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Bad stuff happening to Palestinians every day doesn't get reported, because Jews cannot be blamednoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Dec 05:45 AM The Like   Tweet   Bad stuff happening to Palestinians every day doesn't get reported, because Jews cannot be blamed noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Dec 05:45 AM The Action Group for Palestinians in Syria reports: 8 Palestinians from Syria who hoped to emigrate to Europe drowned as their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea on Friday. UNRWA reduced its shelter allowances for Syrian Palestinians in Lebanon, causing outrage. The Raml camp in Lattakia was...Read More 12/28 Links Pt2: What really happened to the million Jews in Arab lands?; Chair of Ben & Jerry's Board Voted as '2021 Antisemite of the Year'; Archbishop of Canterbury falls for anti-Israel lies noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 28 Dec 06:00 PM From Ian: David Collier: What really happened to the million Jews in Arab lands? The need for the whitewash By the early 20th century, the attacks on these Jewish communities were brutal. Much of it was government driven, with increasing anti-Jewish legislation appearing throughout the region. But there was also a lot of anti-Jewish violence on the street. This all spiked dramatically when Israel was founded but had started long before. The growing hostility was to drive the ethnic cleansing of every major Jewish community inside Arab lands. The creation of nearly a million Jewish refugees. For those pushing an anti-Israel agenda – and whose entire narrative is built around the non-necessity of Zionism and the tragic existence of Palestinian refugees, the true history surrounding Jewish refugees creates five key problems: 1. The image of co-existence is a myth 2. There were more Jewish refugees created than Arab refugees 3. The value of what the Jewish refugees had stolen from them was many times greater than anything the Arab refugees can claim they lost 4. The attack on the Jewish communities was unprovoked and on an innocent civilian population. The same is not true of much of the Arab population in the mandate, with many Arab villages choosing a violent confrontation that fuelled a civil conflict 5. Like it or not, many Arab families in the mandate area had simply moved into the area as the Ottoman empire collapsed – or...Read More Elder Comix: A love story noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 04:00 PM * * * * * * ...Read More JVP's "Judaism Beyond Zionism" doesn't have much Judaism (plus cartoon) noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 02:00 PM Jewish Voice for Peace sent out a fundraising email from Judith Butler, where she says: As the largest Jewish organization that has declared itself anti-Zionist, JVP has taken on an indispensable role in public life that is singular, timely, and critical. JVP offers a way for Jews to re-imagine what Jewishness can look like without nationalism and state violence, for Jews and other Palestinian allies to enact true safety and solidarity in our communities, while showing up and speaking out in the hard moments — the moments that really count. JVP is at the forefront showing what a powerful and meaningful Jewish life can look like now, and helps all of us imagine the future. Help me make sure that future comes to fruition. What kind of Judaism can JVP offer? Given that the entire point of the organization is to oppose Israel, that makes its public activities all political. The only vestiges of religion are the ones that they can twist into politics. JVP is trying to create a "Judaism" beyond just anti-Israel activities. They set up something called the JVP Havurah Network: We are an emergent network that gathers, supports and resources diasporist, anti-zionist and non-zionist Jews and Jewish spiritual communities. We yearn for a vibrant Jewish life beyond nationalism that condemns and challenges white supremacy within and outside Jewish communities. The JVP Havurah Network supports collaboration and leadership development in service of the movement for Palestinian freedom...Read More 12/28 Links Pt1: The U.N.'s Israel Libel Machine Expands; Attacks up, fatalities down in the West Bank; Israeli defense official says Iran faces 'no deterrent' to its nuclear goals noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 28 Dec 12:00 PM From Ian: WSJ Editorial: The U.N.'s Israel Libel Machine Expands Israel's defense of its civilians was lawful, targeted and restrained, but the U.N. wants to use the war as a pretext to indict Israel for "crimes," real or imagined. The commission staff, led by figures with records of anti-Israel rhetoric, are charged with "investigating all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (meaning causes excluding Hamas terrorism) and delivering biannual U.N. reports indefinitely into the future. Israel is already an irrational fixation of the U.N., which issued 17 resolutions condemning it in 2020. But the funding stream approved at the General Assembly Thursday further institutionalizes the anti-Israel libel machine. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs notes that the new commission will have 24 permanent staff, compared to 20 permanent staff for the Human Rights Council branch covering all of Asia. With an annual budget greater than $5 million, it will fund "790 days of travel for experts and staff every year from 2022 on." The commission has issued a public "call for submissions" and will recommend "criminal and command responsibility" for anything Israeli officials have ever done or may do in the future—an extraordinary attack on the sovereignty of a democratic member state. As international order frays, the U.N. is focused on enlarging impotent...Read More An analysis of Islamist Mansour Abbas' seeming acceptance of Israel as a Jewish state (Daled Amos) noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 10:00 AM By Daled Amos Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamist Ra'am Party and member of the ruling coalition government in Israel made waves last week when he publicly declared that he recognized Israel as a Jewish state. During an interview with Mohammad Magadli of Channel 12 News, Abbas said: Israel was born a Jewish state, that was the decision of the people, and the question is not what is the identity of the state — it was born this way and it will remain this way. Israellycool posted the video: The question is: just how seriously should we take Abbas's apparent recognition of Israel as a Jewish state? After all, back in December 1988... After a two-day meeting with five prominent American Jews here, a P.L.O. delegation led by Mr. Arafat said in a joint statement that the Palestinian parliament in exile last month had ''accepted the existence of Israel as a state in the region'' and ''declared its rejection and condemnation of terrorism in all its forms.'' It became evident that Arafat neither accepted the existence of Israel nor rejected the use of terrorism, so it is understandable that some may be wary. One indication of how difficult it may be for some to accept what Abbas said is that this is not even the first time that...Read More "Resistance: " non-violent in English, violent in Arabic noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 07:30 AM If you read the social media accounts of supposedly pro-Palestinian activists, you will often see the word "resistance" accompanied by photos of unarmed Palestinians, often with flags, standing alone against heavily armed Israeli soldiers or police. But in Arabic, the same word nearly always means violence. Here are the top Google Image results for the phrase "Palestinian resistance" in English: And in Arabic: This is reflected in rhetoric as well. To Western nations, "non-violent resistance" (which includes stone throwing and firebombs) is emphasized by Palestinian organizations to attract the :progressive: crowd, but in Arabic the expression is often "armed resistance," which is promoted by every major Palestinian political party - from Hamas to Fatah to the...Read More    ©2021 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company