Category Archives: Israel Lobby

PennBDS still being smeared two weeks after student conference

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Sarah Shehadah

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 | Tagged | 5 Comments

Dog-bites-man story in NYT leads readers to say, tail wags dog

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Republicans want to railroad us into a war that serves Israel, NYT readers write

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 3 Comments

Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 11 Comments

Foreign nationals willingly gave passports to Mossad

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Philip Weiss

If you give your English passport to the Mossad for use in overseas operations, aren’t you an Israel firster?

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 6 Comments

Troubled Jeopardy!: Travels through Trebekistan

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

The Jeopardy! writers, widely respected as masters of fact and trivia, got a simple one wrong on February 8, 2012 when they claimed Gaza was no longer controlled by Israel.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 2 Comments

Hasbara: Reach-out to non-Jews with ‘Zionist-inspired’ calendar

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Allison Deger

A Pro-Israel organization recently created a new tool, a “Zionist-inspired” calendar, to bolster campus pro-Israel support, including twelve “Israel-related” themed months with hasbara programming resources.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 27 Comments

Video: right-wing groups attack U.S. professors over Ilan Pappe speaking tour

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Allison Deger

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 | 24 Comments

Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Annie Robbins

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.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 22 Comments

Right wing to Rudoren: Are you now, or have you ever been, a Zionist?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Judi Rudoren continues to hold her ground against the right-wing onslaught against her. The Washington Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo interviews her and begins in the most McCarthyite way possible.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Media, US Politics | 32 Comments

Pro-Israel handbook explains how to attack professors and ‘co-opt’ students of color

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Phan Nguyen

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.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 19 Comments

‘A level of racist violence I have never seen’: UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley on Palestine and the BDS movement

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Alex Kane

UCLA professor Robin D.G. Kelley just returned from a delegation to Israel/Palestine with the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and speaks to Mondoweiss about Palestine, BDS, black Zionism and much more.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 99 Comments

In photos: PennBDS

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Sara Jawhari

Sara Jawhari’s exclusive photographs of the watershed Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference held at the University of Pennsylvania.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 9 Comments

Rudoren responds to the Twitter kerfuffle

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Politico’s Dylan Byers interviews new New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren about her recent Twitter controversy.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 18 Comments

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

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Alex Kane

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

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Today in Palestine

As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East | Leave a comment

University president promotes hasbara event with Israeli soldier in campus-wide email

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Western University of Health Sciences’ President, Philip Pumerantz, sent out a campus-wide email promoting the event “Inspiration Out of the Darkness: Reflection of a Front Line Israeli Solider” with Sgt. Benjamin Anthony.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 17 Comments

Two new videos take on The Dersh and introduce his toughest client yet – Claus Von Bibi!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Two new videos look at Alan Dershowitz’s extensive record of intellectual dishonesty and career of making “the case for Israel.”

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video | 15 Comments

Radio Against Apartheid: People of Color in the US and Palestinian Queers for BDS

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Matthew Graber

Darnell Moore, a visiting scholar at NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, a Jewish Arab writer and co-founder of intersections/intersecciones consulting, joined us on the program. The two recently returned from a delegation as guests of Palestinian Queers for BDS to the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 1 Comment

AIPAC member identified as Abileah assailant during Netanyahu speech to Congress

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Annie Robbins

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.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 37 Comments

Adelson dumps Gingrich and Santorum’s star is rising

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Bloomberg is reporting Adelson isn’t planning on floating Gingrich anymore which leaves him high and dry and scrambling for cash.

Posted in Israel Lobby, US Politics | 29 Comments

Sh*t the David Project says about Israel

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Allison Deger

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.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 16 Comments

The Israel Lobby on campus in Illinois: A challenge for BDS

Posted on February 10, 2012 by David Green

A recent agreement between the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba and the University of Illinois at Chicago illustrates how the Israel Lobby operates in state government in general and in public higher education in Illinois.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 72 Comments

Hasbara PennBDS wrap-up: Pro-Israel students are ignorant

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Allison Deger

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.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, One state/Two states | 275 Comments

‘Commentary’ covers its eyes and makes Palestinians disappear

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Commentary decides that Hamas is irrelevant

Posted in Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Politics | 115 Comments

Leading Zionist historian was first to say ‘Israel Firster’– in 1960

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Philip Weiss

‘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 | Tagged | 104 Comments