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Russell Tribunal — 3 articles: Richard J. Goldstone / Ali Abunimah / John Dugard

Richard J. Goldstone: Israel and the Apartheid Slander   By RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE Richard J. Goldstone, a former justice of the South African Constitutional Court, led the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008-9. The New York Times     Published: October 31, 2011    THE Palestinian Authority’s request for full United Nations membership [...]

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Wine, broken promises and ‘Isratine’: Gadhafi’s strange courtship of the Jews

 By Ron Kampeas ·   JTA  October 25, 2011   WASHINGTON– Now it can be told: For the last decade or so, the Jews had secret back channels to Moammar Gadhafi.   What led the pro-Israel community into a careful relationship with Gadhafi 10 years ago were considerations ofU.S.national interests,Israel’s security needs and the claims [...]

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Rabbi to Students: “Marrying Non-Jews Serves the Nazis”

by Saed Bannoura –   IMEMC & Agencies    Monday October 24, 2011 03:30   Israeli Ynet News has reported that students of theOhelShemHigh School, inRamat Gan, claim that Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, who recently spoke at their school, preached that “Marrying gentiles plays in the hands of the Nazis.”   The Rabbi, head of the Yad [...]

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Dear U.S. Jews, please don’t let Netanyahu deceive you

Don’t be more patriotic than we are. Don’t do us any favors. It’s our blood we’re talking about.  By Yossi Sarid   Haaretz     Wed, September 21, 2011 What follows is an emotional and perhaps late appeal toIsrael’s friends inAmerica, particularly the Jews among them, who see themselves as people looking out for own welfare. Don’t [...]

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French JDL recruiting Jews with military experience to ‘defend’ Israeli settlements

Rightist group, founded by late Rabbi Meir Kahane, is bringing volunteers to counter Palestinian marches on settlements planned for week of September 20.  By Danna Harman   Haaretz      Mon, September 12, 2011   An extreme right-wing Jewish group inFranceis recruiting Jews with military experience for a solidarity mission toIsraelin order to help “defend” Jewish settlements [...]

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Amira Hass: In occupied West Bank, Jews and Arabs see different sides of justice

The Israeli justice system in the occupied territories treats similar crimes committed by Jews and Arabs differently – impunity toward settlers, harsh repercussions for Arabs.   Haaretz   Tue, September 06, 2011   1. There is a law inIsrael. It is the Dromi Law, named for the farmer Shai Dromi who in January 2007 shot to [...]

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Germany pulls out of Durban III anti-racism conference

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL,   The Jerusalem Post    Fri, Sep 2, 2011   Berlinfears event will be misused for anti-Semitism; German FM tells ‘Post’ move expression ofGermany’s “special responsibility” toIsrael.   BERLIN-Germany’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it will not take part in the UN-sponsored Durban III anti-racism conference on September 22, because of the [...]

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Colin Powell Receives Anti-Defamation League Award

Ali Abunimah : Islamophobia, Zionism and the Norway massacre

Ali Abunimah is author of “One Country, A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse”, and is co-founder of The Electronic Intifada.   Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman condemned Breivik’s ideology, but he is still an enabler of Islamophobia.    Al Jazeera      Last Modified: 02 Aug 2011 12:50   In a Washington Post op-ed last [...]

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Dahr Jamail : Murdoch’s ambitions in the Middle East

With his media empire under fire in the west, NewsCorp chief eyes the Middle East market.   Al Jazeera     Last Modified: 20 Jul 2011 14:59 Embroiled in a scandal that has global implications, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is under fire due to the ongoing fallout resulting from the News of the World scandal. But while [...]

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Christian Zionists unite in D.C. to express support for Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu, speaking via satellite, and news commentator Glenn Beck encourage audience to think of themselves and Jews, Israelis, as one and the same.   By Natasha Mozgovaya Haaretz     Wed, July 20, 2011 Over 5000 Christians, mainly Evangelicals, gathered this week at the Convention Center in Washington for the annual conference of the organization [...]

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ADL calls on UN human rights chief to condemn Richard Falk for anti-Semitic cartoon

U.S. representative to the Human Rights Council joins ADL in condemnation of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestinian territories, saying his status as UN mandate holder is ‘blight on UN system’.   Haaretz    Fri, July 08, 2011    see cartoon here:  http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/adl-calls-on-un-human-rights-chief-to-condemn-richard-falk-for-anti-semitic-cartoon-1.372190 The Anti-Defamation League has called on the United Nations human [...]

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The racist Facebook rants of Netanayhu’s son

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 [...]

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