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Electronic Intifada: Democratic pro-Israel clone fails to take Georgia seat

[email protected] June 26, 2017 jon ossoff, karen handel, Michael Oren, newt gingrich, Sheldon Adelson

Pundits and politicians billed the special election race between two strong supporters of Israel, Jon Ossoff (D) and Karen Handel (R), as a major referendum on the first few months of the Trump administration. Tens of millions of Democratic dollars could not buy back Georgia’s 6th District in the most expensive US House race in history. Democrats have now lost all four special elections to fill vacancies left by Trump cabinet appointees.

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JTA: Billionaire Haim Saban backs bill slashing funds to Palestinian Authority (Taylor Force Act)

[email protected] June 20, 2017 Haim Saban, Sheldon Adelson, taylor force

The Taylor Force Act, a bill to limit aid to the Palestinian Authority, is being peddled on both sides of the aisle by a nationwide grassroots network of pro-Israel activists—including Sheldon Adelson, Shawn Evenhaim, Haim Saban and Adam Milstein—as well as several powerful pro-Israel lobbying groups.

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The Legitimacy of Family Compensation for Palestinians Killed, Injured, and Imprisoned

[email protected] June 19, 2017 foreign aid, martyrs fund, schumer, taylor force

American lawmakers and Israeli leaders fail to grasp the need for a fund to compensate families of Palestinians killed, injured, or imprisoned—or the real reason for the violence coming out of the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

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The wonder of imperial feminism, Or how Wonder Woman turned from a hero to a war crimes supporter.

[email protected] June 16, 2017 Gal Gadot, wonder woman

The new Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, is an avowed Zionist and cheerleader of war crimes, having supported Israeli soldiers in 2014 as they slaughtered more than 2,100 human beings. What does it mean to cast a Zionist in the role of an iconic feminist character?

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Open Letter to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement

[email protected] June 16, 2017 BDS, churches, nccop, wcc

The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine pleads for Western churches to take a stand: “As we meet this month in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, we are still suffering from 100 years of injustice and oppression…we need you and we need you now more than ever. We need your costly solidarity…This is no time for shallow diplomacy Christians. We urge you to hear our call.”

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Gideon Levy: Thom Yorke, This Is Why You Should Boycott Israel

[email protected] June 15, 2017 BDS, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, radiohead, thom yorke

Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy writes: Isn’t it time to do away with the artificial distinction between the Israelis who view themselves as nice and just and the brutal occupation they are responsible for? Hasn’t the time come to punish them in a nonviolent manner for the crimes that each and every one of them is party to?

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Hedge fund billionaire creates charter schools that teach about Israel, “the Jewish miracle of the 20th century”

[email protected] June 14, 2017 billionaire, Michael Steinhardt

JTA reports that Michael Steinhardt, billionaire founder of Birthright Israel (a free, ten-day trip to Israel that is enjoyed by a large percentage of Jewish young adults) considers the state of Israel “the Jewish miracle of the 20th century.” Now he is creating public schools that teach about Israel…

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Israeli Chief Rabbis Endorse Ethnic Cleansing, Palestinian Servitude

[email protected] June 9, 2017 expulsion, extremism, genocide, religion, Richard Silverstein

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…

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Was Israel Under Existential Threat in June 1967?

[email protected] June 8, 2017 Egypt, history, Michael Oren, Six Day War, Syria

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.

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Israel advocates create new app to attack critics of Israel

[email protected] June 8, 2017

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…”

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