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| August 17, 2014
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Israel Not Interested in UN ‘War Crimes’ Facade

The EU & US join Jerusalem in calling the UN’s commission a biased spectacle that cannot possibly produce true justice

By Ryan Jones

 

Israel, the United States and the European Union have all dismissed a UN commission of inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the Gaza war as little more than a sideshow with a foregone conclusion.

Canadian Prof. William Schabas

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday named a three-man panel to investigate allegations of Israeli war crimes during the Jewish state’s month-long battle against Gaza’s terrorist infrastructure.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the committee amounted to a “kangaroo court” whose findings were “predetermined.”

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| August 17, 2014
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Pro-Palestinian Facebook page targets Israeli shipping concern

Anti-Israel Facebook page calls on their supporters to ‘Block the boat for Gaza’ with plans against Zim vessels attempting to dock an US ports.

By Itay Blumenthal

 

 

Pro-Palestinian organizations have announced that they will begin sabotaging the operations of shipping company Zim in the United States.

Block the Boat Facebook page (Photo: Facebook screenshot)

Block the Boat Facebook page – Photo: Facebook screenshot

Under a banner of “Block the Boat for Gaza,” the action’s organizers called for people to stop the firm’s vessels from docking at ports and unloading their merchandise.

The protest’s first action – according to the group’s Facebook page – will be an attempt to prevent the docking of a cargo ship in Oakland, California. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2014
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Hate Speech: Anti-Semitic British MP declares his district an ‘Israel-free zone’

 

Leftist British MP George Galloway says his constituency will reject anything Israeli – including tourists: ‘We reject this barbarous, savage, illegal state that calls itself Israel.’

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George Galloway, a British parliament member for West Bradford – an area with a high Muslim populations – told a group of activists that he “declared Bradford an Israel-free zone.”

George Galloway - Photo AP

George Galloway – Photo AP

Yorkshire Police announced they will launch an investigation into comments made by Galloway, the Huffington Post UK reported.

His comments, caught on camera and distributed via YouTube, are not the first time the MP has gotten in trouble over his position on Israel: In 2013, he stormed out of a debate in Oxford, claiming “I don’t debate with Israelis.” Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2014
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Gallup Poll: Younger Americans unsupportive in backing Israel in Gaza war

65% of Republicans calls Israel’s actions justified, 36% of Independents saying they were justified, but only 31% of Democrats agreeing.

By JTA

 

WASHINGTON — A Gallup poll shows that support among Americans for Israel during the Gaza Strip conflict is divided, and is low among younger Americans.

IDF tanks in Gaza – Photo: JTA

The poll posted on the pollster’s website Thursday showed a statistical dead heat between those who believe Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, 42%, and those who believe they are unjustified, 39%The difference was within the poll’s margin of error of four percentage points.

Reactions to Hamas were lopsided, with 70% calling the group’s actions unjustified and just 11% describing them as justified.

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| July 26, 2014
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Joan Rivers fights for Israel: ‘BBC & CNN should be ashamed of themselves’

 

The legendary comedienne attacked Gaza supporters in an interview: ‘If New Jersey fired rockets into New York, we would wipe ’em out.’

 

Israel’s advocates who are disappointed in Jon Stewart’s apparent lack of support can now take comfort. There is at least one comedy icon firmly in the pro-Israel camp – Joan Rivers.

Joan Rivers fights for Israel – Photo: Joan Rivers Facebook timeline

Accosted at the airport by the show business gossip web site TMZ, Rivers was passionate and eager to argue Israel’s case as she responded to questions from the reporter about events in the Middle East in what TMZ headlined as an “epic Israel/Palestine rant.”

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| July 24, 2014
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Israeli Knesset Member Questions & Condemns Absurdity of American Flight Ban

Sudden lifting of FAA flight ban after U.S. Senator Cruz asks pertinent questions suggests nefarious motives

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

 

Late Tuesday, America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) placed a ban on all flights to Israel after a rocket fired from Gaza landed about a mile from Ben Gurion Airport. The European Union quickly followed suit, and air traffic to the Jewish state took a sudden and devastating dive.

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Delta Airlines’ flagship, the Boeing 777-200LR. – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia

Israeli Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) pointed out the absurdity of the flight ban in a post to her Facebook profile:

“The American government has halted flights from the US to Israel because a Palestinian rocket from Gaza landed [in a town near the airport].

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| July 20, 2014
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Turkey’s Erdogan spews more hate: Israel “surpassed Hitler in barbarism”

 

Joining Turkey, another of Israel’s foes, Venezuela condemns Israeli ‘genocide’ & ‘extermination’ in Gaza, in latest round of int’l condemnations.

 


By Reuters

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Saturday of having “surpassed Hitler in barbarism” through its attacks on Gaza, but warned Turks against taking out their anger on the country’s Jewish community.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan – screenshot

Erdogan continued to ratchet up his rhetoric against the Jewish State over its offensive, threatening to further harm to already badly frayed relations between the two countries, once regional allies.

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s socialist government condemned Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday as a policy of genocide that could not be justified as like-for-like warfare. Continue Reading »

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| July 19, 2014
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Worldwide pro-Hamas demonstrations held against Israel’s Gaza offensive

Protesters shout ‘Israel killers, Hollande accomplice,’ as pro-Gaza demo rages in Paris despite city ban.

By i24news

 

Hundreds are rallying in support of Gazan Palestinians on Saturday in northern Paris, despite the recent ban of such gatherings in France.

