| British Zionist group lists reasons why UK embassy should be moved to Jerusalemnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 09 Oct 04:45 AM Middle East Eye, an an | | Middle East Eye, an anti-Israel UK news site, has been closely following the potential "disaster" of Great Britain considering moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem, which Prime Minister Liz Truss has mentioned she is considering.
They claim to have discovered a briefing note by Conservative Friends of Israel, which seems legitimate - and is a very good list of reasons why the UK, or any nation, should move embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem: It has long been customary for sovereign countries to choose their capital city and for embassies and other diplomatic offices to be located there. It is understood that the UK Government already owns land in West Jerusalem for an embassy to be built there. The State of Israel's main institutions are all located in Jerusalem, including its Parliament, government ministries, Supreme Court and the residences of both the Prime Minister and President. UK diplomats arriving in the country will receive their credentials from the President in Jerusalem and throughout their service will routinely hold meetings in the...Read More |
From Ian: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul pictured with fundraiser Maher Abdelqader, who shared Holocaust denial content New York Gov. Kathy Hochul took several pictures with a Democratic donor who has a history of sharing anti-Semitic content online, including propagating the conspiracy theory that 6 million Jews were not killed in the Holocaust. Hochul, the Democratic governor running for election in the Empire State, attended a Harvard Club fundraiser in New York City last month where she stopped to take a few photos with Maher Abdelqader. Abdelqader is the vice president at AI Engineers in New York and is also an activist who has propagated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, such as sharing a video claiming that Jews are "satanic" and controlling the media and questions whether 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. Abdelqader also promoted claims on social media that the Jews were not really from Israel and used his Facebook account to promote the boycott, divestment, sanction (BDS) movement targeting Israel. "A great fundraiser by a small group of entrepreneurs and business leaders at the prestigious Harvard Club of NYC for NYS Governor Kathleen Hochul," Abdel Qader wrote in his tweet. "Governor Hochul is an American politician serving as the 57th Governor." New York State Governor, Kathy Hochul speaks on stage during The 2022 Concordia Annual...Read More |
From Ian: In landmark ruling, Spanish top court says Israel boycotts are always discriminatory Over the past several years, dozens of Spanish courts have rejected Israel boycotts by nonprofits, municipalities and other groups. Now, the country's top court has ruled that the movement to boycott Israel represents "discrimination" that "infringes on basic rights." Separately, the Spanish parliament on Wednesday passed legislation that bars public funding for organizations that "promote antisemitism." The law uses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which cites as examples of antisemitism some forms of Israel criticism. The ruling by the Supreme Court of Spain, which was issued Sept. 20 and published on Tuesday, was about an appeal that a pro-Palestinian nonprofit, Associacion Interpueblos, filed contesting a lower court's 2020 ruling that called a specific action to boycott Israel discriminatory. ACOM, a Spanish pro-Israel nonprofit that has sued multiple entities for discriminating against Israel, claimed the ruling as a major win. Spain was once a hotbed of efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, known as BDS. A slew of lower-court rulings in Spain had curtailed that trend, but they had pertained only to individual cases and thus had a limited impact, the group said...Read More |
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, October 7 - A voter who finds that none of the parties likely to garner enough votes in Israel's next parliamentary elections dovetail with his political and social agenda voiced his intention again today to cast a ballot for one of the alternative lists that stand no chance of meeting the electoral threshold, a move he describes as "a statement" and "a protest against the corrupt people who control the system," and believes, against all evidence, that the statement or protest will somehow make a discernible difference. Guy Shoham, 30, informed relatives, coworkers, and friends at multiple points over the last several months of his plan to vote for one of the small, special-interest parties that stand no chance of meeting the electoral threshold, a figure that sits in the tens of thousands. He has told anyone listening, and several more who were not, that he has had it "up to here" with the established political parties, the cookie-cutter way in which politicians attempt to attract votes, the consistent triumph of form over substance, and the system's chronic cowardice to address the core challenges that Israel faces. The best way to effect change, he has argued, involves voting for one of the fringe parties that no sane oddsmaker sees reaching the threshold, instead of giving...Read More |
From Ian: PMW Special Report: PA summer camps - terror training camps for kids In recent months, many young Palestinians have died as "Martyrs" while carrying out terror attacks against Israelis – be it throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks, stabbings or shootings. What is it that make kids want this? The answer is what Palestinian Media Watch has pointed out for years: That the PA and its leading party Fatah – both led by Mahmoud Abbas – as policy encourage kids (and adults) to carry out terror and seek Martyrdom - and thereby become heroes. Now that the summer holiday is over it is important to examine the values the PA and Fatah decided to bestow on Palestinian kids via their summer camps – one of the "tools" the PA uses to inculcate the ideals of terror against Israel and Martyrdom. One distinctive PA message was that terrorist murderers are heroes. Being presented with this strong role modeling for decades impacts on kids, and many young Palestinians set out to die as Martyrs, seeking to earn the ultimate glory in Palestinian society. Announcing the opening of the summer camps, PLO Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Head Jibril Rajoub explained that 42,000 young Palestinians were to participate in 600 camps. Rajoub stated that:
Fatah Central Committee Secretary and Head of the PLO Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Jibril Rajoub: "The goal of these camps is to serve as a melting pot and formulate the consciousness of...Read More |
By Daled Amos Just two weeks ago, I wrote about how in May last year, the violence by Hamas terrorists resulted in increased antisemitic attacks on American Jews. In its report, the US Commission on Civil Rights put the anti-Zionism of protesters in context: The Commission recognizes that individuals have a right to be critical of Israel and the Israeli government; however, anti-Semitic bigotry disguised as anti-Zionism is no less morally deplorable than any other form of hate. [emphasis added] It's not clear if many noticed this point, that anti-Zionism can be just another form of antisemitism. Universities, for their part, appeared to miss the point entirely -- and still do. In 2019, as a result of a lawsuit brought by the Lawfare Project alleging discrimination, San Francisco State University agreed to issue a statement affirming it understands that, for many Jews, Zionism is an important part of their identity. This apparent landmark development did not stop the president of SFSU the following year from defending the invitation of the terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled to speak there on the grounds of "academic freedom" and "free speech" -- while noting in passing the importance of Zionism to Jewish identity. The required statement was no magic formula and the words had no effect. There have been no attempts...Read More |
Twitter's algorithms don't understand irony. I recently re-posted on Twitter a poster of mine showing how there is little difference between classic antisemitism and modern anti-Zionism: I then received a notice from Twitter: Hello, We have received a complaint regarding your account, @elderofziyon, for the following content: Content ID: 1575269945289719813
Reported Content: WAY different. [media]
Reported Content URL: https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1575269945289719813 In accordance with applicable law and our policies, Twitter is now withholding the reported content in Germany, specifically for sections of German law related to hate speech or unconstitutional content, §§ 86, 86a 130 StGB. For more information on our Country Withheld Content policy, please see this page: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169222. Of course the poster on the left is Nazi-era antisemitic propaganda. That's the entire point. Dressing up antisemitism as "anti-Zionism" is trivial, and we've seen so-called anti-Zionists do it every day - often using the exact same sources that the Nazis did.
Similarly, right-wing antisemites...Read More |
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