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Alison Weir speaks in Fresno CA to packed house & enthusiastic applause

[email protected] September 20, 2019 ADL, Alison Weir, Anti-Defamation League, clovis ca, clovis community college, first amendment, free speech, fresno, gv wire, occupation

In preparation for Alison Weir’s informative event on the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Fresno CA braced itself for protests that Israel partisans had promised. The ADL, American Jewish Committee, etc had condemned the event. But the evening was peaceful and educational, with a large, full auditorium, extremely receptive audience, and TV news reports on the event. After the almost 2-hour talk, there was a long line of audience members eager to purchase her book…

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Israel: democracy or apartheid state?

[email protected] September 18, 2019 analysis, apartheid, basic laws, desmond tutu, discrimination, Nakba, nation-state law, racism, syrian refugees

Racism was part of the birth of the state of Israel; apartheid is part of its fabric. Nelson Mandela agreed. Palestinians struggle for equality, as do people of color (both Jewish and non-Jewish).

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Israeli Massacres: A Brief and Shocking History

[email protected] September 17, 2019 ariel sharon, collective punishment, Dawayima, Gaza, history, israel-palestine-timeline, Lydda, massacre, occupation, Qana, qibya, zionism

Israeli massacres, many including child victims, span 70 years – thousands of Palestinian lives snuffed out in the pursuit of a Jewish State.

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Will pro-Israel rabbi heading top theology center change its direction?

[email protected] September 16, 2019 Boston Theological institute, Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium, BTI, Daniel Lehmann, Graduate Theological Union, GTU, hatem bazian, Hebrew College, Hevruta, Israel-Palestine, Jewish News Service, JNS, JTA, uc berkeley, Zaytuna College

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, with a history of advocating for Israel despite its many human rights abuses, is about to be inaugurated president of the ‘most comprehensive center for the graduate study of religion in North America’ – a ‘mostly-Christian’ center with a focus on peace and justice. Lehmann has already opposed a prominent Muslim professor and aired misgivings about America’s first Muslim college, located right across the street… Rabbi Lehmann is known for his fundraising ability.

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Another week of Israeli violence: confiscation, abduction, killing, destruction

[email protected] September 13, 2019 abduction, al-araqib, bedouin village, Gaza, human rights violation, hunger strike, israel annexation, israeli demolition, journalist, land confiscation, occupation, settler violence, unhrc

Second week of September 2019: Israeli violence includes confiscating a piece of private Palestinian land the size of Ellis Island; killing, injuring, abducting, and bombing children and adults – all by the “most moral army in the world.”

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Who Is Avi Berkowitz, the newest Middle East Peace team member?

[email protected] September 10, 2019 David Friedman, deal of the century, greater israel, jason greenblatt, kushner, middle east peace, orthodox jew

The new addition to the Middle East Peace team, Avi Berkowitz, joins an exclusive club: all-male, Orthodox-raised, Israel-benefactors from New York. He was raised in a Greater Israel environment, and has the seal of approval of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

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In Israel, religious extremism is pervasive, unchecked

[email protected] September 6, 2019 ashkenazi, avichai rontzki, believers in the police, bentzi gopstein, Bezalel Smotrich, bnei david, chief rabbinate of israel, david batzri, david lau, eliezer kashtiel, giora radler, knesset, menachem schneerson, Naftali Bennett, orthodox judaism, rafi peretz, rami brachyahu, religious education, sephardic, settler extremism, Shmuel Eliyahu, temple movement, yeshiva, yisrael ariel, yitzchak ginsburg, yitzhak batzri, zionism

In Israel, religious extremism has gone unchecked in the educational establishment, in top levels of government, and among prominent religious leaders – radicalizing a growing number of Israeli youth and endangering Palestinians.

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Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)

[email protected] September 5, 2019 Amnesty International, btselem, Christian Aid, Defense for Children International, Great March of Return, hamoked, Human Rights Watch, Israeli human rights violations, ocha, Palestine, Physicians for Human Rights, Red Cross, reporters without borders, unicef, West Bank

Each month, numerous NGOs produce reports on the humanitarian situation in Israel-Palestine, but US media rarely report on them. See this compilation of reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Red Cross, Christian Aid, B’Tselem, Defense for Children International, and others.

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Life under Israeli occupation – daily, incessant ordeals

[email protected] August 23, 2019 administrative detention, Gaza, Hebron, home demolition, hunger strike, IDF, israeli settler, khaled barakat, occupation

The lives of Palestinians are constantly disrupted: Israeli military and settlers show up daily to abduct, demolish, harass, or otherwise bring hardship. Two days of news reports: Israeli soldiers abduct numerous Palestinians, demolish homes, Israeli war planes attack areas, etc… the daily news that US media organizations don’t tell Americans

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Forward, JTA, NYT, CNN ‘lie through omission’ about Tlaib, Omar trip

[email protected] August 21, 2019 Ariel Toaff, blood libel, history, Ilhan Omar, Pasque Di Sangue, Rashida Tlaib

Media are attacking the Congresswomen by claiming that the group sponsoring their proposed trip ‘promoted blood libels.’ The claim is based on one item briefly posted on the NGO’s website six years ago… and the news reports don’t mention that the item quoted an Israeli news report about a book (since retracted) by a prominent Israeli historian saying there was “a factual basis for some of the medieval blood libels against the Jews…”

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