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Killing the messenger (twice)

From Sydney Morning Herald, a report on a leading Aussie Jewish publication that refused to run ads promoting a speaking tour by Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.

The publisher of The Australian Jewish News, Robert Magid… said he did not know Professor Halper – or anything about his work with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions – but had refused to publish the ad because "I don't like the crowd who are bringing him out".

"I am familiar with them," Mr Magid said. "They use their Judaism to bash other Jews and issues associated with the Jewish community."

Mr. Magid, you are conflating Zionism and Jewishness. Big mistake. A related story, from the AP:

Israel's Supreme Court banned a Palestinian human rights activist Tuesday from traveling to Amsterdam to receive a prize.

Shawan Jabarin, the West Bank-based director of Palestinian human
rights organization al-Haq, had hoped to travel to the Netherlands on
Friday to receive the "Geuzenpenning Prize," a human rights prize, on
behalf of his group.

But spokeswoman Ayelet Filo says the court ruled there was "real
evidence that he is involved with terror organizations, and therefore
he will not be allowed to leave for security concerns."

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