| Another kind of antisemitism: Not believing Jewish media can be objective. It happened in 1937 by @AP and the @NYTimes.noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), | | Yair Rosenberg points to a 2011 Jewish Telegraphic Agency article that shows one reason the Western world didn't know about the Holocaust. In JTA's words: At no time in history were JTA correspondents more needed than during the 12 long years of the Hitler regime. The JTA reported on the persecution and then the annihilation of Europe's Jews, often providing the first, and sometimes the only, reports on the unfolding Holocaust. And at no time did its correspondents face more peril to their livelihood and lives. As soon as Hitler came to power in 1933, problems began for the agency. It was, after all, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a country that was determined to deprive all Jews of their rights. The agency faced the Nazi regime's physical attacks on its operations and rhetorical attacks on its journalistic integrity. "Much of the JTA's superb reporting from Germany … was labeled Jewish anti-Nazi propaganda," JTA's founder and editor, Jacob Landau, explained years later in a report to the JTA board. The German government was not the agency's only problem. "About 1933 …a resistance began to develop in the world press to acceptance of news involving Jews and others from what was considered a partisan (Jewish) source," Landau wrote. The New York Times dropped the service in 1937 despite repeated entreaties from...Read More |
From Ian: David Singer: Antisemitic EU & ECRI policies on Israel cannot be whitewashed The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) - in attempting to whitewash European Union (EU) policies directed against Israel in Judea and Samaria being labelled as "antisemitic" – is itself engaging in antisemitic criticism of Israel's right to claim sovereignty there. Antisemitic EU anti-Israel policies:
- Require goods produced by Israelis living in Judea and Samaria to be distinctively labelled for sale in the EU: "Product from West Bank (Israeli settlement)"
- Facilitate and finance illegal Arab building in Area C of Judea and Samaria - totally under Israeli control pursuant to the Oslo Accords – without the EU seeking Israel's approval ECRI's 47 members – one from each Council of Europe member state – are appointed:
"on the basis of their independence, impartiality, moral authority and expertise in dealing with issues of racism, discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance." ECRI – in a recent report - clarified when it considers criticism of Israel to be antisemitic:
"Contemporary forms of antisemitism can differ from traditional forms of prejudice against Jewish people, but both forms can also exist in parallel. Nowadays, antisemitism can also be expressed in certain criticism of Israel that is baseless. For example, denying Jews their right to a national homeland, holding the State...Read More |
From AP and NYT wire services in 1934: Even now, scholars haven't determined the reason for the rampage. The Muslim version was that a Jew was drunk and insulted Islam. The Jewish community disputed that. What is undeniable is that the Arabs hated the Jews and any excuse was enough for them to massacre their innocent Jewish neighbors.
What is also undeniable is that this attack had nothing to do with Zionism.
The JTA quotes here were incomplete and whitewashed the real horror: "A scene of utter desolation and horror, of Jewish girls with their breasts cut off, of little children with numerous knife wounds and of whole families locked in their homes and burned to death."
Arabs and Muslims love to claim that Jews lived in peace and harmony with them until Zionism. That is garbage. The Jews always knew that they were second class citizens and that one wrong move could spark a pogrom like this one.
Notice also that even in 1934, the media would "both sides" a massacre of Arabs to Jews, claiming it was fighting between two sides and not a one sided massacre.
This was not the only Muslim pogrom of Jews in 1934. Only two months earlier, in the Thrace region of Turkey, Jews were attacked mercilessly and some 15,000 were forced to flee the area.
It is considered poor taste to mention Muslim antisemitism nowadays. All hate of Jews is assigned a "logical...Read More |
Islamist site 5Pillars writes: Civil society organisations and activists in the UK and overseas are threatening to organise a mass boycott of the University of Bristol unless it reverses its dismissal of Professor David Miller for his outspokenly critical stance on Israel and its supporters. In a letter sent to the university today, they accuse the university of caving in to the demands of the pro-Israel lobby and violating the freedom of speech that is necessary for intellectual enquiry. In doing so, they say, the university is no longer a safe space for students and staff. Of course, David Miller attacked Jewish students in class, making it no longer a safe space for them. The academic freedom to attack one's students is fairly iffy, even for Jews and even at Bristol. At least this year. The letter justifies his actions, saying "his comments offended some of those whom his work identifies as racists, upholders of an apartheid regime and perpetrators of systematic oppression." When they say they want to "boycott" the university, they of course don't mean that because such a boycott would not be noticed by any halfway decent school. What they really mean is that they are threatening to "cancel" the university. The letter says: We hereby serve notice that unless Prof Miller is reinstated, we intend to bring the full force of civil society and public...Read More |
From Ian: Ronald Lauder: The war Israel must fight The State of Israel is in a fight for its life: but you wouldn't know it. For 75 years, Israel's enemies could not defeat it militarily. What's more, given enviable strides over the last decade, Israel's enemies cannot defeat it economically. Yet we are in a far more dangerous place than ever. That's because these achievements are only part of the equation of Israel's security and the battle for the safety of the Jewish people. Israel's enemies have opened a new political front in their attacks – and Israel is losing that battle, which is not being fought on a border, in the sky or on the ground. The battle for public opinion is being fought on campuses and billions of iPhones. And Israel has let itself fall behind and, as Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora, by not fighting the daily lies, distortions, dishonesty, and slander unequivocally and with one voice, we have let it happen on our watch. Opponents of Israel's right to exist have overtaken many mainstream press outlets, and this bias has infiltrated editorial boards and even supposedly unbiased reporting, who parrot anti-Israel, antisemitic talking points that would make the Muslim Brotherhood proud. They refer to Israel as an "apartheid state," guilty of "ethnic cleansing," and "crimes against humanity" – simply for defending itself. On social media, influencers attack Israel for said self...Read More |
The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is defined as the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: (1) she was to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime and (2) she was to live from birth until the end of her reproductive life.. It is the sum of the fertility rates for all childbearing ages for any particular year.
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, the TFR of Jewish women for the past 12 months is 3.00, while for Muslim women it is 2.99.
As far as I can tell, this is the first time in history the TFR for Jewish women was higher than for Muslim women in Israel.
In contrast, in 2002, the TFR for Jewish women was 2.56 and for Muslim women it was 4.19.
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Usually, even the worst anti-Israel propaganda outlets try to base their lies on some crumb of truth. But when Iran owns the media, why even bother? From Iran's Mehr News: Zionist settlers attack Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Settlers of the Zionist regime launched a large-scale attack against Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday with the support of the regime's military forces and clashed with Palestinians. Zionist settlers continue their hostile actions against Palestinian sanctities. The settlers brutally attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque again on Sun., Palestine Al-Youm reported. According to the report, Zionist settlers chanted anti-Islamic slogans after attacking courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. A fierce clash took place between the Zionist regime's settlers and Palestinian citizens following the attack launched by Zionists on Al-Aqsa Mosque. This never happened. Jews who visit the Temple Mount don't come near any of the Muslims there, and police keep them away from each other. If there had been an incident, it would have been widely reported. The source given was "Palestine al-Youm." I believe this is the satellite channel PalToday.TV. When you visit their website you see something interesting: In June, the United States seized 33 Iranian websites with domain names registered in the US, for operating illegally by not obtaining an Office of...Read More |
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