| Hundreds of liberal US rabbis embrace a form of BDSnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 23 Dec 05:50 AM JTA reports: More than 330 American rabbis, inclu | | JTA reports:
More than 330 American rabbis, including some who occupy prominent roles in major cities, are pledging to block members of the Religious Zionist bloc in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government from speaking at their synagogues and will lobby to keep them from speaking in their communities. An open letter now circulating says they will not invite members of the bloc "to speak at our congregations and organizations. We will speak out against their participation in other fora across our communities. We will encourage the boards of our congregations and organizations to join us in this protest as a demonstration of our commitment to our Jewish and democratic values." Its signatories come from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements. There were no Orthodox signatories. This is prominent US Jewish leaders embracing BDS. Every synagogue is free to invite whomever they want to speak, and not to invite people they don't want. But when they say that they will protest other synagogues' choice of speakers, and encourage their congregations to protest those other congregations, that is not a commitment to "Jewish and democratic values." That is shutting down free speech. That is identical to BDS. Imagine these same rabbis' reaction if Orthodox synagogues encouraged their members to picket their choice...Read More |
From Ian: 'A Brief And Visual History Of Antisemitism' Is An Important Resource In Today's Climate Israel B. Bitton's new book, "A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism," shouldn't be needed — but sadly, it is. A substantial work two years in the making, the visually rich effort features a foreword by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. It's aimed at all people, but it is particularly designed for seniors in high school as some of the images and discussion could be too intense for younger readers. Former longtime Democratic New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, was intimately involved in the creation of the book. He told me, "Knowledge is power. We wanted the book to be easy to read and follow." And it is — even coming with "augmented reality bonus content" aimed at a generation that might not be as familiar as they should be with the long and sordid history of hate and violence directed against the Jewish people. Hikind went on to note that in November alone, there were 45 hate crimes committed against Jews in New York City — almost three times as many as those committed against all other groups combined. Hikind also cited FBI Director Christopher Wray's Nov. 17 testimony before Congress that "Antisemitism and violence that comes out of it is a persistent and present fact," with the Jewish community...Read More |
Plus this original Chanukah song performed by a children's ensemble Vyunok: * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here! ...Read More |
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Bethlehem, December 25 - A group of terrorists operating in the traditionally-accepted birthplace of Jesus interdicted the passage of St. Nicholas's reindeer-pulled vehicle tonight as it passed over the town, and have since kept him in an undisclosed location, a spokesman for the group announced today. A masked man calling himself Abu Knaffeh released a video on the new Twitter account of an organization named Leopards of Al-Quds, in which he claimed he and his comrades had kidnapped Santa Claus. The two-minute clip showed a fat, bearded man in a white-fur-trimmed red suit and hat tied to a chair, the contents of several sacks strewn about the room as masked, gun-toting men rifled through them. Abu Knaffeh threatened to slaughter one reindeer each half-hour, and then Santa himself, unless Israel releases all Palestinians in its prisons. Israeli officials vowed not to give in to terror. "Santa will be fine," assured Minister of Public Security Itamar ben-Gvir. "Reindeer are expendable, and Rudolph was always a suspicious character. Probably gay. As for this Santa character, I don't care much for pagan icons. Let him rot. Unless we can stage a dramatic rescue in which our guys kill a bunch of scum terrorists. We haven't ruled that out." European progressives called the development unfortunate...Read More |
From Ian: JCPA: The EU's Secret Palestinian Building Plan for Area C Its actions in unilaterally advancing a Palestinian state in Area C, territories assigned to Israel both administratively and regarding security responsibilities by both the PLO and Israel in a mutually signed agreement of September 28, 1995, represent a violation of international law and call into question the EU's ability to continue serve in any capacity as diplomatic interlocutor. The EU's unpublished policy plan also violates Israel's legal rights as affirmed by the EU at Oslo and reveals a pro-PLO bias that renders the EU as de facto supporters of the official PA policy of allocating payments to Palestinian terrorists who were killed, captured, or imprisoned as a result of their jihadi terror activity. Israel and the international community bear a responsibility to reveal the EU's gross violations of its diplomatic responsibilities and those of Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, as well as European Commission President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen. This latest revelation is only the most recent example of EU malfeasance as an entrusted diplomatic interlocutor. Ambassador Alan Baker, former legal advisor to Israel's Foreign Ministry, pointed out in a July 2022 policy brief for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, that EU member states restored funding...Read More |
Last July, the UN Committee Against Torture issued a press release that praised the Palestinian Authority for being immensely humane and wonderful. It only had a couple of questions to clear up. But in order to ensure that those questions were not too prominent, they framed the release in terms of praise for how Palestinians are dealing with domestic violence (which is in itself not true.) The statement looks like it was dictated by the Palestinians themselves.
Reading between the lines, the committee clearly knows that Palestinians torture prisoners and also do not do much to protect women victims of violence. But the statement is organized in a way to sweep those concerns under the rug, just asking for clarification so the PA can lie its way out of any embarrassing situation.
It would be comical if it wasn't real: The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the State of Palestine, with Committee Experts praising the State of Palestine's support for female victims of violence and raising questions about conditions in detention centres and the lack of legislation defining and prohibiting torture. Naoko Maeda, Committee Expert and Country Co-Rapporteur, said that a special unit and support network had been established to provide support services and shelter for female victims of violence. These...Read More |
The messages about a Palestinian killed last night being sent to the West and for internal consumption are quite different. Under the Oslo Accords, Jews should have free access to Joseph's Tomb in Shechem (Nablus), but because the PA refuses to follow the agreement, every few weeks scores of Jews visit the tomb in the middle of the night - so as to minimize any impact on area residents - and they are protected by IDF soldiers from the Palestinians who want to stop them from praying.
Make no mistake: the Palestinian opposition to Jews visiting Nablus is pure Jew-hatred. The religious Jews are not coming to build a settlement or to evict Arabs from their homes - they just want to pray and then to go home. Overnight, Israeli forces protecting the worshipers came under heavy gunfire from the antisemites who hate the idea of Jews visiting a holy spot that existed way before anyone ever heard of "Palestinians." They fired back, injuring several of the militants. One, Ahmed Atef Daraghmeh, died.
Keep in mind that this happened the middle of the night. The only reason anyone would be outside the tomb at the time was to confront and try to block the Jews from worshipping.
Now, as is so often the case, the messages that the Palestinians send to the world are completely different than the ones they tell themselves. Palestinian prime minister Mohamed Shtayyeh...Read More |
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