Tag Archives: Ali Abunimah

New ‘NYT’ bureau chief Jodi Rudoren faces outcry from Israel advocates over Twitter messages

The fast and furious reaction to Jodi Rudoren’s Twitter messages, and what it says about ardent advocates for Israel.

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Anti-Defamation League reprises debunked quote in attempt to discredit Helena Cobban and Penn BDS conference

The Anti-Defamation League uses a fabricated quote in an attempt to discredit Helena Cobban and the upcoming BDS conference in Philadelphia.

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Right-wing attack group caught fabricating quotes in effort to smear critics of Israel

Right-wing Zionist group Stand With Us was called out after publishing fabricated quotes in an effort to undermine an upcoming BDS conference.

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Bill to investigate flotilla is a ‘tool of intimidation’

Advocates decry a Congressional bill to investigate whether groups behind last summer’s Gaza flotilla should be designated as “terrorist” groups

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U.S. already affirmed ’67 borders–only to have Obama backtrack

President Barack Obama is set to deliver a hotly anticipated speech tomorrow to “argue that the political upheaval [in the Arab world] raises the prospect for progress on all fronts, and will offer ‘some specific new ideas about U.S. policy … Continue reading

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The Bush-Obama line on Palestine: forget ’67

The election of President Barack Obama brought great hope that his administration could be the one to bring about a settlement to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But Obama has largely followed the Bush administration’s pro-Israel slant. New documents released by WikiLeaks … Continue reading

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Sneak Peak: The editors’ note from The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict

The following is an adapted excerpt of the Editors’ Note from The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. The book will be available on January 11, and you can pre-order it here. Reports come … Continue reading

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Jeffrey Goldberg likens BDS movement to Nazi Germany policies

If you can’t beat ‘em, smear ‘em.  And throw in the word Nazi for good measure. As the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement continues full-steam ahead in its efforts to force Israel to comply with international law, pro-Israel hawks … Continue reading

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Coming soon – The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict

  You’ve heard the controversy – Now read the report for yourself We are excited to announce the publication of our new book – The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict (Nation Books). We … Continue reading

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Website publishes list/faces of Israeli officers as ‘retribution’ for Gaza onslaught

Ali Abunimah reports that a website called Israeliwarcriminals has published a “pirated” list of names/faces of Israeli officers it says took part in the Gaza onslaught of two years ago, thereby defying Israeli government bars on such publication. Not all … Continue reading

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‘Albuquerque Journal’ runs column by pro-Palestinian activist calling on Jewish groups to have open debate

I look for cracks in the wall, and here is one. The Albuquerque Journal has published a column by Danya Mustafa responding forcefully to local Jewish groups’ efforts to prevent Ali Abunimah from speaking at the University of New Mexico … Continue reading

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The new Jewish upside-down world: intellectual who calls for equal rights is likened to KKK

Last month we picked up the news that Jewish groups in New Mexico are trying to stop Ali Abunimah’s talk at the University of N.M. next week. Well Abunimah’s blog contains the disgusting news that a local Jewish leader has … Continue reading

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Haneen Zoabi: Palestinians citizens of Israel are ‘struggling for a normal state . . . which is a state for all of its citizens, [in] which the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews can have full equality.’

Ali Abunimah has an interesting and wide ranging interview with Israeli MK Haneen Zoabi up on Electronic Intifada. Zoabi has been public enemy number one in Israel since taking part in the Freedom Flotilla last Spring. Most recently, she was … Continue reading

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Jewish groups seek to bar Abunimah from campus

Editors’ note: You don’t think BDS is having an effect? Here two New Mexico Jewish org officials seek to smear Ali Abunimah as an anti-Semite, and bar him from speaking, because he supports BDS, which they say is about demonizing … Continue reading

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New Reut Institute ‘case study’ tacit admission that BDS is working

When the well-connected Israeli policy group, the Reut Institute, released a February 2010 report on what it labeled the "delegitimization challenge" from the global Palestine solidarity movement, Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada pointed out that the report "never considers … Continue reading

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