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UNRWA will hold a "tolerance workshop" to root out endemic antisemitism from its staffers. Really.noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 16 Aug 04:45 AM Isr Like   Tweet   UNRWA will hold a "tolerance workshop" to root out endemic antisemitism from its staffers. Really. noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 16 Aug 04:45 AM Israel Hayom writes: Israeli officials are up in arms over the UN agency for Palestinian refugees' refusal to take action against employees who incite violence and promote antisemitism online. A report by UN Watch, a Geneva-based nongovernmental organization that monitors UN activity, found 113 instances of incitement to violence by UNRWA staff, in clear violation of UNRWA's rules. Israel's Ambassador to the UN and the US demanded UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini take action against those cited in the UN Watch report. The UN body, however, rejected Erdan's demand, announcing it would host a workshop for employees on the issue instead. A workshop! Let me remind our readers that one of the worst examples I found in UNRWA online teaching materials of antisemitism was inside their curriculum on human rights! Meaning that UNRWA's own "human rights experts" were antisemitic. How can an agency which has been shown to spread antisemitism time and time again be trusted to create an effective workshop that can eliminate it just by having antisemitic employees attend a couple of times? The idea of a "workshop" to teach tolerance to employees of an agency which is committed to remain in existence until the Jewish state is destroyed (via "return") is a sick joke. And it proves that UNRWA has no real interest in addressing its real problems. * * * * * * ...Read More The beauty of a Miss Universe pageant in Israel noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 15 Aug 03:19 PM Israel is slated to host the MIss Universe pageant this coming December. Last year's winner wasn't Miss Israel. But the pageant decided that Israel was the best place to hold the event anyway. In July (before the resurgence of Covid-19), Paula Shugart, the president of the Miss Universe organization, said Israel has been on the pageant's shortlist of host countries "for a number of years due to its rich history." "As we sought a location for our 70th anniversary celebration, it became clear through our conversations with acting mayor Lankri (of Eilat) and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism that Israel, which has done a good job containing the global pandemic, has the best resources to host Miss Universe in December," Shugart told Insider. "We look forward to deepening our commitment to creating meaningful cultural conversation, connection, and understanding through this partnership," she added The Miss Universe Organization said contestants will "explore the rich history and culture of Israel" in the weeks leading up to the competition with visits to the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. They really want to be in Israel. And when they say Jerusalem, they aren't talking about any sections within the Green Line. Of course, the haters tried to make a hashtag #BoycottMissUniverse...Read More 08/15 Links: You can't be 'pro-Israel' if you defend anti-Zionists; Peter Beinart's war on Israel; Naive Biden has condemned the United States to strategic irrelevance noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 15 Aug 12:59 PM From Ian: You can't be 'pro-Israel' if you defend anti-Zionists According to Omar and her defenders, telling the truth about her anti-Semitism and hatred for Israel was "putting her life at risk." The left-wing J Street lobby claimed that in simply noting the facts, AIPAC was "declaring war on progressive Democrats" and making false accusations about "women of color." Sadly, Pelosi and Hoyer said that speaking out against the pair or Tlaib was "deeply cynical and inflammatory" and wouldn't increase support for Israel. The problem here is not just that members of the expanded 2021 version of "The Squad" have been lying about Israel and helping to incite anti-Semitic violence against Jews. It's that their fellow Democrats are still more offended by attempts to hold these people accountable than they are by the kind of open anti-Semitism expressed by them. Democrats respond to every query about this issue with talk of the far right's anti-Semitism. But gaslighting the country with partisan talking points about Trump is no answer. We know that Democratic Socialists and other members of the left-wing base of the party that currently controls both the White House and Congress are increasingly embracing anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic positions, making it politically dangerous for mainstream Democrats to confront them. Even as it was engaging in disgraceful attacks on those who...Read More Palestinian media claim there was never a Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 15 Aug 09:45 AM Safa News reports about a "secret" Israeli archaeological dig in the Old City of Jerusalem that they claim endangers Al Aqsa and threatens to "Judaize" Jerusalem.. Several days ago, the occupation authorities began conducting new secret excavations under the western side of Al-Buraq Square leading to Al-Sharaf and Al-Mughrabi Quarters in Old Jerusalem, which form an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque. "Haret al-Sharaf" is an Islamic neighborhood in Old Jerusalem, with an area of ​​133 dunams, and it is adjacent to the Magharebia Quarter. In 1967, the occupation demolished about 70% of its area and confiscated most of its remaining buildings, expelled 3,000 Palestinians from its residents, and changed its name to "The Jewish Quarter." That's news to those who lived in the Jewish Quarter before 1948. It is true that the Old City had a neighborhood called Haret al-Sharaf since before Ottoman times, along with a lot of other neighborhoods that did not line up with the four quarters that became popular in Western maps in the late 19th century. But even in the...Read More Ilhan Omar's career in the Minnesota Senate proves she supports terrorists noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 15 Aug 06:30 AM Anti-Israel activists have been attacking AIPAC for a series of ads like this one targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. AIPAC was highlighting this Omar tweet: Their argument has been that by mentioning that Omar seems to water down terrorism by comparing Israel and America to Hamas and the Taliban, AIPAC is unfairly linking Omar with terrorism itself. Obviously, AIPAC's ad didn't go that far. If they felt that she was a terrorist, the tagline "Condemn terrorists, not America" wouldn't make much sense. There is a good reason why Omar's anti-Israel supporters want to change the argument from what Omar actually has said to identity politics, where a Muslim woman of color is untouchable and any criticism is twisted into Islamophobia, misogyny, racism and incitement. However, the record shows that during the short time Omar was in the Minnesota Senate she consistently chose to defend and support terrorists. As soon as Omar was elected in November 2016, before she actually took office as a state senator, Omar wrote a letter...Read More    ©2021 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company