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The Olympics: Do Only Israeli Victims Matter?

Alison Weir July 27, 2021 football, Israeli athletes, Munich Olympics, Palestinian athletes, soccer

The Olympics opening ceremony featured a moving commemoration for Israeli athletes who tragically and needlessly died half a century ago (when the Israeli prime minister refused a prisoner exchange), but failed to highlight a tragedy going on now that the world could stop: the desperate plight of Palestinian athletes who have been shot, maimed, & sometimes killed by Israeli forces… The ceremony also ignored the hundreds of men, women, and children killed by Israeli forces in the lead up to the tragic 1972 event, and the hundreds more killed by Israeli forces the following day…

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United Church of Christ (UCC) resolution stands with Palestinian people

[email protected] July 27, 2021 apartheid, christians. in palestine, kairos palestine, mitri raheb, munther isaac, ucc, United Church of Christ

While the words “apartheid” and “sin” caused fear and trembling among some delegates, and were ultimately stricken, the UCC statement in support of justice for Palestinians was met with 83% approval (14% opposed, 3% abstained).

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Israeli Prison Service accused of beating Palestinian who died in detention

[email protected] July 27, 2021 Abdo Yousef al-Khatib, Addameer, israel prison service, occupation, torture

After his arrest by Israeli forces on Sunday for a traffic violation, Abdo Yousef al-Khatib was heard screaming in his prison cell. The Israel Prison Service claims he died of a heart attack.

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Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen in West Bank peaceful protest

[email protected] July 26, 2021 nabi saleh, occupation, peaceful protest, police brutality, Tamimi

The village of Nabi Saleh, home to ordinary Palestinian families, has peacefully resisted Israel’s ongoing confiscation of their land for years. On Friday, the community was shattered by the senseless death of yet another of their own at the hands of Israeli forces.

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A Jewish Reflection on Israel’s Crimes and Israeli Hubris

[email protected] July 20, 2021 gaza war, hubris, jewish homeland, sheikh jarrah

Jewish author Michael Lesher – who blogs for the Times of Israel, among other outlets – muses on many Jewish leaders’ responses to the recent attack on Gaza: “trust in God and believe in Jewish infallibility.” Lesher suggests that instead, they should “devote their efforts toward restraining the Israeli war machine,” and consider the consequences of “[building a] future on a foundation of stolen property and murdered children.”

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New poll: 25% of Jewish Americans think Israel is an apartheid state

[email protected] July 16, 2021 apartheid, israel support, jewish american

A quarter of Jewish voters polled by the Jewish Electorate Institute said they believed Israel is an apartheid state. This number rises to 38% for voters under 40.

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House committees pass $20 mill per day on behalf of Israel

Alison Weir July 12, 2021 $20 million, $7 billion, aid to Egypt, aid to Israel, aid to Jordan, AIPAC, appropriations committee, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, State

House committees pass mill per day on behalf of Israel

Two House committees just advanced bills that will disburse a total of approximately $7 billion on behalf of Israel if both houses of Congress pass them, and if they’re then signed into law by President Biden…

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Rally ‘against antisemitism’ held to support Israel’s actions against Gaza

Alison Weir July 11, 2021 Alliance for Israel, antisemitism, Melissa Landa, no fear rally, No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People, Norm Coleman, Ron Klein

The Alliance for Israel is behind today’s Washington, D.C. rally “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People.”(Live coverage here.) The rally was largely initiated by a desire to defend Israel over criticisms of the state’s recent violence against Palestinians. (Some groups refused to participate)

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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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Biden kneels before Israeli President’s chief of staff

Alison Weir July 5, 2021 Beit Illit, Biden, Haredi, Haredim, Mordechai Samet, reuven rivlin, Rivka Ravitz, Yitzchak Ravitz

Israeli media are reporting widely that Biden knelt before Israeli President Rivlin’s chief of staff during Rivlin’s White House meeting with Biden. The chief of staff, Rivka Ravitz, is an ultra-orthodox Israeli who lived in an Israeli settlement for many years, where her husband was deputy mayor. Biden promised his support for Israel was ‘engraved in stone.’

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