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United Church of Christ (UCC) labels Israel an Apartheid state

[email protected] July 29, 2021 apartheid, christianity, ucc, United Church of Christ

“We reject Israel’s apartheid system of laws and legal procedures,” the United Church of Christ (UCC) stated at its general synod, in a resolution approved by 83 percent of members despite an appeal by the American Jewish Committee. (The term ‘apartheid’ for the Israeli system has been used by numerous experts, including South African apartheid leader Bishop Desmond Tutu, a South African report on Israel, and scholars on the region.)

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I Was Fired For Criticizing Israel. Now I Dig Holes For A Living

[email protected] July 11, 2021 Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Carol Off, Censorship, CJFE, Gaza, Kevin Metcalf, Steven Salaita, yaser murtaja

Another casualty of Israel’s war on truth: ‘Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’ fired a staffer for publishing a routine letter that criticized Israel for killing journalists…

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The Scofield Bible: The Book That Made Zionists of America’s Evangelical Christians

[email protected] June 29, 2021 Christian Zionists, Hal Lindsey, history of Israel-Palestine, Jerry Falwell, john hagee, Pat Robertson, Scofield Bible, Tim LaHaye

The Scofield Bible has induced generations of American evangelicals to believe that God demands their uncritical support for the modern State of Israel. Few readers know that behind Scofield appears to have been Zionist attorney Samuel Untermeyer, who used Scofield to inject Zionist ideas into American Protestantism…

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Netanyahu’s fascist friends in Knesset helped him start the war he wanted

[email protected] June 3, 2021

Ultra-racist Kahanists, partners of Netanyahu and now members of the Knesset, push their maximalist agenda – including ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

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Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie

[email protected] May 17, 2021 AIPAC, benny gantz, Israel, israel lobby, Jeremy Corbin, Netanyahu, Norman Finkelstein, Palestinians, sheikh jarrah, US Congress

Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S.

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Rep. Betty McCollum leads effort to block Israel from using US aid to break int’l law

[email protected] April 16, 2021 annexation, Betty McCollum, detention, H.R. 2590, home demolition, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, Marie Newman, no way to treat a child, Rashida Tlaib, torture

Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced a new bill (H.R. 2590) that challenges Israel’s impunity, at a time when support in Congress for Palestinian rights is at an all-time high. This issue of conditional aid to Israel has gained momentum in recent years – but there is a long way to go…

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Pro-Israel students pressure Butler U to cancel an event featuring Angela Davis

[email protected] April 1, 2021 Angela Davis, antisemitism, butler university, free speech

Students at Butler University say an event featuring Angela Davis was abruptly canceled by the school following pressure from Zionist students. This is not the first time Ms. Davis has been snubbed because of her advocacy for Palestinian rights.

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How the Media Cracks Down on Critics of Israel

[email protected] February 10, 2021 cancel culture, canceled, Censorship, Guardian, israel lobby, John Mulholland

The moment I irritated defenders of Israel on social media, I was summarily fired from my job as a newspaper columnist… I’ve noticed that a lot of people who are ostensibly pro-free speech have little to say when critics of Israel are met with professional consequences…

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Witch Hunt Is Raging Against Critics of Israel throughout Europe

[email protected] December 14, 2020 Achille Mbembe, American Jewish Committee, antisemitism, Bernd Scherer, Brian Klug, Christoph Heusgen, Europe, Felix Klein, jonathan cook, Josef Schuster, Nirit Sommerfeld, Peter Schäfer, Pro-Israel Lobby, Roderich Kiesewetter, Stefanie Carp, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, Yehudit Yinhar, Young Fathers

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

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Dear ADL: there’s no place for “No Place For Hate” in our schools

[email protected] December 1, 2020 anti-bias training, antisemitism, apartheid, BDS, boycott divest sanction, drop the adl, genocide, hate speech, holocaust education, human rights, inclusivity, nation-state law, zionism

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.

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