JNews - Alternative Jewish Perspectives on Israel and Palestine

By JNews

Wednesday, 21 May, 2014 - 13:32

London, UK

Welcome to JNews, an independent website providing analysis, opinion, information and news on Israel and Palestine.

In March 2012 the website went offline, but it can still be used as an archive of information and commentary through its search engine. We hope you find it useful.

During 2010-2012 the website provided media outlets and the public with news, features, commentary and analysis by leading experts, drawing on a wide variety of sources including Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental agencies. Our experts, from the UK, Israel...

BLOGS & COMMENTARY

Thu, 23/02/2012 - 12:52

How the European Union subsidises the Israeli occupation

An internal report by the European Union, authored in last July, was leaked to the press recently, causing a minor scandal. The report focused on the division of the West Bank into the so-called areas A, B, and C under the Oslo Accords – which...

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 19:43

The Israeli Supreme Court and the de-liberalisation of Israel

Last week, Judge Noam Sohlberg was appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court, which, in Israel, is also the High Court of Justice, a court of judicial review carrying important constitutional functions. Sohlberg will become the first settler...

Thu, 22/12/2011 - 11:41

Maccabees, Miracles and Zionists...

What the early Zionists conveniently forgot when they began to promote the hero-worship of the Maccabees and their Jewish nationalist uprising against the Assyrian Greeks in 169 BCE, was why the rabbis had been so keen to down-play the rebels...

Wed, 21/12/2011 - 18:54

Netanyahu’s African quest

In the hectic Israeli political environment, anything not perceived as an “existential threat” to the state of Israel is barely worth a mention. But then, “existential threats” abound. In addition to the Palestinian...

Sat, 17/12/2011 - 11:24

The demographic threat

The Netanyahu government on December 2nd ordered the removal of several government ads displayed in various American cities. The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption's (MIA) 'Returning Home Project' had placed several video...

Tue, 29/11/2011 - 14:17

Emerging Superpowers: India, China, and Brazil - New Realities for the Middle East

As the population of Europe and the US ages and their economies slow down, economic miracles half a world away begin to assert their dominance. History has been said to jump, not crawl, and recent international developments are paving the way for...

Mon, 21/11/2011 - 11:01

If foreign aid is OK for Israel’s government, why not for its NGOs?

Israel has been dependent on international support from the day of its founding. It received donations from Jewish communities, massive aid from the U.S (to the tune (PDF) of US$ 3 billion annually in weapon subsidies), reparations from Germany for...