In a powerful and deeply moving statement today, Robert Reich remembers the murder of Civil Rights workers James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Henry Schwerner on this date, July 21, in 1964. The three young men were helping register Black citizens of Mississippi to vote. With 40% of the state's population Black, only 7% of that Black population was registered to vote in 1964. The Klan murdered these young men.
Columbia Task Force Finally Weighs In: Yes, Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism - The task force revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students — but instead in an Israeli newspaper article. (Natasha Lennard | Intercept, 2024-06-17)
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“… some current faculty members at Columbia University learned through a news article that all new students and faculty at the school will be mandated to go through an orientation on #antisemitism. The plan was not announced in any direct communications from the university.
“Rather, it was reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in a story about the university’s task force on antisemitism…”
"Wikipedia’s editors declared that the Anti-Defamation League cannot be trusted to give reliable information on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and they overwhelmingly said the ADL is an unreliable source on antisemitism. It’s a stunning rebuke to one of the world’s preeminent authorities on anti-Jewish hate and a significant advocate for the rights and causes of American Jews."
"Wikipedia's editors have voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League "generally unreliable" on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding it to a list of banned and partially banned sources."
"An overwhelming majority of editors involved in the debate about the ADL also voted to deem the organization unreliable on the topic of antisemitism, its core focus. A formal declaration on that count is expected next."
"The decision about Israel-related citations, made last week, means that one of the most prominent and longstanding Jewish advocacy groups in the United States – and one historically seen as the leading U.S. authority on antisemitism – is now grouped together with the National Inquirer, Newsmax, and Occupy Democrats as a source of propaganda or misinformation in the eyes of the online encyclopedia."
"Moreover, in a near consensus, dozens of Wikipedia editors involved in the discussion said they believe the ADL should not be cited for factual information on antisemitism as well because it acts primarily as a pro-Israel organization and tends to label legitimate criticism of Israel as antisemitism."
#Wikipedia / ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism
It’s about time.
[…] Editors supporting the ban focused on the ADL’s conduct following Oct. 7, Israel’s subsequent war with Hamas and the wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.
[…] Many editors said the organization had undermined its credibility by altering how it categorizes antisemitic incidents. Its new methodology included many pro-Palestinian protests in its annual audit of antisemitism, which reported a large spike over the previous year.
Report: New Evidence Reveals IDF Had Detailed Prior Knowledge of Hamas Plan to Raid Israel
A newly surfaced document reveals that Israel Defense Forces and Israeli intelligence systems had detailed knowledge of Hamas' plan to raid Israel, including the number of hostages to be taken and specific instructions for their treatment while in captivity.
According to a Monday night report presented by Israel's public broadcaster, Kan, the document, which is based on information from military intelligence's 8200 Unit, began circulating on September 19, less than three weeks before the October 7 massacre.
While many Israeli citizens and lawmakers have also demanded additional investigations into the political policies that contributed to October 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition members have insisted that those investigations wait until the end of the war in #Gaza.
Now what? Will citizens of Israel wake up, open their eyes and realize they are pawns of the geo-political chess game? Or will they blindly follow the #zionist#propaganda?
I sincerely hope they elect a moderate govenment and bring some peace to the region.
A member of the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia, on antisemitism:
"The voices of those who are unequivocal in condemning the violence of 7 October while reproaching the disproportionate response to the events, recognise all human suffering and is a start to a dialogical pathway to peace.
Holy shit, what kind of a sick Jew-hating fuck would argue that it's not antisemitic when a masked mob boards a public subway train, and then screams in unison "raise your hand if you're a Zionist"???
Watch this fucking video. Does this mob shouting in unison look like one protester "jokingly remarking"??
This filth from The New Republic is totally unacceptable.
@arifell
A member of the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia, on antisemitism:
"The voices of those who are unequivocal in condemning the violence of 7 October while reproaching the disproportionate response to the events, recognise all human suffering and is a start to a dialogical pathway to peace.
Israel doesn't have a "right" to exist @arifell
To paraphrase article 12 of the Jerusalem Declaration:
all should live together in peace in the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
as equals http://jerusalemdeclaration.org/
People who claim to be Jewish are entitled to live in peace in those lands. They ought not, however, aspire be the Master Race of those lands.
For centuries, Arabs, Christians and Jews shared Palestine. Then the Zionists started arriving. They spawned Israel. Israel is the problem.
Authorities are investigating reports of vandals targeting the homes of the #BrooklynMuseum's #Jewish director & some board members after #NYC Comptroller Brad Lander posted photos of red paint-smeared doors & hateful speech.
"The cowards who did this are way over the line into #antisemitism, harming the cause they claim to care about, & making everyone less safe," Lander said.
From a 93 year old (old enough to have lived through the times of the Holocaust and the founding of Israel) Jewish Australian:
"The impression I formed then, and which has been confirmed by subsequent events is that there was and is a deep, shared psychosocial illness infecting Israel but not Jews more generally."
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"Let’s not confuse and generalise the attitude I and others have identified as underlying the conflict between Israel and Palestine with being anti-Semitic. This blurring of a clear boundary has been used inappropriately and misleadingly by many."
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"... the human slaughter in Gaza and the enormous waste of resources on armaments to further that genocide could be stopped by refusing any more aid to Israel." https://johnmenadue.com/israel-palestine-my-personal-experience-and-conversion/ #Israel #Palestine #genocide #EthnicCleansing #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Zionism #hasbara #propaganda @palestine @israel
One discriminates against people because of who they are @paninid the other discriminates in favour of people because of who they are. They're two sides of the same coin. #antisemitism #philosemitism @NickSchwanck
To use your preferred terminology then @paninid One hates a people because of who they are. The other loves a people because of who they are. And yes, in practice, that "love" does exclude the "other".
"Over the weekend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stumping for Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, when she compared the convicted felon to Jesus. 'The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about "Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon."' Greene told the crowd, before launching into what the Bible might characterize as 'blasphemy.'"
"A quick fact check will tell you that besides our concept of 'felony' only dating back to 14th century England, Jesus was arrested and executed by first century Romans. Another quick fact check would show that the scholarly consensus is that Jesus was likely crucified for proclaiming himself 'King of the Jews,' and not for falsifying business records in order to hide hush money payments to a woman he had an extra marital affair with."