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Sunday, July 09, 2023

Amnesty claims to support free speech - but it has censored Zionist voices in its own spaces

Amnesty International tweeted on Saturday:Reminder: Everyone has the right to freedom of expressionReally?Because on more than one occasion, Amnesty showed exactly how little it cares about freedom of expression.Amnesty provides various spaces for rent in its London offices. There are no policies listed on its webpage saying who is allowed to rent their space. Yet in 2018,...

100 years ago or today? "Wave of prejudice against Jews and Negroes sweeping US"

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 13, 1922:Then, as now, Jews and Blacks are the top targets of hate crimes.Then, as now, the hate is spread by propaganda - instead of traditional wartime propaganda, it is social media Right vs. Left propaganda.Then, as now, Jews are discriminated against in college admissions - then because they weren't white enough, now because they...

German Twitter censors EoZ tweet spoofing Nazi propaganda

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: 1575269945289719813Reported...

"Death to Israel" vs. "Death to Palestine"

JTA reports, "The student magazine at the University of Adelaide in the state of South Australia called for 'death to Israel' in an article."I wondered at how often we hear "Death to Israel" compared to "Death to Palestine." Google search for "Death to Israel" estimates about 700,000 hits. "Death to Palestine" has about 117,000 hits.But that doesn't tell the whole story.An...

Arab projection hits new heights: "Why Israel hates Palestinians"

Al Jazeera has an article by "senior political analyst" Marwan Bishara that takes psychological projection (where people attribute to others what is in their own minds) to new heights.Why Israel hates the Palestinians so muchTo my mind, Israel’s hatred of the Palestinians is shaped and driven by three basic sentiments: fear, envy and anger.Israel fears all that is Palestinian...

Major Saudi cleric calls for genocide against Jews - and gains lots of support

Last week, one of the preachers at the Great Mosque in Mecca, Imam Saleh Bin Al-Humeid, gave an antisemitic sermon, calling for genocide of all Jews.He said, "Oh Allah, bring annihilation upon the plundering and occupying Jews, for they are no match for You. Oh Allah, bring down upon them Your punishment, from which criminals cannot escape. Oh Allah, we make You our shield...

University of Illinois distances itself from Noura Erakat anti-Zionist hate lecture

Yesterday, Noura Erakat gave a lecture at the Illinois Global Institute of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, titled, "Unfinished Business: Zionism as Racism and Racial Discrimination."The lecture was publicized as being co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.I tweeted how absurd it is that a literal...

Hate Speech as Defined by Facebook. Not (Judean Rose)

Hate speech has always been difficult to define. Facebook, caught with its fingers in the cookie jar of our private information, has decided that teaching us what hate speech means is sufficient penance. But penance or contrition isn’t something Mark Zuckerberg understands. Giving us at long last a glimpse into Facebook’s mysterious Community Standards is MZ’s way of...

"Jewish Voice for Peace" supports hate speech

At the "Jewish Voice for Peace" anti-Israel site, they urge their fans to lobby to defeat Proposition 76: The California Assembly is considering Resolution 76, which opens the door to condemning advocacy for Palestinian human rights in California campuses. Arab, Muslim and progressive students of all identities should not be in fear of censure, discipline or reputational smear for criticizing injustice and demanding Palestinian equal rights. Defend...