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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

BDSers are proud of using violence to stifle free speech

From JTA last week:Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel advocacy group.Andre Lajst, the director of StandWithUs Brazil, was speaking about ways that Israeli technologies could help develop the Amazon region at the Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus on Thursday...

So much apartheid!

Indigo Traveller, a popular social media personality, visited a beautiful but very dangerous slum in Brazil and interviewed people there.One of his subjects is a dancer who has traveled around the world. He describes how he experienced racism in Europe, especially Spain. But his favorite place to visit and perform is Israel - he says he even learned Hebrew.(h/t Ezequiel...

12/27 Links Pt2: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension?; Making sense of the great Mizrahi exodus; Dishonest Reporter of the Year Awards 2022

From Ian: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension? - opinion The events over the last couple of months involving the black and Jewish communities have triggered a lot of thought-provoking questions and concerns. During my entire time working for Jewish non-profits, leaders of these organizations encouraged us to use the strong history of solidarity...

11/01 Links Pt1: How Israel’s elections may impact the Middle East; UN: Suspend adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism; Canada Calls to Oust Iran From UN Women’s Rights Commission

From Ian: Seth Frantzman: How Israel’s elections may impact the Middle East As Israelis voted for the fifth time in less than four years, the region could greet these latest elections with a shrug. After all, another election will probably come in a year or so. However, the current government of Prime Minister Yair Lapid and alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made...

10/31 Links Pt1: The UN CoI's 2nd: The Continued Assault on Israel; Sunak should acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; NZ PM calls to expel Iran from U.N. Women’s Rights Commission

From Ian: NGO Monitor: The UN Commission of Inquiry’s Second Report: The Continued Assault on Israel Failure to Address Commissioners’ Antisemitism In issuing its second report, the members of the COI ignored the numerous condemnations of the antisemitic statements they had made since the COI began. In June 2022, speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Commissioner...

02/01 Links Pt1: The Palestinians: Who Really Cares?; Melanie Phillips: Ireland’s obsessional hatred of Israel; Booker Flip Flops on BDS; Saudi columnist mocks boycott of Israel

From Ian: The Palestinians: Who Really Cares? Protests by the Palestinians in Lebanon are unlikely to draw any attention from the international community, including so-called pro-Palestinian groups that are active especially on university campuses in the US and Canada, among other places. The real "pro-Palestinian" groups are those who are willing to raise their voices against...