Posts Tagged: Israeli Occupation
UK Paper Fails to Challenge the Lies of HRW’s Omar Shakir
The Guardian is adept at amplifying, and failing to critically scrutinize, the unsubstantiated claims and accusations of anti-Israel NGOs, and its recent article about the...
BDS, Antisemitism, and Class
Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, antisemitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of...
Being a Liberal Jewish Student and Dealing With BDS and the Occupation
I have been given what feels like an impossible task -- starting and leading a J Street group on campus. Occidental College used to have a...
BDS Is Dangerous Because It Poisons the Next Generation of Leaders
JNS.org - Not many Israelis are aware of how successful the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has become, particularly among liberals. One survey released in...
The Tlaib/Omar Controversy Reveals the True Nature of BDS
As expected, the UK paper The Guardian published two full blown rants over the weekend concerning Israel’s refusal to allow US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN)...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Israel Is Not an ‘Apartheid’ State — Here’s the Proof
Since the claim that Israel is an apartheid state was broadcast in 2001 in Durban, South Africa -- the land where I was born and...
Palestinian Government Tells UN and UNESCO That Israel Plans to Demolish the Al Aqsa Mosque
On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the international community and the Arab and Islamic world to take urgent action to "protect...
A Very Bitter Jerusalem Bombing Anniversary
JNS.org - August 9 marks the 18th anniversary of a very dark day -- the day that Ahlam Tamimi calmly picked up Izz-al-Din Shuheil al...
