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| April 11, 2014
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Anti-Semitic Libels Promoted in New UN Report by Under-Secretary-General

 

Newly appointed UN shamelessly promotes the most vile anti-Semitic blood libels about Israel.

By David Lazarus

 

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), which was established to aid development in the Arab world, has published a new report targeting a nation that does not fall under its jurisdiction – Israel. Nevertheless, this official UN agency, which received over 88 million dollars in allocations last year, has a lot to say about the Jewish state.

New UN Report Promotes Anti-Semitic Libels

Rima Khalaf, a national of Jordan, was appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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| April 10, 2014
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UN’s Under Sec-Gen Rima Khalaf, Promotes & Advances Antisemitism

Trying to halt the UN’s promotion of antisemitism, Israel’s envoy to the United Nations, Ron Prosor sends his second letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to address the latest example.

By Israel and Stuff

 

Below is the second letter addressed to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the subject of UN’s official propagation of myths, revisionist history, and antisemitism.

Ron Prosor

At the UNITED NATIONS — Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor – Photo: Shahar Azran

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| March 11, 2014
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Al Quds Al Arabi Publishes, “Anti-Jewish Slogans Are Not Islamic”

Al Quds Al Arabi, pre­vi­ously known for its hos­tile posi­tions toward Israel, changed its own­er­ship & editor last year. These changes may explain the deci­sion to repub­lish the article.

By Anti-Defamation League blog

 

The deci­sion to re-publish a cri­tique of anti-Semitism by Al Quds Al Arabi, the third largest cir­cu­lated off­shore pan-Arab news­pa­per accord­ing to the Carnegie Endow­ment for Inter­na­tional Peace, could sig­nal a move toward greater plu­ral­ism and diver­sity of views in the Arab press, which is often dom­i­nated by anti-Jewish and anti-Israel narratives.al-quds-al-arabi-sinem-tezyaparin-jew

Al Quds Al Arabi Publishes “Anti-Jewish Slogans Are Not Islamic” by Turk­ish jour­nal­ist Sinem Tezya­parin in Sep­tem­ber 2013

Al Quds Al Arabi Publishes “Anti-Jewish Slogans Are Not Islamic” by Turk­ish jour­nal­ist Sinem Tezya­parin

Arab jour­nal­ism has been a major plat­form for impor­tant debate and dis­cus­sion about the ques­tion of reli­gious intol­er­ance in con­nec­tion with dis­crim­i­na­tion against Mus­lims and the defama­tion of Islam. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2014
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Online petition demands Zuckerberg act on Facebook antisemitism

Swedish Jew who launched online initiative gets roughly 17,000 signatures urging Facebook to follow it’s own TOS by taking down “vile, horrific” antisemitic posts.

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An online petition urging Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help stamp out anti-Semitism on the social networking site had garnered nearly 17,000 signatures by Friday.

Protesting Facebook antisemitism – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The petition is the brainchild of Anna Berg, a Swedish Jew who told Maariv newspaper this week that she has long been battling anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the Scandinavian country.

“Anti-Semitism is once again on the rise in our society,” the petition reads. Continue Reading »

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| February 15, 2014
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Portugal follows Spain in granting citizenship to descendants of exiled Sephardic Jews

Just 3 years after initially being granted refuge in Portugal after fleeing the Spanish expulsion of 1492, the exiled Jews again faced expulsion.

By SAM SOKOL

 

 

Portugal intends to follow Spain’s lead in granting citizenship to to the descendants of Sephardic Jews exiled in the fifteenth century, the country’s tourism minister said this week.

A man holds a Torah scroll during the festive procession returning it to Trancoso.

A man holds a Torah scroll during the festive procession returning it to Trancoso. Photo: Courtesy Michael Freund

Minister Adolfo Mesquita Nunes told Channel One’s “View of the World” program, broadcast on Saturday night, that the the rding of a draft bill, similar to that announced by Spain just over a week ago, will soon be ready. Continue Reading »

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| February 9, 2014
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Israel Internet Association Poll: A 3rd of Israelis are victims of cyber-bullying

 

According to a survey by Israel Internet Association, ahead of Internet Day on Tuesday, some 32% of Israelis know someone who had a personal account hacked & 17% know someone who suffered from verbal abuse.

By Yael Branovsky

 

The phenomenon of cyber-bullying is getting worse in Israel. A special survey conducted by the Israel Internet Association ahead of Internet Day on Tuesday, reveals that one in three Israelis has faced bullying either on Facebook or other social networking sites.

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A victim of cyber-bullying by a now closed website once active in scamming for donations. – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The disconcerting figures show that 81 percent of those questioned feel the Internet is unsafe for children and teens, and 61% of the survey’s participants — comprising parents to children under the age of 18 — said they themselves are exposed to online dangers.

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| January 3, 2014
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Jews doing Jihad

When Jews engage in Islamic propaganda, they assist the Jewish State’s enemies.

By PAMELA GELLER
 

 

Stockholm Syndrome reared its head last Friday, when an academic who identifies herself as Jewish published op-ed in the Los Angeles Times explaining why she voted for the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli universities, about which I wrote recently in the Jerusalem Post.
Oxford students vote on motion to boycott Israeli goods

Oxford students vote on motion to boycott Israeli goods – Photo: courtesy

The Times piece said that the writer had just returned from a trip to Israel and “Palestine” sponsored by Interfaith Peace-Builders, a group that subtly propagandizes for the Palestinian jihad.

