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romweb

NYC public school teacher

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  • DADT repeal exposes Israel's discriminatory policies
    • romweb December 25, 2010 at 3:39 pm

      In addition, if you do not serve in the IDF or the IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces) you loose social and economic benefits such as housing, new-household subsidies, and employment, especially government or security-related industrial employment. The only democracy in the Middle East??

  • Brooklyn-Jenin: Wars of the Jews
    • romweb November 5, 2010 at 5:13 pm with 2 replies

      Udi, you are doing something even much much better than raising money to give to the poor and then debating Dershowitz and his ilk. By making films and creating a Talent Campus in the Jenin Camp to work with youth like Mustafa in telling the story of their own lives, you are bringing a powerful truth to the "outside world." Foxman was so thoroughly discredited in the film "Defamation" that it's hard to believe anyone still listens to him. But, alas they do, and that's why your work is so desperately needed. That's what we really mean when we say "put your body on the line."

  • Israel-centric NYT again misses the story (day care center expels child because she is Arab)
    • romweb August 13, 2009 at 8:32 am

      Ethan Bronner's piece subtly misleads the reader. This is typical of most New York Times articles and photos on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The photo of an Israeli relaxing on the beach and the article about Israeli's feeling a bit calm now but wonder what is coming is in direct conflict with daily life for Palestinians whether they are Israelis living in Tel Aviv or living in Gaza or the West Bank. The article gives the impression that life is calmer for everyone. This is typical of this kind of journalism that plays the false equation card that both sides are equal. Life for Palestinians is still check points, bulldozed houses (even inside Israel, Arab kids expelled from public schools because they are Arab and on and on.

      Another good example was a recent article about settlements with the photo of a child and a ,small shack. Why not show US Americans the common settlement of True Value Hardware stores, green grass and swimming pools.

      When the Times equates a few qassam rockets, home made and not much accuracy, with one of the largest military in the world , more F-16 planes than anyone and an illegal nuclear power is absurd.

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