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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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#IStandWithAlisonWeir is trending as the Twittersphere supports justice and free speech

[email protected] September 9, 2019 against our better judgment, alternative media, Censorship, clovis community college, Facebook, fresno, gv wire, istandwithalisonweir, social media, Twitter

With over 1 million impressions as of Sunday evening, it’s clear that Twitter users are not buying the smear campaign peddled by ADL and other international orgs bent on silencing pro-Palestinian, pro-justice voices, like Alison Weir.

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Bassam al-Sayyeh

[email protected] September 8, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

September 8th, 2019: Bassam al-Sayyeh, 47, died in an Israeli prison, due to medical negligence, according to the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission. Al-Sayyeh, 47, was detained on August 10, 2015, he was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2011 and blood cancer in 2013. The commission held the Israeli government fully responsible for the racist…

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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, excessive force, gaza crisis, Great March of Return, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian crisis, Israeli human rights violations, kerem shalom crossing, ocha, Palestine, Physicians for Human Rights, rafah crossing, 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, National Lawyers Guild, Red Cross, Christian Aid, B’Tselem, Defense for Children International, and others…

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Why are global organizations attacking a talk at Clovis Community College?

[email protected] September 3, 2019 ADL, Alison Weir, Censorship, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us

In the past 3 days, 4 massively powerful international organizations with net assets totaling over a quarter of a billion dollars, have released aggressive statements condemning a small-town lecture at a small-town community college. Why is that? (Hint: it’s about Israel and Alison Weir.)

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Weir says ADL claims against her are intended to hide Israeli crimes

[email protected] August 31, 2019 ADL, Alison Weir, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitism, Censorship, clovis colleg, clovis community college, first amendment, free speech

As the Anti Defamation League and American Jewish Committee try to shut down activist Alison Weir’s upcoming event at Clovis Community College in Fresno CA on September 18th, she explains what it is the groups are trying to hide.

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Israel partisan Peter Berkowitz named head of State Dept Policy Planning

[email protected] August 30, 2019 Hoover Institute, israel lobby, Manhattan Institute, Paul Singer, Peter Berkowitz, William Kristol

The new official in charge of the State Department’s long-term strategic thinking is yet another neoconservative with close ties to Israel.

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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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Palestine in the 2020 elections: a look at Joe Biden

[email protected] August 6, 2019 2020 election, AIPAC, analysis, barack obama, BDS, goldstone report, international law, israel lobby, israeli settlement, joe biden, leahy laws, menachem begin, occupation

In this If Americans Knew series, we will analyze each contender’s position on Israel/Palestine and provide information that voters can give them to correct their misunderstanding of the issue. This entry provides an in-depth analysis of Joe Biden’s stands through his 49-year career….

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Nasser Majed Taqatqa

[email protected] July 16, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

July 16, 2019: Nasser Majed Taqatqa, 31, died after having been tortured in an Israeli prison and then placed in solitary confinement in Nitzan Israeli Prison. The Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that the autopsy revealed that Nasser died due to extreme torture and abuse by Israeli interrogators and soldiers. In its report, the PPS stated…

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