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Palestinian Apartheid Week as new approach to facing anti-Israel activity on campus
“We want to move from defense to offense. We want to be the organization that controls the narrative and controls the conversation,” said Ilan Sinelnikov, president and founder of Students Supporting Israel.
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A pro-Israel student group is going on the offensive by tabling at multiple campuses across the United States, highlighting systemic discrimination against Jews in Palestinian-controlled territories such as the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the first time ever in what the group is calling Palestinian Apartheid Week.
Students Supporting Israel (SSI) has visited three college campuses throughout the country since March 21, highlighting the realities college students rarely confront about the Palestinian-controlled territories.
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[ And the punch line is that there is a Peace Treaty between Israel and Jordan. But the teachings against Jews and Israel continue. Time for Jordan to follow in Saudi Arabia's steps. Get rid of any and all anti Jewish sayings in their textbooks, tv, media, etc, etc..... ]
Jordanian media doesn't even try to hide its antisemitism.
Addustour, a major newspaper, has called Jews the devil, said that Jews are the most stubborn enemies of Islam, and only recently that Jews lie about the Holocaust.
On Saturday, columnist Rashid Hassan came up with an interesting alternate history of Palestine:
Meanwhile, in Ammon News, Dr. Bassam al-Amoush tells President Biden that "We know that you and all the presidents who preceded you to the White House are Zionists and slaves to Jewish organizations such as AIPAC, in whose hands anyone who wants to enter the White House will sit to present his pledges towards the occupying state!! "
Yes, all American presidents beg Jews to allow them to gain power. Which is pretty much what David Duke says.
But when Jordanians say it, the media doesn't think it is newsworthy.
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Jordanian media doesn't even try to hide its antisemitism.
Addustour, a major newspaper, has called Jews the devil, said that Jews are the most stubborn enemies of Islam, and only recently that Jews lie about the Holocaust.
On Saturday, columnist Rashid Hassan came up with an interesting alternate history of Palestine:
Not only have Jews never lived in the region, but he reminds us of that famous Palestinian state and all its developed institutions!The White House and the whole world knows that Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinian Arab people, and Biden knows, if he reads history, that the Jews are an invading nation.. They occupied Palestine.. Just as your people, Mr. Biden, occupied America, and exterminated tens of millions of Red Indians -- with Britain's support. ... History has proven that the Palestinian people established a developed state that surpassed Britain and France in civility and progress. and institutions...
Meanwhile, in Ammon News, Dr. Bassam al-Amoush tells President Biden that "We know that you and all the presidents who preceded you to the White House are Zionists and slaves to Jewish organizations such as AIPAC, in whose hands anyone who wants to enter the White House will sit to present his pledges towards the occupying state!! "
Yes, all American presidents beg Jews to allow them to gain power. Which is pretty much what David Duke says.
But when Jordanians say it, the media doesn't think it is newsworthy.
As most Arab antisemitism gets muted, Jordanian media Jew-hate increases
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Last week, the New York Times wrote yet another articleabout how influential and powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC is.
Notice that the headline doesn't say that AIPAC supports pro-Israel candidates - but tries to defeat candidates that don't pass their litmus test. This emphasis supports the idea of the group being a menace to good, honorable candidates who think for themselves.
To say that the New York Times is obsessed with AIPAC is an understatement. Earlier this year we saw:
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#1, spending far more than AIPAC, is the Fund for Policy Reform. You probably haven't heard of it because it has only been mentioned once in the New York Times, in the last paragraph of a 2015 article about Bill DeBlasio's consultants - not even about lobbying.
That fund, which spent $75 million in 2020, is a George Soros organization within his Open Society Foundations network, with a definite political bias towards far Left causes.
That money being spent to influence elections, which dwarfs the Israel lobby, gets literally no coverage in the New York Times.
Similarly, Majority Forward, another pro-Democrat lobbying group, is only mentioned once this past year, as an aside in an article about Latino voters in Nevada.
The New York Times is insinuating that the pro-Israel lobby has inordinate and malicious influence over elections with their immense budgets - but it is almost completely silent on liberal lobby groups, more likely to be anti-Israel, who spend far more on their lobbying.
Rarely has bias been so obvious as with how the New York Times covers political lobbying.
(full article online)
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Notice that the headline doesn't say that AIPAC supports pro-Israel candidates - but tries to defeat candidates that don't pass their litmus test. This emphasis supports the idea of the group being a menace to good, honorable candidates who think for themselves.
To say that the New York Times is obsessed with AIPAC is an understatement. Earlier this year we saw:
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#1, spending far more than AIPAC, is the Fund for Policy Reform. You probably haven't heard of it because it has only been mentioned once in the New York Times, in the last paragraph of a 2015 article about Bill DeBlasio's consultants - not even about lobbying.
