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| January 30, 2013
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Cartoonist of anti-Israel illustration apologizes for timing of publication

“I am not, and never have been, anti-Semitic.” declares Gerald Scarfe

By JTA

 

The illustrator of an editorial cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall on the bodies of Palestinians and using their blood as cement apologized for the timing of its publication.

This anti-Israel cartoon that appeared in the Sunday Times of London on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was called a 'modern day evocation of the ancient blood libel charge.' (From Sunday Times)

Anti-Israel cartoon appeared in the Sunday Times of London on Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day

In a statement printed on his official website, Gerald Scarfe emphasized that “I am not, and never have been, anti-Semitic.”

He said the drawing, published Jan. 27 — International Holocaust Memorial Day — in the Sunday Times, was “a criticism of Netanyahu, and not of the Jewish people: there was no slight whatsoever intended against them.” Continue Reading »

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| January 25, 2013
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Caroline’s Bye-bye to London

Israel shouldn’t bother to try to win over Europe because the Europeans have multiple reasons for always being anti-Israel and none of them have anything to do with anything that Israel does.

By Caroline Glick

 

I live in a mildly anti-Semitic country, and Europe is mildly anti-Semitic, and they hold Israel to a higher moral standard than its neighbors. If you bring up Israel in a public meeting in England, the whole atmosphere changes. The standard left-wing person never feels more comfortable than when attacking Israel.
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| January 24, 2013
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Amb. Prosor: Support for France’s Mali invasion reveals world hypocrisy

 

Amb. Prosor : “Make no mistake: France’s principled stand should be commended. We only ask that France and all the countries who are supports its principled stand today, support Israel tomorrow when we fight Islamic terrorism on our borders.”

By  Israel Today Staff

 

Israel on Wednesday suggested that the international community’s overwhelming support for France’s anti-terror military incursion into the west African nation of Mali reveals a clear double standard when it comes to the Jewish state’s security.

Ron Prosor

Ron Prosor

France has been increasing its military presence and activity in Mali over the past two weeks as it battles Al Qaeda-linked forces that control the northern half of the country. Continue Reading »

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| January 6, 2013
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UK publishing firm apologizes for ‘wiping Israel off the map’

“This was a serious editorial error and was subsequently corrected. The book in question has not been in print for several years.” from the publisher, Garnet Education.

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A British publishing firm reportedly apologized for replacing Israel with an entity called “Occupied Palestine” in a textbook.

British textbook erases Israel

British textbook erases Israel

According to The Commentator, a British website and blogging platform, the apology came in an unsigned email from the publisher, Garnet Education.

“Unfortunately the map was mislabeled ‘Occupied Palestine,’” the email said. “This was a serious editorial error and was subsequently corrected. The book in question has not been in print for several years.”

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| January 4, 2013
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Defiant Morsi on TV: No Negotiations with ‘Descendants of Apes’

MEMRI reveals Egypt’s presidential candidate Morsi rejected negotiations between Israel and the PA.

By Elad Benari

 

Long before he was elected as Egypt’s president, Mohammed Morsi rejected negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and referred to Jews as “apes and pigs”.

Mohammed Morsi

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has translated and uploaded comments by Morsi, a member of Hamas’s parent movement the Muslim Brotherhood, which he made in 2010 and were posted to the internet. In the comments, Morsi also called to boycott products made in the United States because of its support for Israel.

“These futile [Israeli-Palestinian] negotiations are a waste of time and opportunities,” Morsi is shown saying. Continue Reading »

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| December 31, 2012
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UK English textbook erases Israel

Not only in the Middle East, students are taught that Israel has no right to exist. The more students around the world are fed this brand of propaganda, the more remote prospects for any true peace to happen.

By Ryan Jones

 

A popular textbook used by institutions and teachers to teach English as a second language to students in the UK has been found to have a serious anti-Israel bias.

British textbook erases Israel

British textbook erases Israel

“I teach English as a foreign language in a further education college in Nottingham, England. I came across the attached map and couldn’t believe my eyes!” Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2012
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Anti-Israeli propaganda wrapped up in a Story of Bethlehem.

Squeezing a Story Out of Bethlehem is a great way to seek understanding and good-will, but a few in the media without scruples see this as a propaganda bonanza.

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Every year around this time, it’s the same tired old story. A journalist attempts to find a Christmas angle for Palestinian suffering, most often focusing on Bethlehem’s Palestinian Christian residents. This year is no different and Harriet Sherwood of The Guardian and sister Sunday paper The Observer is the journalist filling the seasonal role.

