Blind Allegiance: The Dangers of Uncritical Jewish Support for Social Movements (Judean Rose)

Disclaimer: the views expressed here are solely those of the author, weekly Judean Rose columnist Varda Meyers Epstein.Black lives matter. Of course they do. Everyone’s lives matter. But you don’t just go and support a group with an agreeable name without some due diligence. Or do you? My progressive Jewish friends don’t seem to think any due diligence is necessary when it...

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How to spread antisemitic lies in academic papers: A case study from @FeministReview_

In 2021, the academic journal Feminist Review published "(Re)producing the Israeli (European) body: Zionism, Anti-Black Racism and the Depo-Provera Affair" by Bayan Abusneineh.Its abstract:This article examines the Depo-Provera Affair—where Israeli doctors administered the contraceptive Depo-Provera to newly immigrated Ethiopian Jewish women—to argue that the Israeli...

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To Palestinians, women are only good for being terrorists - or mothers of terrorists

Today is National Day of Palestinian Women.The theme of the day was to pressure Israel to release terrorists from prison.The participants in supportive vigils for prisoners organized by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in coordination with the governorates, on the occasion of the National Day of Palestinian Women, today, Monday, stressed the need to form a fact-finding committee...

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"Palestinian Feminist Working Group" shows no interest in women's rights for Palestinians

A recent Mondoweiss article by the "Palestinian Feminist Working Group" sheds some light on how hate for Israel is often disguised using liberal buzzwords that have nothing to do with the actual agenda of these groups.The article is typically ridiculous - it pretends that Zoom, YouTube and Facebook's pulling the plug on a conference featuring a proud terrorist Leila Khaled...

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Is it even possible to be a pro-Palestinian feminist?

This article in The Nation is being reported all over: Her arguments are really nutty, but Sarsour knows how to get publicity. So let's use her own methodology to ask whether it is possible for Linda Sarsour, or anyone else, to be a feminist while supporting Palestinian Arabs. According to the UN,  there are no specific laws or provisions in the Palestinian Authority...

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