The Raed Salah affair in the Arab media Middle East Monitor MEMO, July 3, 2011 Using the clumsiest of methods, Britain has sleepwalked into a high-profile political imbroglio in its relations with the Palestinian people and the Arab world. At the centre of this putrid mess is the arrest and detention of Shaikh Raed [...]
Press Release: The facts and sequence of events surrounding Sheikh Raed Salah’s arrest
by RAINman on 30. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Press Release: The facts and sequence of events surrounding Sheikh Raed Salah’s arrest Middle East Monitor MEMO, June 29, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The facts and sequence of events surrounding Sheikh Raed Salah’s arrest Sheikh Raed Salah arrived in London on Saturday 25th using his Israeli passport to enter Britain legally as he has [...]
The racist Facebook rants of Netanayhu’s son
by RAINman on 27. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The racist Facebook rants of Netanayhu’s son Noam Sheizaf June 24, 2011 Haaretz’s Uri Blau uncovered today racist comments and extreme right-wing rhetoric on Yair Netanyahu’s Facebook page. Yair, the eldest son of PM Netanyahu, is currently in mandatory IDF service, in the army’s spokesperson unit. He called for the boycott of Arab businesses [...]
Shavuot 2011: obscenities as words of Torah
by RAINman on 08. Jun, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Shavuot 2011: obscenities as words of Torah This isn’t the Torah we received. Since that time, Israel has been swallowed up by the Land of Israel and disappeared inside its maw. By Yossi Sarid Haaretz Tue, June 07, 2011 Go to your computer right now and watch the frightening video clip posted on YouTube [...]
Robert Fisk: Who cares in the Middle East what Obama says?
by RAINman on 31. May, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Robert Fisk: Who cares in the Middle East what Obama says? President Obama has shown himself to be weak in his dealings with the Middle East, says Robert Fisk, and the Arab world is turning its back with contempt. Its future will be shaped without American influence Independent Monday, 30 May 2011 This month, [...]
Prof. Rashid Khalidi: How Obama enables Israel’s worst impulses
by RAINman on 30. May, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Prof. Rashid Khalidi: How Obama enables Israel’s worst impulses Rashid Khalidi explains how President Obama is reinforcing every roadblock to peace Israel has created Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of six books on Middle Eastern history, including “Palestinian Identity”, and “Resurrecting Empire”. Khalidi [...]
Pizzarotti should follow in Deutsche Bahn’s footsteps
by RAINman on 17. May, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Pizzarotti should follow in Deutsche Bahn’s footsteps by Stephanie Westbrook Stephanie Westbrook is a U.S. citizen who has been living in Rome, Italy since 1991. She is active in the peace and social justice movements in Italy and traveled to Gaza in June 2009. She contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN). Media [...]
Israel’s Controversial Citizenship Act Passes
by RAINman on 30. Mar, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Israel’s Controversial Citizenship Act Passes Law Will Allow Govt to Revoke Citizenship From Those ‘Harming Israel’s Sovereignty’ by Jason Ditz, Antiwar Forum March 28, 2011 The far right Yisrael Beiteinu party accomplished one of their key post-election goals today, passing the controversial new Citizenship Act through the Israeli Knesset in a vote that [...]
NY gay center pulls plug on Israel-Apartheid event
by RAINman on 25. Feb, 2011 in Newsletter Links
NY gay center pulls plug on Israel-Apartheid event By GIL SHEFLER AND BENJAMIN WEINTHAL The Jerusalem Post Thu, Feb 24, 2011 American-Israeli gay porn producer says he “defeated a group of anti-Semites,” calling it a “landmark moment” in his life. Israeli Apartheid Week may be a week away but tension between Israel’s friends and foes [...]
Hate-Preacher Rabbi Provokes Riots in The Galilee
by RAINman on 02. Nov, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Arabs and Jews have united in condemning Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu for inciting racism in the Upper Galilee town of Safed. Eliyahu chaired a conference last week in which he informed his audience that it was ‘sinful’ to sell or rent property to non-Jews, sparking a violent demonstration against Arab students of Safed College. The [...]
Bill allowing towns to reject residents gains ground
by RAINman on 29. Oct, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Arab MKs walk out of Knesset debate, say Jewish communities seeking way to weed out Arabs Roni Sofer Ynet News Published: 10.27.10 The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee on Wednesday approved in its second and third reading a bill allowing communities of under 500 people to appoint admissions boards, which will be able to [...]
Public outcry ensues after rabbis tell Jews not to rent to Arabs
by RAINman on 22. Oct, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Several MKs and nonprofit organizations demand a criminal investigation of Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and 17 other rabbis. By Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazi Haaretz - October 21, 2010 Several Knesset members and nonprofit organizations on Wednesday demanded a criminal investigation of Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and 17 other rabbis, after Haaretz reported that [...]
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