria after being helped by the CIA) states in 1987 in the Chicago Sun Times: โThe Jews deserved to die because they were the devilโs agents and human garbage. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would...