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| December 9, 2013
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Hamas: We Will Never Agree to Accords or Solutions That Cedes a Single Grain of Soil

Hamas celebrates 26 year anniversary of 1st Intifada, swearing it will never settle for less than a ‘Palestine from the sea to the river.’

By Dalit Halevy

 

The Secretary of the Hamas government in Gaza, Abd el-Salam Siam, said Sunday in a press release marking 26 years since the outbreak of the First Intifada that the Gaza government supports all forms of the struggle against “Israeli occupation,” including popular struggle, struggle through peaceful methods and armed struggle.

Siam said that the Palestinian people can develop new tactics in the struggle, and called on the Palestinian people to learn from the experience of the ‘rock intifada’ and unite its ranks. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2013
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Boycott-Israel activists fined by French court for discrimination

This Court of Appeals ruling reversed a 2012 ‘not-guilty’ verdict by the Correctional Tribunal of Mulhouse.

 

 

A French court imposed a $1,300 fine on members of an anti-Israel group who called on supermarket shoppers to boycott Israeli products.

Anti-Semitic display (illustrative) - Photo: UMIT BEKTAS/REUTERS

Anti-Semitic display (illustrative) – Photo: UMIT BEKTAS/REUTERS

The Court of Appeals of Colmar near Strasbourg fined each of the group’s 12 members individually on Wednesday for their participation in a pro-boycott activity in 2009-2010, which the court qualified as “provocation to discrimination.” The court also gave the activists a suspended jail sentence, according to a report by the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities.

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| November 30, 2013
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In another anti-Israel plot, Hezbollah arms dealer sentenced to life by Nigerian court

Weapons & explosives found at Lebanese man’s home were to be used in attacks on Israeli and American targets.

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A Nigerian court handed a life sentence for illegal arms trafficking and possession on Friday to a Lebanese man suspected of having links with Hezbollah, but freed another two Lebanese suspects in the case.

Ammunition seized from suspected members of Hezbollah in Kona, Nigeria.

Ammunition, weapons & explosives seized from suspected members of Hezbollah in Kona, Nigeria. – Photo: Reuters

Secret service agents arrested Mustapha Fawaz, Abdullah Tahini, Talal Ahmad Roda and Hussain Nurudeen Kossdi between May 16 and May 28.

They suspected them of being members of the Lebanon-based Shi’ite Muslim organization, after a raid on a residence linked to Roda in the main northern city of Kano uncovered anti-tank weapons, landmines, heavy artillery, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2013
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At American Studies Association, 37 speakers of 44 supported resolution boycotting Israel

At the annual meeting of the American Studies Association, participants who favored boycotting Israeli universities far outnumbered those opposed.

By Ron Kampeas

 

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For 90 minutes in a packed hotel conference room in the heart of Washington, Israel was the colonizer, the settler state, the perpetrator of apartheid.

As the annual meeting this weekend of the American Studies Association demonstrated, participants who favored boycotting Israeli universities far outnumbered those opposed.

Of 44 speakers, 37 supported the resolution, in which the association would endorse and “honor the call of Palestinian society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.” The preamble to the resolution accused Israeli universities of complicity in the occupation.

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| November 16, 2013
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A momentary sign of sanity during the Israel-bashing norm of the UN

 

U.N. interpreter, believing her microphone to be off, says Israel is the only focus when bad things are happening all over the world.

Awkward laughter ensues but still 9 resolutions against Israel pass that day at U.N. General Assembly meeting.

By Israel Hayom Staff

Following the vote on the sixth out of nine resolutions adopted against Israel by the United Nations on Thursday, the interpreter translating the vote to English, unaware her microphone was still on, was caught calling the repeated resolutions about Israel excessive.

U.N. General Assembly vote prompts translator to question whether the focus on Israel, “is a bit much?”

