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Sunday, May 11, 2008 @ 3:36:55 PM (PST)
By Tom Usher
The Real World: Israel at 60
By ARIEL COHEN (Middle East Times)
Published: May 09, 2008
The third threat comes from campaigns to undermine Israel’s...
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Anti-Semitism, including government-promoted hatred toward Jews and prejudice couched as criticism of Israel, has risen globally over the past decade. The distinguishing...
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State Dept: Criticism of Israel = Anti-Semitism?
Friday, March 14th, 2008 in News by Jim Lobe| Comment |
In the most recent edition of its annual “Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism” released Thursday, the State Department — and hence the U.S. government — moves ever more closely to a long-standing neo-conservative tenet: that criticism of Israel or Israeli policies often, if not always, equals anti-Semitism. The report also suggests that comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in...
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Under Stephen Harper, the Canadian government has shown a more pronounced pro-Israel position, or perhaps "bias" might be the better term. In response to the recent Israeli incursions in Gaza, thirty three member countries in the 47-seat UN Human Rights Council endorsed a resolution that accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. Nations that favored censuring Israel included China, India and Russia. Thirteen nations abstained. Despite the overwhelming military force used in Gaza that...
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With the government caving in to an activist judge, and putting Polar Bears on the endangered species list, and the California Supreme Court giving the green light on same sex marriage, I know it hasn't been a good week for some of you. But at least there is still Israel. And our president was there helping America's best friend celebrate its sixtieth birthday, and he had something stupid to say, and then commented how Israel was “the redemption of an ancient promise.” Ever since the...
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