An Israeli security guard shot and killed 28-year-old Mahmoud Mahmoud Salim Taha, at the police station in Kafr Qasim on Monday night. This is the latest of over 30 Palestinian citizens of Israel to be killed in violent episodes in 2017, and again the police shake off responsibility.
Allan Brownfeld: Israel and American Jews are moving in different directions
The feeling is increasingly widespread among American Jews that Israel’s 50-year occupation, its denial of basic political rights and human rights to Palestinians, and its retreat from democracy, indicate that American Jewish values are not shared by Israeli leadership. Clearly, Israel and American Jews are moving in different directions.
The Relentless Pulse of Pro-Israel Propaganda in Our Lives: Tim Sanders’ BBC documentary misleads listeners
Thomas Harrington discusses how Israel and its supporters plant deceptive, self-serving narratives at the highest levels of western media, e.g. a BBC radio documentary by Israel partisan Tim Samuels about Israeli doctors who help Syrian refugees—what it says and what it does not say…
Israeli Chief Rabbis Endorse Ethnic Cleansing, Palestinian Servitude
Israeli chief Sephardic rabbi Yitzhak Yosef preaches that non-Jews should be expelled from Israel, or serve essentially as slaves and servants. He also exhorted his followers that any Palestinian armed with any weapon is worth killing without hesitation. Rabbi Yosef is also a spiritual leader of one of Israel’s major political parties, Shas…
U.S. Senate Marks 50th Anniversary of Jerusalem “Reunification”
JTA reports that the US Senate has approved a “non-binding resolution marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.” The bill was passed on Thursday, June 1st, the anniversary of Israel’s takeover of East Jerusalem in 1967. Most of the world rejects the label of “reunification,” rejecting Israel’s claim of sovereignty over the captured territories.
Was Israel Under Existential Threat in June 1967?
Fifty years ago, Israel fought a war of choice: the Six Day War. Israel’s own leaders indicate that the “existential threat” in 1967 was a myth.
Israel advocates create new app to attack critics of Israel
Israel advocates have created a website and app to defend Israel online and attack critics. App users have already brought the rating of an Australian business critical of Israel down from 4.6 to 1.4. The app leverages the efforts of pro-Israel students who “speak 35 languages, hail from 86 countries and have connections to the pro-Israel community all over the world…”
Senate bill would elevate role of anti-Semitism envoy
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a bill that would elevate the position to ambassadorial level. A companion bill was introduced in the House earlier this year…
Who Started the Six Day War of June 1967?
Author Jeremy Hammond addresses in detail the inaccurate rendition by Bret Stephens that was published by the New York Times, in which Israel is the alleged victim of aggression…
ACTION ALERT: Support USS Liberty survivors’ call for justice on 50th anniversary
Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 is the only peacetime attack on a US naval vessel that Congress has formally refused to investigate. The survivors are still awaiting justice. Please join them in demanding accountability by signing this petition calling on Congress to open an official investigation.