That fund, which spent $75 million in 2020, is a George Soros organization within his Open Society Foundations network, with a definite political bias towards far Left causes.
That money being spent to influence elections, which dwarfs the Israel lobby, gets literally no coverage in the New York Times.
Similarly, Majority Forward, another pro-Democrat lobbying group, is only mentioned once this past year, as an aside in an article about Latino voters in Nevada.
The New York Times is insinuating that the pro-Israel lobby has inordinate and malicious influence over elections with their immense budgets - but it is almost completely silent on liberal lobby groups, more likely to be anti-Israel, who spend far more on their lobbying.
Rarely has bias been so obvious as with how the New York Times covers political lobbying.
(full article online)
The New York Times is obsessed with demonizing AIPAC
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The Human Rights Watch 2021 World Report describes the human rights situation, as they see it, in every country.
The number of pages allocated to each country is a rough approximation of which countries HRW considers their top priorities.
And the country with the most pages, by far, is....The United States.
This chart shows a very bizarre idea of where the top human rights problems worldwide are:
Western democracies are rated often worse than states with the most serious human rights issues.
Here's the entire list so you can see for yourself how twisted HRW's priorities are.
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The number of pages allocated to each country is a rough approximation of which countries HRW considers their top priorities.
And the country with the most pages, by far, is....The United States.
This chart shows a very bizarre idea of where the top human rights problems worldwide are:
Western democracies are rated often worse than states with the most serious human rights issues.
Here's the entire list so you can see for yourself how twisted HRW's priorities are.
(full article online)
Chart shows how screwed up Human Rights Watch priorities are
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On Thursday night Jeremy Bowen reported from Jerusalem on BBC One News at Ten. The segment lasted for four minutes and three seconds. It is 243 seconds in which Jeremy Bowen gave a masterclass in anti-Israel propaganda.
Make no mistake – this type of ‘news reporting’ is not accidental. Every image – each word, is inserted or removed to deliver a message. There is also no doubt at all that the level of distortion we saw on Thursday – delivered on a BBC flagship news programme – helps to spread antisemitism.
Bowen’s segment on President Biden’s visit to the region was introduced by Huw Edwards. In the lead-in Edwards tells the viewers that Biden and Israeli PM Lapid signed a join declaration ‘to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons’.
Bowen begins. He is not interested in the declaration at all. He quickly tells viewers “it has all been said before“, explaining that Israel just “needed him to say it again” (because obviously Israel is attention seeking and craving of indulgence like that).
With this dismissal Bowen sidesteps the actual news of the visit completely. There is no need to mention the Abraham accords, the growing new alliance in the region, the changing face of geo-politics. Not even potential growing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Bowen doesn’t care about that. He just wants to get on with demonising Israel.
To begin his masterclass Bowen takes us to the Northern border. Where Israel faces Hezbollah – one of the most lethal radical Islamic terror groups on the earth. Hezbollah is only described as “Iran’s strongest ally and client” and viewers are told that Hezbollah is a “friend of Iran”. In fact – although BBC viewers wouldn’t know this – the terror group has not only been proscribed by many western democracies – it is even considered a terror group by the Arab league.
Careful editing then does its work. Bowen talks to an Israeli soldier who is stationed on the border. We are told that “when Hezbollah appeared they were in Israel’s sights” and as he said this we are show three clips. The first was an Israeli soldier clearly aiming his weapon. We are then shown the view through the soldier’s scope – and finally we are given the image of two guys being targeted (in civilian clothes).
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The other way is the way that anti-Israel activists distort the truth. They want to make it about ‘separation’ in order to help spread the Apartheid Lie. And as Bowen is there to demonise Israel – he turns his back on the truth and renders the BBC nothing more than an anti-Israel propaganda machine.
In the clip we are then introduced to the only two civilians in the entire piece (that was meant to be about Iran, Biden and so on) – two Palestinians in Ramallah. A young girl and an elderly man. Both talking about how the President doesn’t care about them. It gets worse, Bowen then reinforces the Apartheid smear:
“Along Joe Biden’s route into Bethlehem, his next stop, are accusations that Israel is guilty of Apartheid. Denied by the US and Israelis, widely accepted by Palestinians and human rights groups.”
For those that missed it, re-read Bowen’s clever use of language. He has created a situation where only the US is standing by Israel against all the human rights groups.
This is simply a lie. There is no Apartheid in Israel – and the fact anti-Israel activists have corrupted NGOs like Amnesty from within may be sad, but it is obvious to anyone who cares about truth. And Israel and the US were not alone in rejecting the blatantly biased reports. Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, UK, Austria, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands are just some of those who turned their backs on it. Even Israeli Arab politicians rejected it. To present the accusation in the manner Bowen did is deceitful journalism at best.
