NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is listening to Israel partisans on the issue of BDS. He’s opting for apartheid instead of justice and peace. Contact him here…
Andrew Yang listens to Israel partisans, condemns BDS – let’s change his mind!
Category: Censorship
Human rights org B’Tselem defies Israeli orders to stop teaching about apartheid
“The Israeli government will have to contend with us until the apartheid regime ends,” B’Tselem’s director Hagai El-Ad tweeted after defying a ban put in place by Israel’s Education Minister that sought to prevent human rights groups from entering public schools.
Israeli court wants to ban film about Israel’s 2002 massacre of Palestinian refugees
“Jenin, Jenin” documents a deadly Israeli assault on a Palestinian refugee camp that left hundreds of civilians dead and over fifteen hundred wounded, and its release has caused an uproar in Israeli society.
Congress votes to elevate ‘Anti-Semitism’ Envoy to Ambassadorship
A State Department position that officials said was unnecessary is being elevated to even higher rank, increasing its influence and funding… Claiming to “combat anti-Semitism,” the position actually often works to combat support for Palestinian human rights…
Witch Hunt Is Raging Against Critics of Israel throughout Europe
Two articles describe attacks on people supporting Palestinian human rights. Israel partisans use unfounded claims of ‘antisemitism’ to block events, boycott scholars, censor critical texts… Now, in an unprecedented move, leaders of top German cultural institutions have joined forces to declare: Enough
Dear ADL: there’s no place for “No Place For Hate” in our schools
The Anti-Defamation League wants to train our children to treat all people equally and with respect. They refuse to take their own advice when it comes to Palestinians, preferring instead to silence their calls for justice and turn a blind eye to Israel’s human rights abuses. A discriminatory organization that bullies others should not be in our schools.
Amnesty International Slams Reported U.S. Push to Label It Antisemitic
Following a report of.plans to label Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam ‘antisemitic’ over the groups’ criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian human rights, Amnesty slams ‘attempt to silence and intimidate’ human rights organizations…
Repression of speech and scholarship on Palestine needs to end
More than a thousand academics and lawyers have signed an open letter calling on academic and government institutions around the world to cease subjecting those defending justice for Palestinians to censorship and penalties… A Canadian University rescinded a job offer after an Israel partisan complained… in the U.S. there have been 1,494 incidents… in France students have been jailed…
Foundation to ‘Combat Anti-Semitism’ will be coming after high school, college students
The Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism plans to teach high school and college students how to beat hate and embrace tolerance – except when it comes to Palestinians
Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page
Gaza’s health ministry uses Facebook to supply crucial information – whether about people killed or injured in Israeli attacks, or about the enormous efforts to hold back the spread of COVID-19. Now Facebook has closed it down…