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| November 9, 2013
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Jews are fleeing Turkey to escape anti-Semitism

 

A tense, negative atmosphere with fear for personal safety are prompting many young Turkish Jews to emigrate, mainly to U.S. & European countries – but also to Israel.

‘The Muslims stopped distinguish between Israel & the local Jews. As far as they are concerned, if you’re Jewish you’re not a Turk,’ one young emigrants reports.

By Tali Farkash

Young Jews are emigrating from Turkey in masses, mainly to the United States and different European countries, due to growing anti-Semitism and the negative attitude in the country towards Israel.

Anti-Israel protest in Turkey – Photo: Reuters

Members of the local Jewish community are keeping mum over the situation, but off the record some of them describe an explosive situation which may erupt at any moment following careless statements. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2013
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29% of European Jews considered emigrating due to extent of antisemitism

1 in 5 of the respondents said they had personally experienced at least 1 incident of physical assault or anti-Semitic verbal abuse in the year leading up to the survey.

By JTA

 

 

 

Nearly a third of respondents to a survey on anti-Semitism in Europe said they “seriously considered emigrating” because of perceived anti-Semitism.

Jewish man in front of swastika at Shoah memorial

Jewish man in front of swastika at Shoah memorial – Photo: REUTERS

In the survey among 5,847 Jews from nine European Union member states, 29 percent of all respondents said that they considered emigrating in recent years because they did “not feel safe” living in their countries as Jews, according to Morten Kjaerum, the director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights which conducted the research among Jews from Sweden, France, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania and Latvia. Continue Reading »

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| October 26, 2013
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Hungary launches N.Y. style PR blitz to combat antisemitic image

Deputy PM Tibor Navracsics told a conference on Jewish life & antisemitism in Budapest this month that it was time for Hungarians to accept their responsibility for their role in the Holocaust.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Armed with a powerful New York public relations outfit and a pledge to commemorate the mass deportation of Hungarian Jewry, the Hungarian government is preparing to challenge what it says is an inaccurate image of a country lax in confronting home-grown extremism.

Hungary's deputy prime minister, Tibor Navracsics, speaking at a conference in Budapest in early October, acknowledged his country's responsibility for the Holocaust in Hungary. (Babette Rittmeyer/Lantos Foundation)

Hungary’s deputy prime minister, Tibor Navracsics, speaking at a conference in Budapest in early October, acknowledged his country’s responsibility for the Holocaust in Hungary.

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| October 20, 2013
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Again: Palestinian Hoist Nazi Flag

Palestinians hoisted the flag high above the highway between Halhoul and the Etzion Bloc for the Jewish travelers to see.

By Arutz Sheva

 

For at least the second time in five months, Arab residents of Beit Umar in the Palestinian Authority (PA) have placed a Nazi flag over a major thoroughfare where Jews pass in their vehicles.

Beit Umar is located between Halhoul and the Etzion Bloc, not far from Hevron.

Soldiers from the Haruv battalion in Kfir Regiment tried to take down the flag Saturday, but encountered difficulty because it was placed very high up.

A similar event took place at Beit Umar in May, when hundreds of residents of Gush Etzion who drove down Highway 60 were astounded to see an oversized Nazi flag flying next to a mosque in the Arab town.

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| October 11, 2013
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Jewish Newlyweds Shocked to Get Anti-Semitic Wedding Video

Jewish newlyweds in the UK were shocked at the audio track of their wedding film that was pitted with anti-Semitic comments from the videographer & his assistant.

By Adam Ross

 

A Jewish couple have received their wedding video, complete with a highly distasteful anti Semitic diatribe filling its audio track.

The shocking story appeared in this week edition of the British Jewish Chronicle.

The newspaper reported how Londoners Claudia and Stan Gocman, were first made to wait nine months before a poorly edited video of their wedding arrived. After receiving an equally sloppily produced second version, the couple paid extra, to receive the original footage in order to have it edited by another company. Continue Reading »

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| October 11, 2013
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Palestinian Official: Israel should be ‘Removed’

Fatah leader Rajoub: “Israelis should decide whether they are part of the Middle East… If Israel is an alien body it should be removed.”

By Arutz Sheva

 

Fatah official Jibril Rajoub raised the possibility that Israel should be “removed” if it fails to make peace with the Palestinians, in an interview to i24News Wednesday,

Fatah official Jibril Rajoub

Fatah official Jibril Rajoub

“Peace is not a Palestinian interest, it’s an international interest, and the interest of the world is to put an end to this struggle. I think it’s also an Israeli interest – Israelis should decide whether they are part of the Middle East or an alien body. Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2013
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Virginia official refuses to apologize for anti-Semitic joke at rally

John Whitbeck, the Rep. chairman of Virginia’s 10th District, introduced the GOP candidate for governor with an anti-Semitic joke who’s punchline focuses on 2 toxic anti-Jewish stereotypes: ‘God-killers’ & ‘Cheapskates’.

 

WASHINGTON — A GOP official in Virginia refused to apologize for an anti-Semitic joke, although the party’s candidate for governor called it inappropriate.

John Whitbeck, the Republican Party’s chairman in its 10th Congressional District, in northern Virginia,

Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor – Photo: AP

“I did not tell an anti-Semitic joke,” John Whitbeck, the Republican Party’s chairman in its 10th Congressional District, in northern Virginia, told the Free Beacon on Wednesday. “I told a joke I heard from a priest at a church service.”

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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…”

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