And again – Bowen chose to reinforce his message with not one example – nor two – but three separate shots of different ‘Apartheid’ signs:
He wasn’t done. Bowen saved the best for last:
“and he (Biden) will see many portraits of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian Journalist killed by Israeli troops in May”
Which was accompanied with an image:
We do not know who killed Shireen Abu Akleh. And the key reason we do not is because the Palestinians themselves were not forthcoming. It is also possible Palestinians killed her. Whatever may or may not have happened on that day – Bowen doesn’t know it – nor does the BBC. Bowen knew exactly what he was doing here. Just recently the Guardian was forced to retract on this very issue. This is an outright, deliberate and inexcusable lie.
It is not enough for the Jewish community organisations to make half-hearted noises – we are well past time for that. It is also not right that it should be left to a tiny Jewish community to have to (once again) take a stand against an institutional problem. The BBC complaints service does not work and the BBC are not capable of investigating themselves. Complaints to Ofcom have little effect. If Israel revoke the licence of toxic BBC journalists – we know how that would be received. No. none of this is good enough anymore.
The BBC has been getting away with telling lies and helping to spread hate for decades and even a previous investigation was ‘covered-up’. Utterly deceitful behaviour.
We need the government to step in and force a thorough independent examination of exactly what has gone so badly wrong at the BBC. And then make sure those findings are published.
In the meantime the BBC should at least do one decent thing – and make sure that Jeremy Bowen never reports from Jerusalem again.
(full article online)
Make no mistake – this type of ‘news reporting’ is not accidental. Every image – each word, is inserted or removed to deliver a message. There is also no doubt at all that the level of distortion we saw on Thursday – delivered on a BBC flagship news programme – helps to spread antisemitism.
Bowen’s segment on President Biden’s visit to the region was introduced by Huw Edwards. In the lead-in Edwards tells the viewers that Biden and Israeli PM Lapid signed a join declaration ‘to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons’.
Bowen begins. He is not interested in the declaration at all. He quickly tells viewers “it has all been said before“, explaining that Israel just “needed him to say it again” (because obviously Israel is attention seeking and craving of indulgence like that).
With this dismissal Bowen sidesteps the actual news of the visit completely. There is no need to mention the Abraham accords, the growing new alliance in the region, the changing face of geo-politics. Not even potential growing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Bowen doesn’t care about that. He just wants to get on with demonising Israel.
To begin his masterclass Bowen takes us to the Northern border. Where Israel faces Hezbollah – one of the most lethal radical Islamic terror groups on the earth. Hezbollah is only described as “Iran’s strongest ally and client” and viewers are told that Hezbollah is a “friend of Iran”. In fact – although BBC viewers wouldn’t know this – the terror group has not only been proscribed by many western democracies – it is even considered a terror group by the Arab league.
Careful editing then does its work. Bowen talks to an Israeli soldier who is stationed on the border. We are told that “when Hezbollah appeared they were in Israel’s sights” and as he said this we are show three clips. The first was an Israeli soldier clearly aiming his weapon. We are then shown the view through the soldier’s scope – and finally we are given the image of two guys being targeted (in civilian clothes).
-------------------
The other way is the way that anti-Israel activists distort the truth. They want to make it about ‘separation’ in order to help spread the Apartheid Lie. And as Bowen is there to demonise Israel – he turns his back on the truth and renders the BBC nothing more than an anti-Israel propaganda machine.
In the clip we are then introduced to the only two civilians in the entire piece (that was meant to be about Iran, Biden and so on) – two Palestinians in Ramallah. A young girl and an elderly man. Both talking about how the President doesn’t care about them. It gets worse, Bowen then reinforces the Apartheid smear:
“Along Joe Biden’s route into Bethlehem, his next stop, are accusations that Israel is guilty of Apartheid. Denied by the US and Israelis, widely accepted by Palestinians and human rights groups.”
For those that missed it, re-read Bowen’s clever use of language. He has created a situation where only the US is standing by Israel against all the human rights groups.
This is simply a lie. There is no Apartheid in Israel – and the fact anti-Israel activists have corrupted NGOs like Amnesty from within may be sad, but it is obvious to anyone who cares about truth. And Israel and the US were not alone in rejecting the blatantly biased reports. Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, UK, Austria, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands are just some of those who turned their backs on it. Even Israeli Arab politicians rejected it. To present the accusation in the manner Bowen did is deceitful journalism at best.
And again – Bowen chose to reinforce his message with not one example – nor two – but three separate shots of different ‘Apartheid’ signs:
He wasn’t done. Bowen saved the best for last:
“and he (Biden) will see many portraits of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian Journalist killed by Israeli troops in May”
Which was accompanied with an image:
We do not know who killed Shireen Abu Akleh. And the key reason we do not is because the Palestinians themselves were not forthcoming. It is also possible Palestinians killed her. Whatever may or may not have happened on that day – Bowen doesn’t know it – nor does the BBC. Bowen knew exactly what he was doing here. Just recently the Guardian was forced to retract on this very issue. This is an outright, deliberate and inexcusable lie.
