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Category Archives: American Jewish Community
PennBDS still being smeared two weeks after student conference
Though it has been two weeks since the much-discussed PennBDS conference, it seems that some opponents of Palestine solidarity simply cannot let it go.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics
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Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel
Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel
Ambassadors of Apartheid: Batsheva Dance Company to tour San Francisco and New York
In the next few weeks activists in New York and San Francisco will protest the Batsheva Dance Company because the ensemble receives Israeli government funding as part of the “Brand Israel” campaign.
Presbyterian investment committee recommends divestment from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola over complicity in the occupation
The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee is recommending that the denomination divest its holdings in three companies – Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, US Politics
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Video: right-wing groups attack U.S. professors over Ilan Pappe speaking tour
A group called the AMCHA Initiative, founded by University of California faculty, launched a campaign against three California professors over an upcoming Ilan Pappe speaking tour.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons
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Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.
Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death
A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.
Pro-Israel handbook explains how to attack professors and ‘co-opt’ students of color
Last week, the David Project released its “white paper” on Israel advocacy in US colleges and universities, titled A Burning Campus? Rethinking Israel Advocacy at America’s Universities and Colleges.
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.
New book explores the history of ‘New Jewish Agenda’
Ezra Berkley Nepon writes about his new book “Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New Jewish Agenda.”
Husband of ‘NYT’ Jerusalem correspondent calls for attack on Iran
When does the Caesar’s wife standard kick in? When do warlike statements from Israeli Hirsh Goodman, who is married to Isabel Kershner, a New York Times Jerusalem correspondent, become too much for the Times to bear? When do those pronouncements … Continue reading
AIPAC member identified as Abileah assailant during Netanyahu speech to Congress
Stanley Anthony Shulster, a retired lawyer, admitted to assaulting Rae Abileah, a member of CODEPINK, in the House of Representatives while she protested the Israeli occupation of Palestine during the speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. The Capitol Police issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Shulster for this attack.
Sh*t the David Project says about Israel
Jumping on the “Shit white girls say…to black girls” YouTube bandwagon, the David Project produces (with an all college student cast) “Sh*t people say about Israel,” co-opting the original video’s sentiment, which critiqued interpersonal racism.
Hasbara PennBDS wrap-up: Pro-Israel students are ignorant
After the PennBDS conference, the a Philadelphia based Jewish weekly paper describes pro-Israel students as “ignorant,” citing Hasbara as “ill-equipped” to challenge BDS calls for justice and human rights.
Musings on Post-Apartheid Israel
With models from South Africa to Jim Crow, Sylvia Schwarz muses over the aesthetics of a post-apartheid Israel/Palestine.
Leading Zionist historian was first to say ‘Israel Firster’– in 1960
‘Israel Firster’ is no anti-Semitic trope. Zionist historian Abram Sachar used it against Ben-Gurion in 1960
Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Politics
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Beinart to cast Obama as caped hero of two-state-solution in forthcoming book
From the Amazon listing for Peter Beinart’s forthcoming book on Israel’s crisis, and American Jewry’s role in it. I guess this is a second-term book, a book envisioning a breakout role for Barack Obama in his second term, pushing Israelis … Continue reading
Jewish substitution and the white gaze
Penn BDS conference avoided identity politics. But I said the New York Times will discover the Nakba by having a Jew write about it
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Media, US Politics
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New York’s Muslim community fights back against NYPD Islamophobia
Muslim community leaders say Islamophobia is deep-seated in the New York Police Department. And they’re not taking it anymore.
How Sarah Schulman managed to get ‘Pinkwashing’ into the New York Times
It took 3 months to get “Pinkwashing” op-ed in New York Times, and 300 pages of documentation
Live tweeting from the Penn BDS conference
Phil, Alex and Annie are in Philadelphia for the Penn BDS conference, and while we wait for their first report we thought we’d bring you up to speed on the story to this point.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Media, US Politics
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Both sides are wrong in the ‘Israel Firsters’ debate
While it’s not antisemitic to accuse individuals of placing “Israel’s” interests above “American” ones, it is not “plainly true” that many prominent apologists for Israel are “Israel Firsters” and the use of “Israel Firster”, while not necessarily antisemitic, is not innocuous either.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Dershowitz justifies war on Iran (and Iraq? again?)– and Mort Zuckerman rides shotgun– in fresh attacks on BDS conference
The usual suspects are trying to tar the BDS movement as anti-Semitic.
Alumni donor threats and more Nazi analogies as the world awaits Penn BDS conference
Penn alumna likens BDS to the civil rights movement that she also joined
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine
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When Desmond Tutu got the ‘Penn BDS’ treatment
In light of the attacks against the upcoming Penn BDS conference, here is a reminder of the time Desmond Tutu got the “Penn BDS” treatment at other US universities, even when he wasn’t talking about BDS or Israel.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine
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