Erica Mindel, a former US State Department contractor & Israeli military instructor, will lead TikTok’s hate speech policy, focusing on antisemitic content.
TikTok hires ex-Israeli army instructor as new hate speech manager, sparking backlash
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How America’s entertainment industry manufactured silence on Gaza
Artists, actors, and production staff describe how the industries once dedicated to free and creative expression are now suppressing Palestine solidarity.
UC San Francisco fired me for speaking out against genocide, but as a physician I could not remain silent
I was fired from my position as a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Fransisco, for speaking out against racism that leads to genocide.
Why Did Burning Girls Matter in Vietnam but Not in Gaza?
‘Napalm Girl’ shocked the world and spurred an end to the war in Vietnam — but viral images of burning children in Gaza can’t even bring a ceasefire. The difference today isn’t public indifference – it’s political impunity.
The UK hits peak feebleness on Israel–Gaza
Behind a weak joint statement on war crimes in Gaza with the UK, France, and Canada lies a long pattern of political avoidance, legal hedging, & moral evasion.
Is FIRE Really for Free Speech?
On one issue — Israel’s war on Gaza — FIRE’s defense of free speech appears less than absolute. On this one issue it appears to have competing priorities
Big truths that RFK Jr ignores in his eagerness to support Israel
Longtime journalist Chris Hedges offers a partial inventory of Israel’s documented human rights abuses of Palestinians – massive abuses that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chooses to ignore: the crimes of apartheid, and the targeting and torturing of civilians, to name a few. As Hedges reminds us, to support this Israel is to “justify the unjustifiable”; and to protest Israeli policy is “a political death wish.” (part 3)
New 3rd political party “No Labels” seeks middle ground – except on Israel
Well-funded group wants politicians to compromise, but its CEO says “there is no middle ground” when it comes to Israel. Her husband, also connected with group, had been a supporter of former terrorist leader Menachem Begin. The Israel lobby is once again using its fundraising ability to keep the Democratic Party rightwing on Israel — and the media isn’t mentioning any of this
WATCH: Deconstructing Trevor Noah’s commentary on Israel-Palestine
A 5-min video that deconstructs & corrects statements by Trevor Noah on his popular TV show “Daily Show with Trevor Noah” about Israel’s recent attacks on Gazans.
Why AOC panders to the Israel lobby
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Progressive Except Palestine? – because Israel critics turn into Israel praisers when they have political ambitions. That’s the royal road in the Democratic Party, where the Israel lobby remains an entrenched force.