BBC and Bowen – Enough is enough
These problems with BBC reporting are not new. Jeremy Bowen is one of those with a very long history of demonising Israel through inaccurate reporting. The raw truth is that this type of activist journalist (one who spreads activist lies through his journalism) helps the spread of antisemitism. This means that our licence fee is being used to spread racist hatred against Jews.It is not enough for the Jewish community organisations to make half-hearted noises – we are well past time for that. It is also not right that it should be left to a tiny Jewish community to have to (once again) take a stand against an institutional problem. The BBC complaints service does not work and the BBC are not capable of investigating themselves. Complaints to Ofcom have little effect. If Israel revoke the licence of toxic BBC journalists – we know how that would be received. No. none of this is good enough anymore.
The BBC has been getting away with telling lies and helping to spread hate for decades and even a previous investigation was ‘covered-up’. Utterly deceitful behaviour.
We need the government to step in and force a thorough independent examination of exactly what has gone so badly wrong at the BBC. And then make sure those findings are published.
In the meantime the BBC should at least do one decent thing – and make sure that Jeremy Bowen never reports from Jerusalem again.
(full article online)
The BBC - Bowen, his lies, and the spread of antisemitism
Jeremy Bowen tells blatant lies about Israel on BBC News. Again! The license fee has been funding and fueling anti-Jewish hatred for years.
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This doesn't happen often, but Amad published a columnby Abdulaziz Al Zayed that emphasizes that Palestinians should hate ZIonists, not Jews.
Of course, Zionists should be loathed. But this is a very rare article that calls out Muslim antisemitism.
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Is Judaism really an insult? I say: “Wake up the nation of Islam, for this is not from the religion of Muhammad.” I say: “Wake up my people, for your blame on the Jews is a mistake that must be corrected."
So why blind hatred against Jews and Judaism? Judaism is a divinely respected religion in Islam, and the Jews are our brothers among us. And they have many commonalities and ties.... Is the Islamic religion really a religion of tolerance and kindness? So why blind hatred against Jews and Judaism? Judaism is a divinely respected religion in Islam, and the Jews are our brothers among us.
Unfortunately, there are thinkers who have overstepped their position and floated in the balance, and did not do justice to the Jews from themselves, and the Qur’an threatens by saying: (Woe to the delinquents), when will we sheath the sword of grudges? And when will we raise the banner of love?
Of course, Zionists should be loathed. But this is a very rare article that calls out Muslim antisemitism.
A rare Palestinian article against antisemitism
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Palestinians are conditioned to blame everything on Israel. Every time they talk to the media, every time they talk to a Western audience, every time they speak to an NGO they have been trained from birth to always make Israel look bad and avoid any blame on the Arab side.
I recently reported on the problems at the Allenby Bridge crossing, which the Palestinians call Karama. It takes ten hours or more to make it from Jordan to the West Bank, and a Palestinian journalist writing in English squarely blamed Israel, saying that the Israelis were hell bent on "humiliating" the travelers.
It is nonsense. The number of travelers has increased beyond the normal capacities of both the Jordanian and Israeli sides between summer vacations, Muslim holidays and pilgrims traveling from Hajj. In addition, on the Jordanian side there are two classes of travelers, the VIPs who pay essentially a bribe (between $110-$200) to go ahead of the non-VIPs, making the delays far worse. And everyone is trying to get to the VIP lane so the delays there are hours long as well, although half the time for the poor non-VIPs.
Now, the Palestinians are again blaming Israel. Head of the Palestinian civil affairs authority Hussein Al-Sheikh said today, "We hold the government of Israel responsible for the catastrophic conditions at the Al-Karama Crossing - King Hussein Bridge."
If you want to know the truth, though, go to the Facebook page for news about the crossing. Most of the posters there laugh at the idea that Israel is the problem, as Jordan's interior minister claimed earlier today.
And why should the Jordanians fix things? The media blames Israel for everything, so there is no pressure or incentive to improve. Commenters say that the Jordanian side has not changed for years. Finally they are now building an air conditioned tent for those stuck outside the hall because the temperatures outside go up to 45C (113F).
When everything is blamed on Israel, it hurts actual Palestinians.
But, officially, everything remains Israel's fault. Always. And the Western media believes it, because no one tells them otherwise.
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I recently reported on the problems at the Allenby Bridge crossing, which the Palestinians call Karama. It takes ten hours or more to make it from Jordan to the West Bank, and a Palestinian journalist writing in English squarely blamed Israel, saying that the Israelis were hell bent on "humiliating" the travelers.