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| November 14, 2013
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Kerry’s True Nature Revealed

Following all his hostility of late and blatant anti-Israel rhetoric, new report reveals Kerry’s backing of anti-Israel activist groups goes back years.

By Ryan Jones


 

From his open adoption of Palestinian positions to his public belittling of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s awareness of the Iran threat, US Secretary of State John Kerry has of late been somewhat more hostile than the Jewish state is used to from senior American officials.

U.S. Sec.of St. John Kerry, left, speaks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas - Photo: JACQUELYN MARTIN/AFP

U.S. Sec.of St. John Kerry, left, speaks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: JACQUELYN MARTIN/AFP

When he was appointed as America’s next secretary of state earlier this year, critics warned that when it comes to Israel, Kerry is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2013
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Lebanon rejects rumors that imported Israeli tomatoes cause cancer

 

Lebanon’s newspaper, ‘Daily Star’: Media reports tomatoes  causing vomiting and fatigue

The report came after similar reports disparaging Israeli tomatoes in the Egyptian press earlier this week.

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Lebanon’s Agriculture Ministry on Friday denied media reports that Israeli tomatoes on the Lebanese market were causing sickness and harm to local residents, The Daily Star reported.

Tomatoes illustrative – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The Star quoted the Ministry as saying it was responding to reports that Israeli tomatoes were causing vomiting and fatigue, and were injected with cancerous cells.

“Shipments of imported tomatoes haven’t entered the Lebanese market for one month and only local production is being consumed,” the ministry said in a statement.

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| November 8, 2013
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Pro-Palestinian Students Deal Blow to UK Campus Harmony

10 months ago a Free Palestine Society debate at the university was deemed “one of the worst examples of hate speech in recent years”. Little has changed.

By Charlotte Oliver

 

A university campus known as a hotbed of anti-Israel activity is once more in the spotlight after students condemned what they termed Israeli attacks on Palestinians’ right to education.

Middlesex University

Middlesex University

The students’ union at Middlesex University in north London has put up a plaque claiming that: “Checkpoints, attacks on universities and limitations on movement seriously hinder the ability of students in Palestine to learn.”

The plaque marks the twinning of the union with Al Quds University students’ union, which it describes as being located in “Jerusalem, Palestine”. Continue Reading »

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| November 4, 2013
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Which studio gets Hollywood stars to work for free?

Kevin Costner, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandra Bullock to Whoopi Goldberg, Moria Films enlists stars for a Jewish cause.

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One Hollywood film studio has commanded only A-list talent since its inception — Elizabeth Taylor, Morgan Freeman, Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas, Nicole Kidman — and they all worked for free. What kind of studio head has such pull? It’s Rabbi Marvin Hier, the mini-mogul of Moriah Films, the movie division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Actress Sandra Bullock, Oct. 10, 2013.

Actress Sandra Bullock, Oct. 10, 2013.- Photo: Reuters

Founded by Hier in 1981, Moriah Films has won two Academy Awards for its historical documentaries. Continue Reading »

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| November 3, 2013
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South African ministers will not engage with the Israel regime

 

South Africa’s Int’l Relations Minister says fellow ministers don’t visit Israel as expression of solidarity with Palestinian Arabs.

MK Avigdor Lieberman calls SA minister’s comments “a combination of hypocrisy & classic anti-Semitism,” says a pogrom is only a matter of time.

By Israel Hayom

 

Relations between Jerusalem and Pretoria appear to be on a further downswing after South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said over the weekend that her fellow cabinet members refrain from visiting Israel as an expression of solidarity with the Palestinians.

South African Int’l Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane: “The last time I saw a map of Palestine, I couldn’t go to sleep” – Photo: Reuters

“Our Palestinian friends have never asked us to disengage with Israel.

