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| September 28, 2013
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Shame Book: Facebook Called Upon to Remove All Hate Pages

Michael Mendelson’s group, Help Report Hate & Anti Semitic Pages has planned a Major Rally at Facebook HQ, Menlo Park Calif. on October 14, 2013, 10am.

The Rally is meant to force Facebook to recognize its social media platform is used to propagate hatred & abuse directed against Jews & Israel.

“ShameBook” must be completely socially responsible.

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO – September 27, 2013. Did ya’ hear the one about how Facebook routinely removes hate pages targeting racial minorities and the LGBT community, but allows anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate pages to stay up online? No? Well, good, because it ain’t very funny, says Michael Mendelson, an average hard-working American, who is determined to do something about it. Continue Reading »

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| September 24, 2013
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AGAIN: Discussions on ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ at UN

 

With all the world’s conflicts, the only permanent agenda point on the Geneva-based UNHRC roster for discussion is, the “Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”.

By MAYA SHWAYDER

 

 

 

NEW YORK – The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva met on Monday to discuss item seven on its agenda – the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem.
Palestinians hold a flag in the West Bank

Palestinians hold a flag in the West Bank – Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman

Item seven is the only permanent agenda item on the UNHRC’s roster. Israel’s representative in Geneva was reportedly not present for the discussion.

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| September 22, 2013
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Anti-Semitic Professors Promote anti-Israel Agenda at Northeastern University

Northeastern University’s professors promote anti-Jewish, anti-Israel agendas under academic banner. Tenured professors indoctrinate students, encourage meetings with anti-Semites.

By Ilya Feoktistok and Charles Jacobs

 

 Northeastern University

If they find out I’m Jewish, they’ll target me.

Proudly antiSemitic

Proudly anti-Semitic – Shahid Alam

This is one of a litany of chilling claims by Jewish students at Northeastern University in Boston MA about the anti-Semitic hostility they have been forced to deal with on campus, as quoted in a letter recently sent by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) to Northeastern’s President Joseph Aoun. First alerted by our organization’s exposés of the university’s hostile climate for Jews, the ZOA’s own investigation has gone much further to lift the curtain on what Jewish students can expect to face if they enroll at Northeastern.

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| September 2, 2013
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South African BDS leaders justify chants: ‘Shoot the Jew’

 

South Africans supportive of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) chant ‘Shoot the Jew’ in protest of Johannesburg concert of Israeli musician.

BDS Leader says it’s ok to yell, ”Shoot the Jew”.

Jewish leader says, “Real agenda is not to stand up for the Palestinian cause but to incite hatred,”

By SAM SOKOL

 

 

 
South African supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel chanted “shoot the Jew” during a protest against a performance of Israeli jazz musician at Wits University last Wednesday.
Anti-Israel protestors in South Africa

Anti-Israel protestors in South Africa – Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

A leader of the South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel justified calls to “shoot the Jew” during a protest last Wednesday against a concert by an Israeli musician.

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| August 26, 2013
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Normalization talks between Turkey & Israel reach roadblock

Gov’t sources from Jerusalem say Ankara’s insistence on calling payments to the families of the Mavi Marmara victims “punitive damages” and not “compensation” brought the negotiations to a halt.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Government officials have signaled that Israel’s efforts to normalize its diplomatic relations with Turkey have failed.

Still not seeing eye to eye, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Photo: Reuters

Israel-Turkey relations soured in May 2010, when Israeli naval commandos boarded the ship Mavi Marmara to enforce Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. The commandos were attacked by the passengers on board and the ensuing clash left nine Turkish nationals dead and several Israeli soldiers wounded. Continue Reading »

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| August 17, 2013
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United Nations Sec-Gen admits bias against Israel at United Nations

 

Speaking at a meeting with students in Jerusalem, the UN chief Ban Ki-moon admitted that the Jewish state is discriminated against due to Mideast conflict.

By, Omri Efraim

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon, and admitted that his organization was biased against Israel.

Ban (center) with the students in Jerusalem Photo: Reuters

Ban (center) with the students in Jerusalem – Photo: Reuters

Responding to a student who said Israelis felt their country was discriminated against in the international organization, Ban confirmed that there was a biased attitude towards the Israeli people and Israeli government, stressing that it was “an unfortunate situation.” Continue Reading »

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| August 10, 2013
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Donald Duck in Egypt calls for Israel’s destruction

 

The Egyptian personality who does Donald Duck’s voice for Disney Middle East, says he wishes Israel would be ‘demolished’.

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

The Egyptian man whose claim to fame is voicing Donald Duck for Disney Middle East has openly called for the destruction of Jewish state, while vehemently denying that he hates the Jews.

Donald Duck – Photo courtesy: Disney

On Sunday, Wael Mansour, who identifies himself as the “official voice of Donald Duck” in the region, posted the following on his Twitter account:

“I truly wish #Israel is demolished, I hate Zionism, I have so much hate inside me with every single child they murder or land they seize!” Continue Reading »

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| August 5, 2013
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WATCH ‘Al Quds Day’ in Canada: Speaker Calls for Israelis to be Killed

Former president of “Palestine House” Elias Hazineh, calls for Israelis to be given a two-minute warning to leave their homes “or be shot”.

By Ari Soffer and Dalit Halevi

 

The former president of “Palestine House,” a Canadian NGO accused by the government of showing a “pattern of support for extremism,” has called for the forced ethnic-cleansing of all Israelis Saturday.

al Quds Day, Ontario, 2013 – Photo: Jonathan Dahoah Halevy

 

In the video below, Elias Hazineh can be seen addressing a crowd of anti-Israel activists in Toronto during the annual Al Quds Day march.