It is nonsense. The number of travelers has increased beyond the normal capacities of both the Jordanian and Israeli sides between summer vacations, Muslim holidays and pilgrims traveling from Hajj. In addition, on the Jordanian side there are two classes of travelers, the VIPs who pay essentially a bribe (between $110-$200) to go ahead of the non-VIPs, making the delays far worse. And everyone is trying to get to the VIP lane so the delays there are hours long as well, although half the time for the poor non-VIPs.
Now, the Palestinians are again blaming Israel. Head of the Palestinian civil affairs authority Hussein Al-Sheikh said today, "We hold the government of Israel responsible for the catastrophic conditions at the Al-Karama Crossing - King Hussein Bridge."
If you want to know the truth, though, go to the Facebook page for news about the crossing. Most of the posters there laugh at the idea that Israel is the problem, as Jordan's interior minister claimed earlier today.
For its part, Israel is trying to increase the hours of operation which are already from 8 AM to 11:30 PM. It will take a month or two. But I can find no plans for things to improve on the Jordanian side.By Allah , the Israeli side is not to blame, but we always like to find a scapegoat for our failure.
All people can testify that the Israeli side has more cleanliness, organization, order and faster procedures than the Arabs.
Anarchy and lack of order are an integral part of the Arab mindset culture. Why do things go in the opposite direction [from Israel to Jordan] naturally and smoothly knowing it's the same bridge and the same crossing point? The issue is a policy of humiliation. Why do you lose luggage? Why are there no air-conditioned places for the traveler? Why does Al-Atal exploit the passenger and so rudely ask for a bribe? Why is there nothing to drink? Why are passengers being targeted and exploited? Why aren't the elderly, the sick and the special needs taken care of?
Confessing guilt is a virtue. The problem is that Jordan has no system, no hall to receive passengers, no cleanliness, no respect, exploitation, greed, and the place for passengers to buy tickets [treats people] as a sheep's flock. There should be a large reception hall, including a number of stations for buying tickets, carrying bags, and a passport hall to be there. At the Jewish side of the bridge the bags are in order, there is a clean cafeteria, with clean sandwiches and soft drinks, and the buses are modern, clean and air-conditioned...Human rights institutions are supposed to intervene to end his non-stop torment journey between Jordan And Palestine.
The problem is from Israel !!?
And why should the Jordanians fix things? The media blames Israel for everything, so there is no pressure or incentive to improve. Commenters say that the Jordanian side has not changed for years. Finally they are now building an air conditioned tent for those stuck outside the hall because the temperatures outside go up to 45C (113F).
When everything is blamed on Israel, it hurts actual Palestinians.
But, officially, everything remains Israel's fault. Always. And the Western media believes it, because no one tells them otherwise.
Jordan treats travelers crossing to West Bank like dirt - but Palestinian leaders keep blaming Israel
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So, why do people have to go through an Israeli checkpoint to enter Palestine?Palestinians are conditioned to blame everything on Israel. Every time they talk to the media, every time they talk to a Western audience, every time they speak to an NGO they have been trained from birth to always make Israel look bad and avoid any blame on the Arab side.
I recently reported on the problems at the Allenby Bridge crossing, which the Palestinians call Karama. It takes ten hours or more to make it from Jordan to the West Bank, and a Palestinian journalist writing in English squarely blamed Israel, saying that the Israelis were hell bent on "humiliating" the travelers.
It is nonsense. The number of travelers has increased beyond the normal capacities of both the Jordanian and Israeli sides between summer vacations, Muslim holidays and pilgrims traveling from Hajj. In addition, on the Jordanian side there are two classes of travelers, the VIPs who pay essentially a bribe (between $110-$200) to go ahead of the non-VIPs, making the delays far worse. And everyone is trying to get to the VIP lane so the delays there are hours long as well, although half the time for the poor non-VIPs.
Now, the Palestinians are again blaming Israel. Head of the Palestinian civil affairs authority Hussein Al-Sheikh said today, "We hold the government of Israel responsible for the catastrophic conditions at the Al-Karama Crossing - King Hussein Bridge."
If you want to know the truth, though, go to the Facebook page for news about the crossing. Most of the posters there laugh at the idea that Israel is the problem, as Jordan's interior minister claimed earlier today.
For its part, Israel is trying to increase the hours of operation which are already from 8 AM to 11:30 PM. It will take a month or two. But I can find no plans for things to improve on the Jordanian side.
And why should the Jordanians fix things? The media blames Israel for everything, so there is no pressure or incentive to improve. Commenters say that the Jordanian side has not changed for years. Finally they are now building an air conditioned tent for those stuck outside the hall because the temperatures outside go up to 45C (113F).
