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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Did ‘Atlantic’ coverage lead to release of Fadi Quran after five days in administrative detention? Updated
Fadi Quran is released 5 days after his arrest in Hebron protests
The Rosh Hashanah sermon on Fire Island
Fire Island, NY I keep wanting to get to this story, and today I will. At the Penn BDS conference earlier this month, there was a panel of Jews speaking on “BDS, Hillel, and the Question of Anti-Semitism,” and Rebecca Vilkomerson of Jewish Voice for Peace began her remarks with a wonderful story: Rebecca Vilkomerson […]
Barghouthi and Erakat can reach young Americans
Omar Barghouthi and Noura Erakat speak about “legality and morality” during Israeli apartheid week
Will the US act as Israel’s proxy against Iran?
Warmongering Netanyahu will ask that Obama threaten to strike Iran
Why I’m presenting at Harvard’s one-state conference
With the two state solution dying, why shouldn’t we be talking about alternatives?
Oakland carries Khader Adnan to Occupy San Quentin
On Monday, 700 with Occupy Oakland demonstrated in front of San Quentin State Prison, where Palestinian and Arab activists directed attention to hunger striker Khader Adnan.
Ten reasons why AIPAC is so dangerous
Occupy AIPAC is taking place this upcoming weekend in Washington DC. Medea Benjamin explains how AIPAC’s clout helps fuel a never-ending cycle of violence in the Middle East.
Israelis sanction a march of incitement against Hanin Zoabi in her hometown
Israeli police have given permission for a right-wing march against a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament in her home town of Nazareth.
Gorenberg on why one state is a non-starter: Jews would have to pay higher taxes or receive fewer services
Jeffrey Goldberg makes his case against the one state solution, and it comes down to rich Jews leaving the country because they would have to pay higher taxes.
ADL enlists city of Oakland to block Atzmon event
On Feb. 21, the San Francisco branch of the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement condemning the event, accusing Atzmon of “demonizing Israel, Zionism and Jewish culture and identity.” While the the ADL claimed it did “not question Atzmon’s right to speak,” it challenged city officials to “react as forcefully” to his visit as they would “if a virulently racist speaker were coming to town.”
Crawfish, gumbo, and the truth
A sign hanging on a restaurant near New Orleans’s French Quarter presents the facts on Israel, Iran and the IAEA.
Dershowitz wants MJ Rosenberg fired for daring to stop Iran war push
MR Rosenberg has insisted on using the term “Israel Firster” to describe those who push war with Iran. Alan Dershowitz wants him fired
Open letter to Harvard President: Charges that one-state conference is anti-semitic are ‘defamatory’ and serve ‘to prevent rational discussion of ideas’
A friend sends the following letter along. It has been released as pressure is mounting on the university to withdraw all financial support from the conference and prevent it from using a university venue. 27 February 2012 Dear President Faust and Dean Ellwood, We, the undersigned, are academics participating in the student-organized One State Conference […]
Lobby’s bedfellows: CAP’s new PR outfit also worked for Sheldon Adelson’s pet project
A Democratic Party thinktank hires a PR firm that has done a lot of work for Republican Sheldon Adelson’s pet project, Birthright
Free Fadi Quran
After Israeli forces pepper sprayed and abducted US citizen and non-violent activist Fadi Quran on Friday, a group of students at Quran’s alma mater Stanford University have spearheaded a campaign for his release.
Judge strikes down lawsuit against Olympia Co-op boycott of Israeli goods
Today a judge dismissed a lawsuit, backed by the Israeli consulate and Stand With Us, challenging the Olympia Food Co-op’s boycott against Israeli products.
BDS Victory in Japan: Distributor drops Ahava because of the company’s illegal practices
DaitoCrea, the general agent in Japan for Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, announced on its website that they would no longer be distributing Ahava products.
Etgar Keret in the ‘NY Times Magazine’ tries on orientalism with an iconic ‘Arab’ look
Musing in Orientalist discourse, Etgar Keret writes for the ‘New York Times Magazine’ on how his six-year-old son convinced the author to try out an iconic Arab look, a mustache.
Iran’s Oscar win reveals Israeli movie-goers to be brainwashed bumpkins
Israeli reactions to the film, “A Separation,” reveals the sheer amount of propaganda Israelis must be subject to regarding their perception of Iran.
AP report: Federal counter-terror funds used for NYPD spying on Muslims
The latest revelation from the AP is a snapshot of the larger problem of federal tax dollars flowing to anti-Muslim trainings.
Harvard’s ‘one-state’ conference spurs ‘National Review Online’ to suggest expelling Palestinians from Jewish state
Alan Dershowitz says that those who want to discuss a one-state future for Israel/Palestine are denying the existence of the Jewish people
‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ conference brings Evangelical leaders to Bethlehem
From March 5 – 9, 2012 the Bethlehem Bible College will be hosting it’s second “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference.
New Republic says ‘all of western civilization’ could be threatened by Iran
Marty Peretz says that Iran is preparing another Holocaust
‘Kissinger believes Israelis are in panic and will attack Iran’ (2010)
Kissinger More on those rational Israelis. Wikileaks is leaking internal memos from the global strategy/intelligence group Stratfor, led by George Friedman. Friedman relates this insight from a February 2010 meeting that apparently included Henry Kissinger and Paul Volcker: Insight–for internal use only–On pain of agony Some nuggets from meeting: Kissinger believes that the Israelis are […]