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ACLU: the difference between anti-discrimination and anti-BDS

[email protected] February 24, 2019 aclu, BDS, boycott, political expression

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney Brian Hauss dissects the accusation from the anti-BDS camp that it is “hypocritical” to support anti-discrimination laws (think: wedding cake), but oppose anti-BDS laws. Bottom line: businesses do not have the right to refuse service to consumers because of who they are. On the other hand, consumers have a First Amendment right to withhold their patronage from businesses in order to express their political beliefs.

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NPR reporter defends one-sided report on Ilhan Omar

[email protected] February 22, 2019 AIPAC, all things considered, Ilhan Omar, israel lobby, NPR, Susan Davis

An “All Things Considered” reporter says the NPR report was “fair,” but in reality it reported only one side of the controversy and omitted significant information. The reporter’s email reveals a skewed perception of events. NPR has a history of such Israel-centric reporting…

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Israel: “father isn’t sick enough” for son to travel from Gaza to West Bank

[email protected] February 20, 2019 gaza blockade, gisha, oordinator of Government Activities in the Territories

Mohammed suffered a stroke, but Israel says he’s not ill enough for his son to get a travel permit to visit him. He needs care, but that is irrelevant. According to Israeli criteria, travel permits are only granted if first-degree relatives are dead or dying.

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Another day, more destruction, in occupied Palestine

[email protected] February 15, 2019

These are the types of headlines you see every day. Most Americans have no idea this is happening… If any of these things had happened to Israelis, U.S. news media would report on them…

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New Yorker: ‘Private Mossads for Hire’ use avatars to target pro-Palestine movement

[email protected] February 11, 2019 BDS, black cube, Joe Zamel, Mossad, Psy-Group, Royi Burstien, spying

Israeli private intelligence companies Psy-Group, Black Cube, etc specialize in fake online identities known as “avatars,” some work with the neocon group Foundation for Defense of Democracies – the aim is to “destabilize and disrupt anti-Israel movements from within…”

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Democratic bigwigs create group DMFI to promote Israel to progressives

[email protected] February 9, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, DMFI, hakeem jeffries, Kirsten Sinema, Mark Mellman, Robert Menendez, steny hoyer, ted deutch

Alison Weir’s in depth investigation of the new “Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI),” created to counter growing support among Democrats for Palestinian rights (only 19 % of progressive Democrats now support Israel over Palestinians). DMFI plans to use its substantial financial resources & powerful connections to bring Democrats back into the pro-Israel fold and to target Democrats such as Betty McCollum who support Palestinian human rights…

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After expulsion of West Bank observer force, Palestinians fear the worst

[email protected] February 7, 2019 al khalil, baruch goldstein, Hebron, hebron protocol, IDF, occupation, oslo accords, settler, settler violence, temporary international presence in hebron, tiph

The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) has observed & documented Israeli violations of international law for 22 years. Netanyahu has cancelled their mandate following a leaked TIPH report of widespread Israeli abuse. Palestinians fear the worst without the watchful eye of TIPH; Israeli settlers say it will be “a breath of fresh air.”

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Not a person, but a “knife-wielding Palestinian”

[email protected] February 4, 2019 analysis, checkpoint, media bias, occupation, reuters, Samah Zuheir Mubarak, settler violence, shrinking palestine, suicide by cop, zionism

This 16-year-old child did not grow up or die in a vacuum. We need to examine the reportage, the context of her life, and own our own complicity in her death.

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Surveillance, Political Threats, Daily Discrimination: What It’s Like to Be a Palestinian Citizen in Israel

[email protected] January 31, 2019 analysis, ayman odeh, knesset, land confiscation, nakba law, nation-state law, second class citizen, zionism

Palestinian citizens of Israel are constantly reminded of the fragility and conditionality of our (second-class) Israeli citizenship, and the illegitimacy of our Palestinian identity – and that’s amplified as elections approach.

The Palestinian identity of Israeli citizens is conceptualized as a perpetual threat precisely because it resists the constant revisionist efforts of the state. By virtue of existing, Palestinians contest the erasure of their own narratives and histories.

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WATCH: Yes, Israel does arrest children

[email protected] January 28, 2019 analysis, child detainee, child detention, child prisoners, cognitive dissonance, IDF, occupation, zionism

Intellectual honesty is about confronting those things that make us uncomfortable, not ignoring them. Israel arrests Palestinian children; see 7 of the many videos of these actions. The US gives Israel over $10 million per day and Congress is currently considering legislation to give Israel even more. That makes it obligatory for Americans to learn the facts, and act on them.

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