“We have to give them an ultimatum,” he said of Israelis, “you have to leave Jerusalem; you have to leave Palestine…”

But Hazineh did not stop there. Continue Reading »

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| July 21, 2013
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Germany rejects EU’s anti-Israel policies

German chancellor Merkel’s Bundestag spokesman says new EU guidelines are “pure ideology & symbolic politics,” and do not contribute to peace.

He added that the European regulations are not “objective requirements”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
 

 

Germany distances itself from the “controversial European Union guidelines” banning cooperation with Israeli entities beyond the Green Line, a foreign policy spokesman in the Bundestag announced on Friday.

Hamas cartoon

Palestinian sponsored boycott of Israel – Israel news photo screenshot

In a statement issued by MP Philipp Missfedler, the Bundestag spokesman for German chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party and its coalition partner the Bavarian Christian Social Union, he stated the guidelines are “pure ideology and symbolic politics” and will not contribute to finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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| July 17, 2013
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London-UAE cable car deal included an Israeli boycott

Israel is the only country that the Transport for London, 10-year partnership deal, subjected to a total boycott.

By JTA

 

London’s main transportation agency has come under fire for a deal with a United Arab Emirates-based company that excludes Israel from future business dealings.

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The Emirates Air Line a.k.a. the Thames cable car – Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Transport for London signed a 10-year partnership deal with Emirates Air Line on the Thames cable car, which opened in June 2012 ahead of the London Olympics.

According to the 2011 contract, which was revealed by the online watchdog group MayorWatch through a Freedom of Information request, Transport for London agreed to abide by the UAE’s foreign policy in the deal.

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| July 13, 2013
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Saudi citizen sentenced to 15 years jail for attempting to aid Israel

The defendant was convicted of telling security personnel at the Israeli Embassy in Jordan about his willingness to cooperate with them including passing information they want to know about Saudi Arabia.

By: David Ross

A man was arrested, charged and convicted of attempting to aid Israel, according to court proceedings in Saudi Arabia. Now, the man was sentenced to 15 years jail. The judge rejected the prosecutor’s demand to sentence the man to execution.

A Special Criminal Court in Jeddah sentenced 21 defendants, who were accused of terrorism-related charges, to different terms of imprisonment over the past two weeks.

One defendant, who was convicted of attempted spying for Israel, was given 15 years in prison and a travel ban for a similar period after serving the jail time.

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| July 9, 2013
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AJC Petitions Court to Uphold Convictions of 10 pro-Palestinian Activists

Jewish organization filed brief to the Appellate court seeking to uphold convictions of 10 hooligans for interrupting speech given by Ambassador Michael Oren at University of California ay Irvine.

By Rina Tzvi

 

Jewish groups are urging the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court in Orange County to uphold the conviction of 10 individuals for repeatedly interrupting Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech at the University of California at Irvine.

“The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech may not be invoked to protect those who intentionally disrupt a lawful meeting,” said Marc D. Stern, General Counsel of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2013
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Abbas’ media exploits children by labeling Jews as ‘monkeys & pigs’

Since there doesn’t seem to be an end to the anti-Israel incitement where the Palestinian education is centered on brainwashing & hatred, people understand why Israelis take their state security policies so seriously.

By Connie Fieraru

 

Palestinian Authority TV last week broadcast a morning show featuring two young girls no older than seven or eight who recited what appeared to be an anti-Semitic poem that one source noted would put even former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to shame!

PA media uses little girls to label Jews as ‘monkeys and pigs’

Palestinian Media Watch Screenshot

 

Below is the full dialogue between the Palestinian reporter and the girls, translated by the anti-incitement watchdog, Palestinian Media Watch:

 

PA TV reporter: “Let’s meet these girls who want to recite a short poem. Continue Reading »

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| July 7, 2013
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Female Muslim student in Germany vandalizes Israeli art exhibit

The University says they reserve option to take legal action against female Muslim vandal who ripped down parts of an Israeli graphic novel art exhibit.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
 

 

BERLIN – A female Muslim student at the University of Duisburg-Essen ripped down parts of a graphic novel exhibit, which included the work of the internationally known Israeli artist Rutu Modan.
Rutu Modan’s graphic novel ‘Exit Wounds,’ the target of vandalism in Germany.

Rutu Modan’s graphic novel ‘Exit Wounds,’ the target of vandalism in Germany. – Photo: Drawn & Quarterly

In a commentary in the left-liberal website Taz on Thursday, journalist Pascal Beucker attributed the June 24 attack on the exhibit “to an anti- Israel, if not anti-Semitic, motive.”

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| June 17, 2013
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USA Today Published a Plagiarized BDS Press Release. Tomorrow Mein Kampf?

 

American news daily, USA Today, Publishes BDS Press Release Almost Word for Word, Accusing Israel of ‘Large-Scale Abuses of Palestinian Rights’

By Zac Pontz

 

 

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel found itself a friend in major American newspaper USA Today recently, when a press release about its efforts to have Alicia Keys cancel her upcoming show in Israel appeared almost verbatim in an article on the newspaper’s website.

Screen shot of USA Today article that dupes BDS movement’s press release.

The American Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg first tweeted about the disturbing similarities Thursday, a day after the article appeared. Continue Reading »

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