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| November 2, 2013
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Dutch Advisory Council advised building ties with Hamas

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, responded to a letter in which he was asked to disband a body that advised building ties with Hamas, saying that the gov’t has no control over Anti-Israel Report.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

The Dutch Prime Minister has responded to a letter by the Simon Wiesenthal Center last month, in which he was asked to disband a statutory government body that has called on the Netherlands to develop closer ties to the terrorist organization Hamas at the expense of Israel.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s letter to Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemned a report by the Advisory Council on International Affairs, which calls for the Netherlands to distance itself from Israel and develop closer ties with Hamas. Continue Reading »

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| October 22, 2013
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ADL’s list of America’s ‘Top 10 anti-Israel groups’

While the annoying and very frustrating anti-Zionist Neturei Karta makes its debut, the ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ has made it to the list once again.

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The Anti-Defamation League released a list of the top 10 most “influential and active anti-Israel groups” in the U.S. on Monday, highlighting organizations it sees as being “fixated with delegitimizing Israel” and providing “misleading narratives” about Israel.

Members of Neturei Karta with Hamas.

Members of Neturei Karta with Hamas.- Photo: Reuters

 

The top 10 anti-Israel groups, as identified by ADL:

  1.  ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)
  2.  American Muslims for Palestine
  3.  CODEPINK
  4.  Friends of Sabeel-North America
  5.  If Americans Knew/Council for the National Interest
  6.  Jewish Voice for Peace
  7.  Muslim Public Affairs Council
  8.  Neturei Karta
  9.  Students for Justice in Palestine
  10. U.S.
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| October 15, 2013
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In Vancouver ad war, StandWithUs fights Palestinian propaganda


Pro-Israel StandWithUs advocacy group launches campaign against untrue anti-Israel political ads on Vancouver buses & light rail stations.

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An Israel advocacy group has launched a transit campaign in opposition to anti-Israel ads on Vancouver buses and light rail stations.

Interior of the Canada Line trains used on the Vancouver SkyTrain system.

Interior of the Canada Line trains used on the Vancouver SkyTrain system. – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia

StandWithUs, a right-leaning Israel advocacy group, began running two advertisements on Monday meant to combat the ads put up by the Palestine Awareness Committee.

The pro-Israel ads include one series of three maps purporting to show “Jewish Loss of Land” and are dated from 1000 BCE until “Today.” Continue Reading »

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| October 14, 2013
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2 Turkish students arrested for Nazi salute in concentration camp

The Turkish students, who saluted Israeli youths, could face up to 3 years in Polish prison for ‘promoting fascist propaganda’.

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Two students from Turkey were arrested in Poland for using a Nazi salute on a group of Israeli students visiting the Majdanek concentration camp.

Majdanek

A joint Israeli-Arab youth delegation visits the Majdanek concentration camp, Poland, January 23, 2012. – Photo Courtesy of Amal

The Turkish students were taken into custody in Poland. The incident last week was reported in the Turkish media on Friday, according to Today’s Zaman.

The students reportedly made the Nazi salute and said “Heil Hitler” when they met a group of students from Israel. Continue Reading »

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| October 12, 2013
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Tunisian tennis player told not to enter match with Israeli sportsman

After Malek Jaziri withdrew from match against Israeli player, Amir Weintraub advances to semifinals of Tashkent tournament.

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Tunisia’s tennis federation ordered the country’s top player to withdraw from a match against an Israeli at a tournament in Uzbekistan.

Israel's Amir Weintraub at the World Group play-off Davis Cup tennis in Antwerp, Belgium

Israel’s Amir Weintraub at the World Group play-off Davis Cup tennis in Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. 15, 2013. – Photo: AP

Malek Jaziri had been scheduled to play Israel’s Amir Weintraub on Friday in the quarterfinals of an ATP Challenger tournament in Tashkent. He withdrew before the match and Weintraub advanced to the semifinals of the lower-tier event.

“Following a meeting this afternoon with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, I have the immense regret to inform you that you are ordered not to play against the Israeli player,” the federation said in an email to Jaziri. Continue Reading »

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