No clean water, no electricity in Gaza; West Bank: raids, theft; another Israeli minister supports ethnic cleansing; latest on Mahmoud Khalil; 60 universities threatened with federal funding cuts
Tags: antisemitism
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application Tik Tok gained momentum during the genocide in Gaza upon finding out that a majority of users were supporting a free Palestine.
Netanyahu cries ‘anti-Semitism’ as Israeli Maccabi hooligans instigate riots in Amsterdam
There was no “pogrom,” no apparent evidence of antisemitism on the streets of Amsterdam. A group of Israeli football hooligans instigated violence with Dutch Arabs.
Happy 100th birthday, Jimmy Carter – loved by many, smeared by some
Former President Jimmy Carter was a pioneer in calling out Israeli apartheid (and being labeled “antisemitic”)
Contrived charges of antisemitism are the new ‘Red Scare’
Supporters of Israel have resurrected McCarthy’s tactics, falsely labeling those who call for peace in Palestine or an end to U.S. military aid to Israel ‘antisemites’ – which does not make Jews safer.
I reported a piece for the New York Times on antisemitism. I found a major error, but the Times didn’t care.
An elected official reported an antisemitic break-in. Police say it didn’t happen, but the New York Times won’t issue a correction.
Israel does not protect the disabled in Gaza, but creates them – Day 267
10,000 more disabled people in Gaza than before war, as death and destruction continue; Israel threatens to destroy Iran; report: Israeli army not ready for a war in Lebanon; Canada is “antisemitic”; national uncommitted movement demands that Biden change course on Gaza; Amal Clooney “is the one that needs to be prosecuted,” not Netanyahu; more.
Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war
As the Gaza war rages, Israeli funds target US college campuses and push to redefine antisemitism in US law – part of a sometimes covert operation by the Israeli government to strike back at student protests, human rights organizations and other voices of dissent.
How Israel twists antisemitism claims to project its own crimes onto Palestinians
In the wake of the proliferation of pro-Palestine student encampments on American college campuses, accusations of antisemitism are back at the center of U.S. and global political discourse.
Netanyahu calls ICC arrest applications “the new antisemitism” – Day 227
Netanyahu raves against Int’l Criminal Court decision, as Gazans are displaced, babies are dying, and the West Bank faces violent invasion; meanwhile, much of the world – but not Biden/Blinken/Schumer – applauds the decision; ICC prosecutor makes his case for continued investigation, refuses bullying attacks; Biden’s strange claim at Clemson; NYPD “aggressive response” to pro-Palestine march