Speaking with me by phone, Shoval explained what he regards as the connections: “What we see as 16 separate groups are really the different hands of the same body, which instigates and directs them … to incite against IDF soldiers and Israel.” The various “hands” of the NIF[...]
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February 18th, 2010 - 12:48 am § in Bookmarks
Free Speech and Funding in Israel | The American Prospect
February 17th, 2010 - 1:58 am § in Bookmarks
Jonathan Cook: Jaffa struggles to be left in peace | Israeli Occupation Archive
Yehuda Zefet, the judge, accused the residents of “bad faith” in arguing for equality when they wanted the interests of the local Arab community to take precedence over the interests of Jews.Mr Siksik said the judge had failed to take into account the historical injustice perpetrated on Ajami’[...]
February 13th, 2010 - 12:30 pm § in Bookmarks
Think tank: Israel faces global delegitimization campaign | Israeli Occupation Archive
This is scary. The “delegitimizers”? The “delegitimizers” cooperate with organizations engaging in legitimate criticism of Israel’s policy in the territories such as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, blurring the line between legitimate censure and delegitimization. They also promote[...]
February 13th, 2010 - 9:12 am § in Bookmarks
Ishmael Reed and Sapphire: a Dialogue on “Precious”
Are Mrs. Bush and Ms. Winfrey suggesting, on the basis of a fictional film, that incest is widespread among black families? Statistics tell us that it’s certainly no more prevalent among blacks than whites. The National Center for Victims of Crime notes: “Incest does not discriminate. It happens[...]
February 13th, 2010 - 12:59 am § in Bookmarks
Israel upholds legality of Jews-only housing complex in Jaffa – Haaretz – Israel News
The petition, filed by Jaffa residents and human rights groups, challenged a decision by the Israel Lands Administration and the Tel Aviv municipality to lease the land in question to B’Emuna, a company specializing in housing complexes for the religious Zionist community. Its plan is to build[...]
February 12th, 2010 - 6:16 am § in Bookmarks
Amira Hass: Expulsion without trucks | Israeli Occupation Archive
It is from this combination that we deduce Israeli intentions that are usually not pronounced out loud. Instead we hear the old mantra: Preserve the country’s Jewish majority. One way of doing this, especially now that the reservoirs of mass Jewish migration have dried up, is to thin out the Pales[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 2:47 pm § in Bookmarks
ei: Report: Israel stole $2 billion from Palestinian workers
Hever said that in effect the Palestinian laborers were required to “subsidize the training of workers meant to replace them.” The funds were never used for the stated purpose but were mainly issued as grants to the families of Israeli workers. In one especially cynical use of the funds,[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 2:42 pm § in Bookmarks
ei: Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes
“What is there for the settlers here?” Jaber asked. “They are only here because they want to take this place from us. They won’t be happy till we leave.” On the opposite slope across the valley from Beit Yehonatan, Mohammed Jalajil, 48, said he did not doubt that the mu[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 2:35 pm § in Bookmarks
ei: “Redeeming” the land: from kibbutzniks to Hilltop Youth
The irony of this Israeli political division is that the Hilltop Youth, who have gained international notoriety for being on the vanguard of Palestinian dispossession and racism, generally live in open fields on hilltops inside their own caravans. Meanwhile, the movement considered the source of Isr[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 2:32 pm § in Bookmarks
ei: Pro-Israel lobbies target Europe
According to this definition says that criticisms of Israel, which contend that the establishment of that state was a “racist endeavor” or which compare Israel’s attacks on the Palestinians to the behavior of the Nazis during the Second World War, should be considered as anti-Semit[...]
