Business Day Johannesburg Published: 2011/01/19 IT MAY be fortuitous that last week’s ugly personal attack on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in which a small Jewish group in Cape Town launched a petition denouncing him as an anti-Semite, came at a time when a wave of personal political vituperation is sweeping the US and plunged that country [...]
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Accepting ADL award, Murdoch decries ‘ongoing war against Jews’
Media magnate accuses Leftists of spurring anti-Semitism under the guise of legitimate criticism of Israel. By Natasha Mozgovaya and Haaretz Service Haaretz Fri, October 15, 2010 Media mogul K. Robert Murdoch on Thursday decried the “ongoing war against the Jews” and demanded an end to efforts to isolate Israel. Accepting an award from the Anti-Defamation [...]
A Brief History of Intolerance in America
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American Imams visit Auschwitz
By JTA Jerusalem Post - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Eight Muslim American leaders who visited concentration camps and met with Holocaust survivors signed a statement condemning Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. The trip earlier this month, intended to teach the participants about the Holocaust, featured visits to Dachau and Auschwitz. “We stand united as Muslim American faith [...]
Judge faces anti-Semitism probe after speech attacking Israel helps free arms factory protesters
By Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent Daily Mail - 24th July 2010 A senior judge was under investigation yesterday after being accused of making anti-Semitic remarks in court that may have swayed his jury into acquitting a group of protesters. Judge George Bathurst-Norman was said by critics to have persuaded a jury to clear a group [...]
‘Anti-Semitism’ Charges Unleashed: Don’t Mention the Mavi Marmara
Prime Minister Demands Canadian MP Resign Over Vague Israel Criticism by Jason Ditz Antiwar Forum - June 16, 2010 Since Israel’s May 31 attack on the Mavi Marmara aid ship, there has been growing criticism of Israel’s behavior across much of the world, including from traditional allies like Turkey. Yet as this criticism has grown abroad, [...]
The Israel lobby wants to retain freedom of speech for itself, on its own terms
Ibrahim Hewitt MEMO – 6 May 2010 In an interview with the Times (6 May), Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, is reported to have “complained about “extremism in British universities” which caused his deputy “to flee anti-Israel activists after she gave a talk at Manchester University”. According to Mr. Prosor, “We have a [...]
The Wiesenthal Center’s Bait and Switch
by John Taylor Antiwar Forum – 03 May 2010 The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s stated purpose is “confronting anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, standing with Israel, defending the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust.” Rabbi Marvin Hier established the Center as a tax-exempt foundation in 1977 with a [...]
Germany’s Fear of Finkelstein
By Ali Fathollah-Nejad* Palestine Chronicle – 2 March 2010 Norman Finkelstein, an internationally renowned scholar of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, was due to talk about the state of the decades-old conflict and the situation in Gaza one year after the Israeli assault last week in Munich and Berlin. As part of a European speaking tour which would [...]
Jane Fonda apologises over Toronto petition
Fonda regrets signing letter objecting to Toronto film festival’s decision to showcase films from Tel Aviv Ben Child and agencies guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 September 2009 Jane Fonda has apologised for signing a petition decrying the decision by organisers of the Toronto film festival to showcase films from Tel Aviv. In a post on the Huffington [...]
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