When everything is blamed on Israel, it hurts actual Palestinians.
But, officially, everything remains Israel's fault. Always. And the Western media believes it, because no one tells them otherwise.
Jordan treats travelers crossing to West Bank like dirt - but Palestinian leaders keep blaming Israel
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Because they are entering the sovereign State of Israel. They can do whatever they want in their "State of Palestine" under the PA, or in Gaza. But have to pass checkpoints to go to Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.So, why do people have to go through an Israeli checkpoint to enter Palestine?
Now you know.
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Revital Wallach, a 12th-grade student at the Rav Baharn Ulpana in Gedera, is the winner of the gold medal in physics at the 2022 International Science Olympiads. The Baharan Ulpana is a four-year boarding school for girls with about 480 students in grades 9 to 12. Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Baharan, who passed away in 1994, was a dedicated educator who believed in teaching every girl spiritually according to where she is at and trusting her completely.
It’s the stuff that wins gold medals. Or, as Revital put it: “I’m a geek and I’m proud.”
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It’s the stuff that wins gold medals. Or, as Revital put it: “I’m a geek and I’m proud.”
(full article online)
Israel Scores 18 Medals in Science Olympiads, Ulpana Student Wins Gold in Physics
As Revital put it: “I’m a geek and I’m proud.”
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Israeli bullshit, of course. That is oPt.Because they are entering the sovereign State of Israel. They can do whatever they want in their "State of Palestine" under the PA, or in Gaza. But have to pass checkpoints to go to Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel.
Now you know.
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Just remind yourself that you say......that Israel does not exist, or does not have the right to exist.Israeli bullshit, of course. That is oPt.
Anything you say about Israeli BS is your BS, and nothing else.
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[ The irony of "it could/should happen to you" is lost on this Iranian ]
The project classified Jewish schools, synagogues, nonprofits, businesses and media as “being complicit” in what it considered to be societal ills, including Zionism, U.S. imperialism, policing, militarization, ethnic cleansing, harm to the environment, colonialism and other social “harms.”
Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, condemned the project for championing antisemitic tropes, such as myths of overarching Jewish influence in society, and making Jews and Jewish communal organizations scapegoats for society’s troubles. Others expressed concerns about the safety and security of the organizations named.
The project has caused such backlash that the Palestinian BDS National Committee wrote a letter to its Boston branch demanding that it either close down the project or “remove the BDS acronym” from its name, saying that “the association of the BDS name with such groups and activities hurts our entire movement.”
Rahimi, the Iranian TV anchor said that the “best response” to critics of the project is “to intensify the targeting of Zionist and pro-Israel groups so they can be more effectively seen and held accountable.”
“The project should be rolled out in all 50 U.S. states, as well as internationally,” she said. “In the end, of course, like all other racist groups, each one will have to be dismantled as part of the process of liberating Palestine.”
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The project classified Jewish schools, synagogues, nonprofits, businesses and media as “being complicit” in what it considered to be societal ills, including Zionism, U.S. imperialism, policing, militarization, ethnic cleansing, harm to the environment, colonialism and other social “harms.”
Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, condemned the project for championing antisemitic tropes, such as myths of overarching Jewish influence in society, and making Jews and Jewish communal organizations scapegoats for society’s troubles. Others expressed concerns about the safety and security of the organizations named.
The project has caused such backlash that the Palestinian BDS National Committee wrote a letter to its Boston branch demanding that it either close down the project or “remove the BDS acronym” from its name, saying that “the association of the BDS name with such groups and activities hurts our entire movement.”
Rahimi, the Iranian TV anchor said that the “best response” to critics of the project is “to intensify the targeting of Zionist and pro-Israel groups so they can be more effectively seen and held accountable.”
“The project should be rolled out in all 50 U.S. states, as well as internationally,” she said. “In the end, of course, like all other racist groups, each one will have to be dismantled as part of the process of liberating Palestine.”
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Iran Endorses BDS ‘Attack’ Map Targeting Jews | United with Israel
'The project should be rolled out in all 50 states, as well as internationally,' said news anchor Bianca Rahimi.
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After the Israeli government gave in to Friedman’s pressure two decades ago; it is imperative for the Jewish state to maintain its security by emphatically saying no this time.
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After the Israeli government gave in to Friedman’s pressure two decades ago; it is imperative for the Jewish state to maintain its security by emphatically saying no this time.
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An exclusive article in the English edition of the Saudi monthly magazine Al-Majallah is devoted to the topic of Arab Israelis who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The long article, by Suzan Quitaz, a Kurdish-Swedish journalist and researcher specializing in Israeli politics and the Gulf region, notes that the number of Muslim and Christian Arabs who serve in the IDF is on the rise, thanks to the IDF's effective recruitment methods and outlook.