Hamas rally in Bethlehem – Photo: honestreporting.com

The Guardian regularly trashes or undermines Jewish historical claims to the land of Israel that go back to biblical times. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2012
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Christmas Exploited for Israel Bashing: ‘O Boycott All ye Faithful’

PA-based Christian orgs are getting into ‘the holiday spirit’, with libelous attacks on Israel, including the ‘Jews killed Jesus’.

By Maayana Miskin

 

A new report from NGO Monitor reveals that several Christian organizations that support the Palestinian Authority are using Christmas to attack Israel. Holiday propaganda ranged from half-truths aimed at portraying Israel as oppressive to “crude anti-Semitism” based on historic Christian accusations of Jews being prophet-killers, the group said.

The report, titled, “O Boycott All ye Faithful,” criticized groups including Christian Aid, Sabeel, Kairos Palestine, and Israel Palestine Mission Network, Presbyterian Church (USA).

The latter group has published a daily advent devotional headed by a picture in which Mary and Joseph, parents of Jesus, are trapped behind a wall styled on Israel’s security barrier between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2012
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Haaretz News Writer ‘Wins’ the 2012 Booby Prize for ‘Dishonest Reporting’

HonestReporting, which tracks int’l media bias against Israel, awards Israel’s newspaper Haaretz writer Gideon Levy with the “Dishonest Reporting Prize” for 2012.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The HonestReporting website, which tracks media bias against Israel, awards Haaretz writer Gideon Levy the “Dishonest Reporting Prize” for 2012.

The media watch site explained that although it traditionally cites international media for faulty reporting, it cited Levy as the worst offender this year because foreign media often base their reports on Haaretz, the most popular left-wing newspaper in Israel.

The newspaper  denies it is anti-religious or anti-Zionist, but only the most left-wing liberals, and non-Israelis who do not really know the country, could view it otherwise. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2012
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Jimmy Carter supports Christian leaders’ letter threatening military aid to Israel

Former One-Term Democratic President calls for investigation into Israel’s human rights record.
His Carter Center says it ‘has long been concerned about Israel’s disregard for stated U.S. policy.’

By JTA

 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter commended a letter from Christian leaders to Congress calling for an investigation of Israel’s human rights record and criticizing U.S. military aid to the country.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter – Photo by Reuters

“Like these church leaders, The Carter Center has long been concerned about Israel’s disregard for stated U.S. policy,” said a statement issued Wednesday from the human rights group named for and headed by Carter. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2012
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Egypt in Political Uproar Over a 5 Minutes Interview With an Israeli

An interview with an Israeli reporter on common problems has led for calls of ministerial resignation in Egypt

By David Lev

 

Egypt was in an uproar Thursday, with Egyptians and officials demanding that the country’s communications minister resign his post, after an Israeli reporter was interviewed on Egypt’s Nile TV. The reporter, from Israel Radio’s Arabic service, was discussing the problem of Sinai terrorism, a problem common to Israel and Egypt.

According to reports in the Egyptian media Thursday, the Israeli reporter, Ayal Alima, spoke to the host of a news magazine program on Nile TV, and called on both the IDF and Egyptian army to derive lessons from the attack in Sinai earlier with week, in which 17 Egyptian soldiers were killed. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Anti-Israel Billboards on Display at NY Metro Train Stations

Ad campaign completely ignores facts, including the history of land ownership prior to 1948, and Israel’s repeated efforts to exchange land for peace.


 

Billboards with a series of maps that purport to show Israel’s continued and systematic expropriation of ‘Palestinian land’ have gone up at suburban New York train stations, including heavily Jewish populated Westchester County, the JTA reported.

The ads depict a succession of shrinking Palestinian territories in four maps and are accompanied by a statement that reads: “4.7 million Palestinians are classified as refugees by the United Nations.” The ad claims to cover “Palestinian loss of land” from 1946 to 2010. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2012
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WATCH / U.S. students walk out of Israeli ambassador’s lecture

Students at George Washington University disrupt talk by Michael Oren, hold up signs reading ‘Oren supports colonialism,’ and ‘What are you going to do with 30 billion?’

 

Students at George Washington University, in Washington D.C. walked out on a lecture by Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, on Monday night.

As Ambassador Oren’s lecture “Ultimate Allies: Israel and the United States,” started, about 30 students raised signs, got up, and left the auditorium in silence. Oren suggested they stay and conduct a dialog, but none of the protesting students changed their mind and stayed.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

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