Adidas just pledged over $1 million to the ADL for the organization to create “a new anti-bigotry curriculum for student athletes,” despite the ADL’s history of support for discrimination and human rights violations. Adidas previously partnered with Israel, and was pressured to walk away over Israel’s systemic human rights abuses. It’s time for Adidas to walk away again…
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ADL trying to exploit movement for ‘socially conscious investment’
The ADL wants ‘socially conscious’ Jewish investors to keep investing in Israel, even though it’s not socially conscious to do so… ADL head says Jewish community should use its power, as with the cancellation of Kanye West, despite what some consider an unfair double standard… ADL may ultimately have an uphill battle as growing numbers of Jewish Americans consider Israel an apartheid regime
Israel has been actively covering up a Shin Bet sex crime for years
A Palestinian woman filed a complaint after being subjected to an intimate search. Her story reveals the tip of an iceberg of Israeli misconduct, excuses, and cover-ups at the highest levels of the security and justice establishment.
4 Palestinians dead on Friday: Israeli soldiers kill 3; 1 resistance fighter succumbs
A doctor was rendering first aid to the injured when an Israeli sharpshooter shot him in the head… Israel has killed at least 150 Palestinians since the beginning of the year; about 21 Israelis have also been killed.
How Israel loyalists keep US officials in line: Ambassador nominee is taken down
A detailed report on how Israel advocates have worked to oppose a distinguished nominee from becoming Ambassador to Brazil because of comments she had made over two decades ago about the Israel lobby…
Israel convicts World Vision official despite evidence he’s innocent
Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision, ignoring compelling facts that proved the charges against him were not just false, but ridiculous.
Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
Human Rights Watch offers a scathing report on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza – on the 15-year anniversary of Israel’s brutal blockade.
Israeli brutality is nonstop – 3 days of local headlines
Not a day goes by without Israeli violence against Palestinians – military, settler, economic, legislative violence; theft of land, freedom, shelter, health, dignity, childhood. IMEMC reports. Weekend incidents include the shooting of Mohammad Tamimi, who had previously been severely injured in 2017, when Israeli forces shot him in the face.
Sec’y Antony Blinken’s hypocrisy at Georgetown
Antony Blinken’s exchange with Nooran Abuhamdan at her Georgetown graduation was an insult to the cause of justice – but also a typical response to the Palestinian issue.
Shireen Abu Akleh’s death exposes Israel for what it is – a murderous regime
A comprehensive report on Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder, and why it played out the way it did. Her story, like that of the Palestinian people, is one of courage in the face of injustice. In mourning her murder, let us acknowledge the facts of Palestinian life – and death.