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‘This American Life’ shines some light on that Palestinian life
Last week’s episode of “This American Life,” the popular public-radio show hosted by Ira Glass, included a striking 23-minute segment about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. The piece was reported by Nancy Updike, an award-winning producer who’s been with the show since it began in 1995. Updike explores the routinized harassment of villagers in Nabi Saleh by the Israeli military. Above, Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian from the village.
Boston Marathon bombings unleash a new wave of Islamophobia
It’s happening again: another collective freakout steeped in Islamophobia. The Boston Marathon bombings have unleashed a new wave of anti-Muslim sentiment. It’s easy to find on the right-wing. But it’s also being perpetuated by mainstream institutions and figures.
Posted in Media, US Politics
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Innocent until proven Muslim
The blood has not yet dried on the streets of Boston after a horrific attack which left three dead and dozens injured, yet the question for many now is not the identity of the perpetrator but how long his beard is. The local authorities have not identified any suspects yet a plethora of minds have clearly been made up as to who committed this abhorrent act; the hashtag #Muslims went on to trend for hours alongside #MuslimsDidIt.
We need to look to the Palestinian leaders on the ground, not more diplomats — Noura Erakat on MSNBC
Chris Hayes dares to mention the dreaded one-state outcome on MSNBC, and says the left includes anti-Zionists
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Occupation, US Politics
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Returning to Iraq after war and exile
Ten years ago today, Banen Al-Sheemary remembers sitting in front of the television watching the sky turn bright yellow from the massive blasts as the US invaded Iraq. She had left the country with her family during the 1991 U.S. invasion. She returned to Iraq in 2012.
Posted in Iraq, Media, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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On Art/Violence at the Berlin International Film Festival
Almost two years have passed since the murder. Two of Juliano’s brilliant and brave students, Mariam Abu Khaled and Batoul Taleb, stand together with Juliano’s talented 12-year-old daughter, Milay. We receive a prestigious award at the Berlin International Film Festival for the film we made together, Art/Violence. The film is dedicated to Jul, and his spirit guides it from start to finish. Art/Violence is not about the life and work of Jul, nor is it a realist documentary about these three young women whose lives he forever changed (that film remains to be made, when the time is ripe). Instead, our film is the story, told through art and literature, of how the wild, artistic and political spirit of Jul –our teacher, father and friend– matured and developed in the souls of these three women, who continue and shape his path as young artists.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media
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Covering Hamas and Palestinian society: A response to Peter Beinart
A response to Peter Beinart’s Open Zion post “The Pro-Palestinian Left’s Hamas Blindspot.”
Dennis Ross says Israel should unilaterally take 8% of West Bank while stating ‘it has no intention of expanding into future Palestinian state’
Yesterday Dennis Ross was at it again in his role as Israel’s lawyer, arguing for his client in the New York Times on the opening day of the AIPAC annual conference in DC. It is a very disturbing and dishonest piece. Ross advocates for Israel and in return for giving away 8 percent of their land at the outset of a “process,” the Palestinians get nothing but more requirements for what they owe their occupiers.
It’s delicious to see very uncool people fall for ‘Rolling Stones’ anti-BDS hoax
Pamela Geller and other Israel supporters rejoiced when it was announced that, in an affront to BDS, the Rolling Stones would perform in Israel—except it was a hoax.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media
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The false equivalence of liberal Zionists
One of the most well worn tricks of the PR trade is establishing a false equivalence between supposed extremes in order to position yourself in the middle as the pragmatic, moderate viewpoint. In his article “Zero Dark Zero” Roger Cohen does this very thing in an attempt to position liberal Zionism between two extremes.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Anatomy of a Falsehood: Roger Cohen recycles pro-Israel attack against Omar Barghouti
Roger Cohen has an International Herald Tribune column today titled “Zero Dark Zero” that outlines the dire state of the two-state solution. In the process of making his case Cohen recycles an out-of-context quote from Omar Barghouti that has become popular among Israel supporters looking to smear the BDS movement. Cohen and the ‘New York Times’ are standing by the quote, further discrediting the paper of record when it comes to honestly discerning fact from simple propaganda.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Emad Burnat’s Oscar speech: ‘We are seeking freedom and peace — for my son Gibreel and his generation’
The speech Emad Burnat was planning on giving if ’5 Broken Cameras’ won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.