Des manifestants pour les Palestiniens se rassemblent devant la station de métro de Barbès-Rochechouart à Paris malgré l'interdiction de la police le 19 juillet 2014 ( Jacques Demarthon (AFP) )

Pro-Palestinians protest in France against Israel 19 July 2014 – Photo: Jacques Demarthon /AFP

“We are all Palestinians” and “Israel killers, Hollande accomplice,” shouted the protesters, according to witness accounts. Police fired teargas fired at the protesters, some of who retaliated by hurling rocks at security officers.

The Israeli offensive has stoked passions in France — which has the largest Muslim population in western Europe as well as a 500,000-strong Jewish community. Continue Reading »

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| July 19, 2014
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Survey: Israelis’ confidence in Obama is higher than ever before

Latest Pew Research survey shows Israel as resolutely pro-U.S. & very supportive of its use of drones & surveillance, in the fight against terrorists.

 

The fact that Israelis are one of the most staunchly pro-American people in the world is not new. But that their confidence in Barack Obama’s ability to handle world affairs climbed dramatically in 2014 to reach an all-time high? That will surely surprise and confound both supporters and detractors of the U.S. president.

Obama in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington, December 7, 2013. – Photo: AP

Nonetheless, these are some of the findings included a new poll on global attitudes released this week by the Pew Research Institute.

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| July 17, 2014
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Pew Survey Poll: American support for Israel at near record highs

Survey demonstrates massive American support for Israel.

U.S. Hispanics & Blacks sympathize with Israel more than twice as much as with Palestinians.

 

The US public’s support for Israel is at near-record levels, according to a Pew Research Center poll, despite the current violence and images of the destruction in the Gaza Strip playing out nightly on television screens across America.
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Samuel L. Jackson’s selfie at the Celebrate Israel Parade in NY, June1, 2014 – Photo: @SamuelLJackson / Twitter

Furthermore, the poll – carried out from July 8 to July 14 – indicates that support for Israel among blacks and Hispanics – demographic groups to which Israeli advocacy groups are increasingly reaching out – is more than double what it is for the Palestinians.

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| July 17, 2014
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France bans pro-Palestinian protest after violent antisemitic history

 

Paris bar pro-Palestine, anti-Gaza operation protests after previous demonstration grew violent, with attacks on Jews, their synagogues, and Jewish stores.

By The Associated Press

 

French authorities are forbidding pro-Palestinian protests in some cities after violence marred a recent march against the violence in Gaza, as Jewish-Muslim tensions in France have reached their highest level in years.

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A protester wearing a kaffiyeh and wrapped in a Palestinian flag raises his fist on July 13, 2014 in Paris, where anti-Israel protesters trap hundreds in Paris synagogue – Photo: AFP/ KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

Moderates on both sides called Wednesday for calm, and for a halt to fighting in the Mideast. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2014
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Shots Fired as Palestinian Thugs Attack Pro-Israel Demonstrators in Los Angeles

Homeland Security officer fired at least one shot at fleeing PLO flag brandishing assailants, the latest in a string of assaults on supporters of Israel.

By Ari Soffer

 

A pro-Israel rally came under attack Sunday night outside the Federal Building in Westwood, Los Angeles – the latest in a worrying string of similar instances in the US and Europe.



More than 2,000 supporters of Israel were demonstrating peacefully against terrorist rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and in support of the Jewish state’s measures to defend itself, when witnesses say four men in a pickup truck launched a violent assault, according to the Jewish Journal. Continue Reading »

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| July 12, 2014
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Aussie Jew wearing IDF T-shirt mugged in Melbourne

Zachary Gomo says he was simply walking in a Jewish neighborhood in Melbourne, wearing his IDF T-shirt when he was attacked by 2 Arabic speaking men.

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A Melbourne man wearing an IDF T-shirt said two Arabic-speaking men assaulted him on the street.

Illustration: Melbourne’s Central Business District.

Melbourne’s Central Business District. (Illustrative): – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Commons

Zachary Gomo told JTA he was walking to a shop around 10 P.M. in a Jewish neighborhood on Thursday night wearing a T-shirt from his service in the Israel Defense Forces when he was set upon by two young men.

“I noticed them when it was too late.

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| July 12, 2014
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Thousands of Hamas Supporters Protest Against Israel in Paris & London

Pro-Palestinian & Hamas supporters, demonstrating by the thousands in UK & French capitals, call for the end of Israeli military strikes on Hamas in Gaza.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Thousands of pro-Palestinian Arab demonstrators turned out on the streets of London and Paris on Friday to call for an end to Israeli military strikes on Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian Arab demonstrators protest against Israel in London

Pro-Palestinian Arab demonstrators protest against Israel in London – Reuters

According to The Associated Press (AP), several thousand people crowded the streets outside the Israeli Embassy in west London, waving placards that read “Gaza: End the Siege” and “Freedom for Palestine.”

The crowds blocked an entire road and several protesters managed to climb on top of a double-decker bus stuck in traffic, but police said the protest was largely peaceful, according to the report. Continue Reading »

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| July 10, 2014
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U.S. lawmakers back Israel in Gaza conflict by introducing resolution

The resolution supports Israel’s right to defend itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from the terrorist group Hamas.

 

 

WASHINGTON – A resolution in support of Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket fire from Gaza was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives.

The resolution, which has more than 50 bipartisan sponsors, was introduced Wednesday by Reps. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in response to the attacks on Israel following the murder last month of three Israeli teenagers.

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

It supports Israel’s right to defend itself against what the resolution calls unprovoked rocket attacks from the terrorist group Hamas and condemns the attacks.

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