Reviewing the topic from a very positive perspective, the article starts by noting that, contrary to the misconception prevalent in the media, the IDF is not predominantly Jewish, but is "a people's army" that comprises members from all sectors of Israeli society, including many Arab soldiers, Druze, Muslim, and Christian, who serve at all levels alongside their Jewish comrades. It notes that the Druze community in fact has highest enlistment rates in all of Israeli society, including the Jewish sector, and that serving in the army has long been part of the identity of the Israeli Druze and a source of pride for them. A young Druze quoted in the article states that, during his service, he was never treated differently than his Jewish fellow-soldiers. "On the contrary IDF is one of the few institutions where everyone is treated equally and fairly," he says.
The article goes on to note that, even in other Israeli-Arab communities, and especially among the Bedouins of northern Israel, the number of recruits has been growing in the recent years. It presents comments from a number of Arab soldiers and ex-soldiers who state that their sense of belonging and their desire to serve their homeland is what made them join the IDF. They also express that military service contributed to their personal and professional development, and that it is one of the gateways to equality in Israeli society. The article highlights the story of a young Arab woman who, defying the norms of her Arab society, enlisted in the IDF and is today a high-ranking officer. She originally joined the army without her parents' knowledge, but today they are proud of her military career, as is she.
The article stresses that the IDF's success in recruiting more and more Israeli Arabs is largely due to its effective recruitment mechanism, and specifically due to the efforts of the IDF unit in charge of recruiting minorities, which has subdivisions specializing in specific minority groups. An senior officer in this unit explains that it reaches out to young Arabs through schools and community centers, and today also through social media and by reaching out personally to potential recruits. The unit, he adds, ensures that each recruit is supported in terms of wellbeing and given the same professional progression like any other new enlistee. "Young Israeli Arabs are more aware of what the IDF is and what it can offer them in terms of career opportunities within the army itself or further education [in] post-army life," he says.
The article admits that serving in the IDF is still very controversial among Israeli Arabs and that many fiercely oppose it. It quotes former Israeli Arab MP Hanin Zoabie, who claims that Arab soldiers in the IDF do not enjoy equality, and join the army only because they are poor and unemployed. She claims further that Israel recruits them for political reasons, in order to sow division among Israeli Arabs. Replying to these claims, Hassan Kaabia, an Israeli Arab and a former Lieutenant Colonel who served in the IDF for over two decades, states that "the IDF is the only institution where there is no discrimination and there is total equality and inclusion. It is not true that they are joining because of economic factors. The majority of Israeli Arabs who join the army are doing it because of one reason and that is they want to be part of the state." He also wryly points out that one of Zoabie's close relatives served in the IDF.
The article concludes with remarks by the officer from the unit in charge of recruiting minorities, who states: "Israel is a multi-faith and cultural society with many minorities. The IDF can be a great platform to connect all of to us to our homeland, Israel."
The following are excerpts from the article, as published in Al-Majallah
(full article online)
Reviewing the topic from a very positive perspective, the article starts by noting that, contrary to the misconception prevalent in the media, the IDF is not predominantly Jewish, but is "a people's army" that comprises members from all sectors of Israeli society, including many Arab soldiers, Druze, Muslim, and Christian, who serve at all levels alongside their Jewish comrades. It notes that the Druze community in fact has highest enlistment rates in all of Israeli society, including the Jewish sector, and that serving in the army has long been part of the identity of the Israeli Druze and a source of pride for them. A young Druze quoted in the article states that, during his service, he was never treated differently than his Jewish fellow-soldiers. "On the contrary IDF is one of the few institutions where everyone is treated equally and fairly," he says.
The article goes on to note that, even in other Israeli-Arab communities, and especially among the Bedouins of northern Israel, the number of recruits has been growing in the recent years. It presents comments from a number of Arab soldiers and ex-soldiers who state that their sense of belonging and their desire to serve their homeland is what made them join the IDF. They also express that military service contributed to their personal and professional development, and that it is one of the gateways to equality in Israeli society. The article highlights the story of a young Arab woman who, defying the norms of her Arab society, enlisted in the IDF and is today a high-ranking officer. She originally joined the army without her parents' knowledge, but today they are proud of her military career, as is she.
The article stresses that the IDF's success in recruiting more and more Israeli Arabs is largely due to its effective recruitment mechanism, and specifically due to the efforts of the IDF unit in charge of recruiting minorities, which has subdivisions specializing in specific minority groups. An senior officer in this unit explains that it reaches out to young Arabs through schools and community centers, and today also through social media and by reaching out personally to potential recruits. The unit, he adds, ensures that each recruit is supported in terms of wellbeing and given the same professional progression like any other new enlistee. "Young Israeli Arabs are more aware of what the IDF is and what it can offer them in terms of career opportunities within the army itself or further education [in] post-army life," he says.
