[ Ed. note – Ahed Tamimi is the blond-haired Palestinian girl who has been seen in countless videos and who always seems to stand out–not only because of her striking looks and young age, but also because of her persistent determination in resisting the Israeli occupation. That’s her in the photo above–taken, I think, about …
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New Attack on BDS: ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness Act’ Passes Senate Unanimously
By Richard Edmondson The latest assault on BDS and the Palestine solidarity movement seems to have arrived in the form of S.10, known as the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016,” a bill that was introduced into–and adopted by–the US Senate all in one day and without discussion, on December 1. You can track the bill here. …
California Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bill into Law
[ Ed. note – Hardly a surprise.] Times of Israel California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that prevents companies that boycott or discriminate against any sovereign country, including Israel, from doing business with the state. Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon. The State Senate approved the bill by a vote …
Heroic Swedish Foreign Minister Again Speaks the Truth About Israel
[Ed. note – Less than a month after the last tide of Zionist outrage unleashed against Margot Wallström, the Swedish Foreign Minister is once again coming under fire for critical comments about Israel. Obstinate gal. Clearly she didn’t learn her lesson. ] Press TV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the Swedish foreign minister, who had …
Swedish Ambassador to Israel Summoned and Browbeaten Over Comment By Country’s Foreign Minister
[Ed. note – It is an all too familiar scenario: a high-ranking official in some country or other makes a comment mildly critical of Israel; the Jewish state goes ballistic in response; at which point the government in question scrambles and backtracks trying to correct the “mistaken impression.” It is amazing to me how terrified …
Palestinian Woman Kicked in Head as Jewish Mob Debates Whether to Kill Her
Whatever else the Palestinian intifada may be accomplishing, it does seem to be driving average Israelis into a frenzy, apparently even triggering hallucinations in their heads in some cases. In the above video we see a young Palestinian woman being held to the ground while a mob debates whether or not to kill her. “Why are you …
Have Pillaged Iraqi Artifacts Ended Up in a Museum in Israel?
By Richard Edmondson With ISIS carrying out rampages through archaeologically sensitive areas of Iraq, a pertinent question to ask now is what group’s cultural heritage in the Middle East is being preserved, and whose is being destroyed. Over the past couple of weeks shocking reports have surfaced concerning mass destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage at …
Christian Evangelicals Increasingly Support Palestinian Human Rights
By Alison Weir An article in Middle East Quarterly, a pro-Israel publication, reports that support for Israel is eroding among American evangelical Christians, with only 30 percent currently stating support for Israel above Palestinians. This trend is even more pronounced among youth, according to an article by David Brog, Jewish-American executive director of “Christians United For Israel (CUFI), …
Israel Losing Support From Its Biggest Ally: US Evangelical Christians
A Shift Among Evangelicals … Especially Among the Young We documented yesterday that the biggest supporters of Israel are American evangelical Christians … Protestants or – to a lesser extent – Catholics. But that support base is slipping … Buzzfeed reported in January: Figures with deep roots in America’s religious right have launched a quiet effort aimed at pushing …
Now It Is Official: Israeli Campaign to Control Wikipedia Content
Wikimedia has struck a deal with Israeli officials to promote students’ multi-lingual writing and re-writing of history, geography and science topics in Wikipedia. Unwitting readers of Wikipedia likely take accounts of Middle Eastern history at face value, not realising the extent of manipulation occurring behind the seemingly authoritative guise of an encyclopaedia. From word choice, to basic information given …