One of the big political controversies surrounding the BDS forum co-sponsored by the Brooklyn College Political Science Department on February 7 was the issue of sponsorship–why was the Political Science Department lending its name to the event, which was organized by the student chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
Well, the Brooklyn College Political Science Department is now showing “balance”: it is sponsoring a talk by neoconservative Elliott Abrams, who has a new book out called “Tested by Zion.” Good name for the talk, I’d say.
That’s all I know for now. No date. I’ll fill you in when I know…
Good, let him talk, doesn’t matter in the big picture or long run. Can only help to hear more zionist racism expressed.
There are 7 billion people in the world—how many of them support Israel and zionism?
There are only 308 million people in the US—how many of them support Israel?
It really wouldn’t matter if all 308 million in the US did, because the other 6.7 billion in the world don’t…..because this is what they see.
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/picture-gaza-funeral-wins-world-press-photo-award
Picture of Gaza funeral wins World Press Photo award
Published Friday, February 15, 2013
A photo of Gazans taking two children and their father killed in an Israeli air strike for burial has won the 2013 World Press Photo award for Swedish photographer Paul Hansen, judges said Friday.
The picture shows a group of men marching the dead bodies through a narrow street in Gaza City. The victims, a brother and sister, are wrapped in white cloth with only their faces showing.
“The strength of the pictures lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of the adults with the innocence of the children,” said jury member Mayu Mohanna of Peru. “It’s a picture I will not forget.”
The photograph can be seen on the World Press Photo website.
World Press Photo, one of photojournalism’s most prestigious contests, issued awards in nine categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities.
Hansen’s November 20 shot won top prize in both the spot news single photograph category and the overall competition. It portrays 2-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and her 3-year-old brother Muhammad, who were killed when their house was destroyed by the Israeli attack. They are being carried by grieving uncles, as their father Fouad was also killed, and his body can be seen in the background of the picture.
The children’s mother, whose name was not provided, was in intensive care after the air strike.
“This prize is the highest honor you can get in the profession,” Hansen told The Associated Press. “I’m very happy, but also very sad. The family lost two children and the mother is unconscious in a hospital.”
“These situations are so visually complex,” he added. “It’s difficult to convey the emotions, to translate what is happening. The light is harsh and there are a lot of people.”
“But in the alley the light bounced off the walls, so I thought this is a place where you can see that it’s a procession. … You get the depth in the image, and the bouncing light.”
Violence in the Middle East, and its effect upon civilians, was the dominant theme in the hard news categories, with many entries depicting war-torn Syria and eight-day Israeli raid on the Gaza Strip.
The attack on Gaza began with the killing of Hamas military chief Ahmad Jaabari on November 14. At least 177 Palestinians were killed – including dozens of children – and more than 1,200 wounded during the conflict, compared with four Israelis.
The contest drew entries from professional press photographers, photojournalists and documentary photographers across the world. In all, 103,481 images were submitted by 5,666 photographers from 124 countries.
Hansen will receive a €10,000 prize at ceremonies and the opening of the year’s exhibition April 25-27th in Amsterdam.
(AP, Al-Akhbar, AFP)
Phil, is this the same person who had a conviction in 1991 on two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra Affair investigation?
I wonder if Abrams will bring his wife Rachel, who said that Palestinian children are devils’ spawn who should be thrown into the sea to be food for sharks.
I’m glad they chose HIM. A crook and a fraud. Anyway this myth of balance is so absurd – I get it all the time when I post. To which I say “balance’ will take about 60 years of letting only the Palestinians present their side. You ready?”
“Well, the Brooklyn College Political Science Department is now showing ‘balance’: ”
No, not at all. According to what they said, they will more or less sponsor anything they’re asked to by a student organization; they said that they couldn’t remember ever turning down a request. So this is not about balance. This is about them following their own policy.