The article admits that serving in the IDF is still very controversial among Israeli Arabs and that many fiercely oppose it. It quotes former Israeli Arab MP Hanin Zoabie, who claims that Arab soldiers in the IDF do not enjoy equality, and join the army only because they are poor and unemployed. She claims further that Israel recruits them for political reasons, in order to sow division among Israeli Arabs. Replying to these claims, Hassan Kaabia, an Israeli Arab and a former Lieutenant Colonel who served in the IDF for over two decades, states that "the IDF is the only institution where there is no discrimination and there is total equality and inclusion. It is not true that they are joining because of economic factors. The majority of Israeli Arabs who join the army are doing it because of one reason and that is they want to be part of the state." He also wryly points out that one of Zoabie's close relatives served in the IDF.
The article concludes with remarks by the officer from the unit in charge of recruiting minorities, who states: "Israel is a multi-faith and cultural society with many minorities. The IDF can be a great platform to connect all of to us to our homeland, Israel."
The following are excerpts from the article, as published in Al-Majallah
(full article online)
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Review of Elder of Ziyon's book, Protocols: Exposing Modern Antisemitism.
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Amnesty-UK issued a press release linked to a 19-page paper on Wednesday warning the UK to ensure that a proposed expansion of its free trade agreement with Israel doesn't include any business in the territories nor include any dealings with companies that they claim are violating human rights.
Has Amnesty-UK ever gone through a similar amount of effort to sabotage a UK trade agreement with any other country?
You know the answer.
I found some blog posts questioning trade with Colombia in 2009 and one blog post from 2013 questioning trade with Mexico because of human rights issues. That's it.
Amnesty-UK has no campaigns, no reports, no press releases warning about UK (or, pre-Brexit, EU) free trade agreements with any nations besides Israel.
Yet the UK has an extensive free trade agreement with Turkey that was updated only last year. The same Turkey that occupies lands and has built settlements in Northern Cyprus and in Syria.
Amnesty-UK is silent.
The UK has trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority. The same government that pays salaries to terrorists and teaches children to hate Jews.
Amnesty-UK is silent.
The UK has trade agreements with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon. Not a word of objection from Amnesty-UK.
The UK is currently negotiating a trade agreement with Algeria. Amnesty knows quite well the depth of human rights abuses there. But Amnesty-UK is not campaigning to stop that agreement.
No, Amnesty-UK chooses to campaign against UK trade with one and only one country. The one that happens to be Jewish.
Amnesty-UK will claim that their campaign is simply meant to support human rights. But somehow Israel always gets far more attention than any other country.
Their "Get Involved/Issues" section includes only four country-specific sections: Israel, Syria, North Korea and the US(!). In those sections, it lists over 60 issues with Israel, but only ten entries on Syria, nine for North Korea, and ten for the United States. There is far more effort and money spent on attacking Israel than any other country, by far.
That is modern antisemitism. It hides behind "human rights" but it abuses the issue of human rights as a club to attack only Israel.
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Has Amnesty-UK ever gone through a similar amount of effort to sabotage a UK trade agreement with any other country?
You know the answer.
I found some blog posts questioning trade with Colombia in 2009 and one blog post from 2013 questioning trade with Mexico because of human rights issues. That's it.
Amnesty-UK has no campaigns, no reports, no press releases warning about UK (or, pre-Brexit, EU) free trade agreements with any nations besides Israel.
Yet the UK has an extensive free trade agreement with Turkey that was updated only last year. The same Turkey that occupies lands and has built settlements in Northern Cyprus and in Syria.
Amnesty-UK is silent.
The UK has trade agreements with the Palestinian Authority. The same government that pays salaries to terrorists and teaches children to hate Jews.
Amnesty-UK is silent.
The UK has trade agreements with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon. Not a word of objection from Amnesty-UK.
The UK is currently negotiating a trade agreement with Algeria. Amnesty knows quite well the depth of human rights abuses there. But Amnesty-UK is not campaigning to stop that agreement.
No, Amnesty-UK chooses to campaign against UK trade with one and only one country. The one that happens to be Jewish.
Amnesty-UK will claim that their campaign is simply meant to support human rights. But somehow Israel always gets far more attention than any other country.
Their "Get Involved/Issues" section includes only four country-specific sections: Israel, Syria, North Korea and the US(!). In those sections, it lists over 60 issues with Israel, but only ten entries on Syria, nine for North Korea, and ten for the United States. There is far more effort and money spent on attacking Israel than any other country, by far.
That is modern antisemitism. It hides behind "human rights" but it abuses the issue of human rights as a club to attack only Israel.
Antisemitism by omission: Amnesty-UK only opposes trade agreements with one country
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