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Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Label Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech

[email protected] August 21, 2020 Adam Milstein, antisemitism, Facebook, IHRA definition, Marc Greendorfer, Ron Machol, stopantisemitism.org, Zachor

145 groups pressure Facebook to adopt an Israel-centric definition of ‘hate speech.’ The initiative is largely funded by multi-millionaire Israeli-American Adam Milstein (who served in the Israeli military 1971-4) and is backed by the Israeli government… Whether Facebook will buckle under the pressure will depend in large part on whether the public—Jewish and non-Jewish—finally recognizes that concerns about antisemitism are being exploited to serve a narrow political and ideological agenda, putting at risk free speech on Israel/Palestine and, by extension, political speech writ large…

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Republican platform panders to Israel zealots

[email protected] August 20, 2020 annexation, Christian Zionism, gop, Jerusalem, occupation, republican national committee, Republican platform, rnc, United Nations

The Republican National Committee platform of 2016, resurrected for 2020, will once again genuflect before Israel – ignoring the realities of human rights, international law, and logic.

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Trump, Obama proclaimed national day honoring racist rabbi, Menachem Schneerson

Alison Weir April 6, 2020 chabad, Education and Sharing Day, Education Day, Lubavitch, Manis Friedman, menachem schneerson, Religious extremism, schneerson, The Rebbe

President Trump recently proclaimed April 3rd “Education Day,” in honor of a man known as “The Rebbe.” Such a day has been proclaimed by every President for the past 42 years. But the rabbi that this national day celebrates disseminated some teachings that were profoundly problematic, especially for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories… for example, that non-Jews were “created to serve the Jews.”

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Israel’s Netanyahu boasts of destroying US 1st Amendment & free speech

[email protected] February 14, 2020 AIPAC, BDS, Binyamin Netanyahu, boycott divest sanction, free speech, gilad erdan, Netanyahu

Anti-boycott laws on behalf of Israel do not only punish companies, they are the most dangerous assault on free speech in the United States since the McCarthy era. Netanyahu takes credit for them…

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Roger Waters ads banned by Major League Baseball after outcry from Jewish group

[email protected] February 11, 2020 antisemitism, Arab Palestinian, B'nai B'rith, baseball, BDS, Bethlehem, boycott divest sanction, Censorship, MLB, Robert Manfred, Roger Waters

Major League Baseball (MLB) has stopped running promotions of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters on its platforms, after caving in to pressure from a Jewish group that accused him of “anti-Semitism” because of his support for Palestinian human rights.

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How do Bernie & Buttigieg stand on Israel-Palestine?

[email protected] February 11, 2020 Ackman, AMY GOLDMAN FOWLER, Barry Diller, bernie sanders, Blavatnik, Buttigieg, Daryl Roth, Eric Schmidt, Geffen, Glenn Dubin, Klarman, Lasry, Lauder, Mimi Haas, Oxman, Pritzker, Steven Roth, Tisch, Ziff

One supports Palestinian human rights. One says he’d keep the $10 million per day flowing to Israel no matter what it does. Which is which? Spoiler alert: 18 pro-Israel billionaires have donated to Buttigieg (see list)

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Anti-Semitism Envoy Elan Carr puts Israel (not Jews) front and center

[email protected] December 17, 2019 ADL, Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, colonialism, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, jewish voice for peace, jvp, neturei karta, racism, settler colonialism, special envoy anti semitism, us department of education, zionism

Trump’s anti-Semitism envoy boldly equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, & considers Israel “a central tenet” of Judaism – despite the many voices within the global Jewish community, including within Israel itself, critical of Israel. Carr demands: Every law enforcement office and every prosecutorial agency must force everybody who has even a hint of antisemitism to undergo a tolerance program.

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Congress has introduced 50 pieces of legislation about Israel in 2019

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While America struggles with crises in health care, hunger, and homelessness, Congress has found the time to entertain over four dozen bills and resolutions that cater to a wealthy, heavily-armed state: Israel.

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“Alternative facts” abound in Trump’s Israeli-American Council speech

[email protected] December 12, 2019 alternative facts, analysis, annexation, anti-Semitism, barack obama, BDS, Elan Carr, embassy move, golan heights, ihra definition of anti-semitism, illegal settlements, Iran nuclear deal, Israel-centric Definition of anti-Semitism, unhrc

In his recent, anti-Semitism-tainted speech, President Trump offered a buffet of falsehoods: sins of omission, sins of commission, white lies, and whoppers.

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Experts: Israeli System Constitutes Apartheid, Crime against Humanity

[email protected] December 11, 2019 1st Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid, AAARDi, analysis, apartheid, BDS, ESCWA, Israeli Apartheid and the Means to Combat it, racism, richard falk, Rima Khalaf, UN, United Nations, Virginia Tilley

Professors Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley provide detailed reports confirming that Israel is perpetrating “apartheid,” a crime against humanity. Those desiring peace must abandon an illusory “two-state solution” with its focus on the occupation, and instead address the fundamental obstacle to peace: Israel’s racist system. The papers were presented at the launch of a new international network, The 1st Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid. (Includes videos of their speeches)

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