Last week, the Guardian posted a
three-part special report by their Middle East correspondent (and former South African correspondent) Chris McGreal on the similarities between the current situation in Israel and the South African Apartheid regime. The report provoked many heated responses,
a selection of which is reproduced here and
here. The Guardian responded by inviting Benjamin Pogrund, former deputy editor of the famously anti-Apartheid Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg, author of a
number of books on South Africa and founder of Yakar, a Jerusalem center for Israeli-Palestinian dialogue to
weigh in with a response.
posted by ori
on Feb 13, 2006 -
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Israeli style? Amidst overwhelming public approval for the Gaza pullout,
noted author David Grossman writes about the need for all Israelis to mourn today, in this
Ha-Aretz editorial.
posted by ori
on Aug 15, 2005 -
44 comments