Argo’s Oscar and the failure of truth
Argo’s Academy Award shows that we have yet again been blinded by the heavy dust of politics and our American mantra of hostility and resentment will continue to inform our decisions, dragging us closer and closer to the abyss.
Posted in Iran, Media, Middle East, US Politics
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’5 Broken Cameras’ loses out to ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ for best doc Oscar
5 Broken Cameras loses out to Searching for Sugar Man for the Best Documentary Academy Award.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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The 99%: Netanyahu successful as Americans agree on Iranian ‘nuclear threat’
A few months ago, Netanyahu’s presentation to the United Nations of a fourth-grader’s drawing dramatizing Iran’s imminent nuclear weapons capability drew gales of laughter. But maybe it was successful after all.
Israel’s changing image
The photo of a Palestinian boy in the crosshairs posted on Instagram by an Israeli sniper and discovered by Electronic Intifada has now gone viral. It is the top story on Yahoo news. (The New York Times will surely get around to it soon, don’t hold your breath.) And the optics of Israel are changing internationally. Startup nation is becoming Child-targeting nation.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Occupation, US Politics
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Gay porn mogul unveils pinkwashing documentary
Michael Lucas, gay porn mogul and anti-Muslim advocate crosses into the mainstream with Israel Undressed: Gay Men in the Promised Land, a pinkwashing documentary.
‘New York Daily News’ distorts why student Israel advocates were tossed from Brooklyn College event (updated)
The New York Daily News continues to gin up hysteria over the disturbance involving four student activists affiliated with Zionist organizations who were kicked out of the Brooklyn College event last week on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. The paper’s coverage is misleading and does not even make the pretense of trying to get the full story out.
Posted in BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Hagel vote set for today as opposition flounders
Carl Levin has scheduled a public discussion and vote on the Hagel nomination today at 2:30 pm. And Breitbart News, in desperation, claims that a Hagel company got funding from “Friends of Hamas.”
Dershowitz’s hypocrisy and dishonesty over Brooklyn College BDS conference
People often comment that Dershowitz is a clown who does not deserve the time and effort to discredit him. I could not disagree more. He remains a highly influential public figure on matters pertaining to Israel and Palestine, commanding an audience at the White House and filling lecture halls regularly. Give the devil his due. He has great rhetorical skills, thinks quickly on his feet, and in my opinion can on occasion out-debate far worthier opponents. He remains a rock star of pro-Israel advocacy. His brazen hypocrisy and serial dishonesty should be challenged regularly.
Despite increased media attention, there is nothing new about Israel targeting Palestinian youth
There was a noticeable increase in British coverage of Israel’s occupation in January, with The Guardian and the BBC running stories on the string of recent killings by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Israel’s refusal to co-operate with the UN’s Human Rights Council. Whilst greater coverage of Israel’s killings in the occupied Palestinian territories is welcome, it must be noted that these events are not new in the slightest.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Occupation
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Eric Alterman’s bias revealed as he warns against the ‘red menace’ of BDS
According to Eric Alterman writing in Open Zion (“Brooklyn College and the BDS Debate,” February 7), the BDS movement and its “naive, idealistic” fellow-traveling dupes are the modern day equivalents of 20th century Stalinists.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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‘Tablet’ gets it wrong: Student Israel activists passed out anti-BDS flyers during Brooklyn College event (updated)
A ‘Tablet’ magazine writer claims that students affiliated with Hillel were kicked out of last night’s BDS event at Brooklyn College. While students were removed, the story gets much of what occurred wrong.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Life imitates art as Foxman confirms ADL caricature on Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’
Netflix television show ‘House of Cards’ uses the ADL to demonstrate the underhanded corruption of the U.S. government, and Abe Foxman can’t help but confirm the show’s farcical depiction of his organization.
