Posts Tagged: israel
Presidential Candidates and the Sacred Cow of ‘Occupation’
Even before blasting Israel’s decision to bar Democratic US Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib -- supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement...
Israel to Award $2.6 Million to a Supermarket Chain That Commits to Using More Packaging
CTech - The Israeli government wants to see local food retailers use more packaging. On Sunday, Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced it...
Six Facts About Israelis, and One About Palestinians, That the Media Ignores
Here are six basic facts about Israelis, and one about Palestinians, that are hardly mentioned in the media or at universities. This refusal to report...
End Which Occupation?
JNS.org - It seems that just about everyone wants to “end the occupation” in Israel. The call rings out from the editorial pages of The New...
On State Visit, PM Netanyahu, Ukranian President Zelensky Honor Jewish Victims of Nazis at Babi Yar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a memorial ceremony at Babi Yar, where thousands of Jews were massacred in 1941...
What Should We Learn from the Gaza Disengagement?
In the summer of 2005, as Israel’s unilateral disengagement from Gaza drew near, the self-styled “Council for Peace and Security” issued a declaration -- signed...
Superficial Media Reporting on the Tlaib and Omar Story
On August 15, the BBC News website published a report headlined “Israel bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting” on its "Middle East" page....
The Palestinians, Happiness, and the ‘Occupation’
It might sound frivolous to attempt to measure happiness. Still, for a Columbia University think tank and two respectable Canadian policy institutes, the measuring of...
‘May God Ruin Trump,’ Tlaib’s Grandmother Says
Sitting under an olive tree in the disputed West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from the president of the...
Pro-Israel Scholars Counter Move by Major US Academic Association to Boycott Israel
Pro-Israel professors are once again gearing up to prevent the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign from hijacking an upcoming academic association conference. The Academic Engagement...
The Washington Post Bars the Truth About Israel
You can tell a lot about a news outlet by what it chooses to cover -- and even more by what it chooses to ignore....
Palestinians: Palestine Would Be a Beacon of Light of Liberalism to the World — If It Wasn’t for Evil Racist Israel
The recent UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) meeting looking at the policies of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on fighting racism and bigotry in its society...
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Attacking the ‘Chosen’
JNS.org - The furor in recent days over a viciously antisemitic article in a left-wing Belgian newspaper centered on the writer’s use of a mangled...
May Dvir Sorek’s Legacy Be a Lesson
JNS.org - The slaughter last week of 19-year-old yeshivah student and Israel Defense Forces’ recruit Dvir Sorek from the Judea and Samaria community of Ofra...
