THE GLOVES COME OFF

The Other Israel May 2009 is out
Table of contents & active links to selected articles
 
American interest as seen by the new administration differs to such an extent from the Israeli new government's views as to bring about change - is the hope expressed throughout the lead article.
The Gaza War and its aftermath is analyzed in a separate article, together with description and evaluation of the anti-war activism.
The persecution of the anti-militaristic New Profile movement, the protest against it as well as statements of the refusers in the military prison in the midst of it all, you find here background and comment.
From articles by different activists you learn first-hand how in the West Bank non-violent protesters, Palestinians, Israelis and inernationals are confronted by army and settler violence - with severe consequences.  Some good news from the legal front, re the Bil'in anti-Wall struggle, and Gush Shalom's success so far in preventing a settler radio going on the air. You read also how Bedouin activist Nuri el-Okbi is in struggle with the Jewish National Fund.

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Table of Contents
-active links to a selection of articles
-if we reprinted/shortened - links to original

* THE GLOVES COME OFF, editorial overview, p.1-5
- A jury-rigged coalition, p.1
- Looking for a fig leaf, p.3
- Diplomatic ping-pong, p.3
- How limited can a state become?, p.4
- `Hitler in Teheran', p.5
- Emerging confrontation, p.5
* The Gaza War and the wall of denial, AK p.5-8
- Protesting the carnage, p.6
- Balance Sheet, p.7
* Gaza War activism diary, p.8-12
- Humanitarian aid boat rammed, p.8
- Anarchists block entrance to Air Force base, p.9
- 10 000 march in Tel-Aviv. The war intensifies, p.9
- Arab-Jewish Protest in Jaffa, p.9
- War discourse on the street, p.10
- Tahiti, but not Gaza, p.10
- The Gaza Refusal Manifesto, p.10
- `As Zionists we call - Stop the war!', p.11
- Aid Convoy to Gaza blocked - and deblocked, p.11
- `In election campaign the graveyards won', p.11
* Did war make any difference?, Haggai Matar, p.12
* `Blood on the Hands', p.12
* Just declare it rumor, p.13
* Samieh Jabbarin, my fellow-citizen, Rami Heuberger
* New Profile's anti-militarism in the dock , p.14-16
- Who's next? (`We are all New Profile' ad), p.16
* No talking, dammit!, Deb Reich, p.16
* `I hereby declare my refusal', p.17
* Revenge pogrom under army protection, David Shulman, p.18-21
- The sweetest water in the world, p.19
- Sipping coffee under gunfire, p.20
- It just doesn't make sense, p.20
* Sniffing tear gas on Friday, p.21-23
- Tristan Anderson - victim of canister abuse, p.22
- Death in Bil'in - Basem Abu Rahmeh, p.22
- A victory of sorts & a dilemma, p.23
- His name was Basem, Mohammad Khatib , p.23
* Nuri el-Okbi, Three years of clinging to the land, p.23
* No to racist radio, p.24
- Towers and roads, p.26
- Dialogue with soldiers, p.26
* Jerusalem's vicious parks, p.27
* Who is belittling the Holocaust?, Uri Avnery, p.28 (25, 26) 
* To be a Palestinian in Azun Atma, Dorothy Naor, p.28 (26, 27)