Q.  Are you Anti-Semitic?

A. The short and simple answer is no. Anti-Semitism has a very precise definition. It refers to remarks or acts targeting the ethnic group termed Semites, which comprises both Jews and Arabs. Israeli and Zionist media and political forces have distorted this definition in several ways. Above all they have manipulated the concept of Semitic ethnicity so as to apply to Jews alone, thereby enabling them to level the allegation of anti-Semitism against the Arabs in spite of the fact that they constitute the majority of the Semitic peoples. In addition, they have stretched the definition of anti-Semitism to include any criticism of Israel and Israeli policy. Thus, anyone who speaks out against the aggression and inhumane practices inflicted against the Palestinian people by Israeli occupation forces risks being branded "anti-Semitic".

The label "anti-Semitic" has acquired enormous deterrent power. Israeli and Zionist forces have rallied their mammoth network of relations and vested interests to disseminate such a climate of terror as to preclude any discussion of Israeli policy or actions that might somehow be construed as adverse. Even in academic circles, for scholars or researchers to so much as broach certain subjects is enough to set off the charge of anti- Semitism. As a consequence entire fields of scholastic inquiry have entered the constantly expanding list of Israel's taboos.

This website is about exposing the realities and truth of the current situation for Palestinians. It is a forum for you to access information that you will not get in mainstream media, and for you to educate yourself so as to make informed decisions about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict without being concerned about being labelled as anti-Semitic.

We are anti-Zionism and not anti-Semitic.

Zionism is a political ideology and movement, arising as a response to European anti-Semitism that argues that Jews must have a separate homeland and that this homeland should be in the area historically known as Palestine. Though its advocates often intermingle religious messages with this political message, the Zionist ideology has nothing directly to do with the religion of Judaism. From its very beginnings in the late 1800's, many Jews (both religious and secular) have disagreed with this ideology. These anti-Zionist Jews have argued, variously, that Zionism is the wrong response to European anti-Semitism and also that Zionism – while perhaps an okay idea in a vacuum – cannot exist in reality without imposing similar forms of injustice and oppression on the indigenous Palestinian people as have been suffered by Jews in Europe (an idea even acknowledged by the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, when he wrote about the “need” to expropriate the land of indigenous Palestinians and deny Palestinians jobs).

Q. Whose side are you on?

A. Easy, the side of truth and justice. The ideology of Zionism, which exemplifies Israeli government policies, is the cause of a history of ongoing injustices and deprivation of Palestinian rights. The collective punishment of Palestinians with no regard for individual responsibility has resulted in 3.4 million Palestinians living in a state of virtual confinement in the West bank and Gaza Strip. Such punishments include mass arrests, house demolitions, movement restrictions (i.e. curfews), the Annexation Wall, property destruction, food and water restrictions are serious breaches of International Law. Daily life is a series of ordinances and an ordeal of checkpoints, which interrupt all aspects of daily life, such as getting to work, attending school, obtaining medical assistance, or seeing family and friends. These measures have been going on for decades and the effect on the population (psychologically and socially) and the economy has been devastating. Israeli government officials and military personnel need to made accountable for its inhumane actions. Australians have an important role in lobbying its government to put an end to these injustices to free both the Palestinians and the Israelis form the vicious cycle of violence. The truth needs to be exposed of the realities of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.