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An eye on the groups that try to stifle free debate about Palestine

148 professors sign letter objecting to New York Times Nazi ad, but paper refuses to run it

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 15:59

One hundred and forty-eight US college professors signed a letter objecting to an advertisement in The New York Times by notorious racist David Horowitz naming indvidual faculty members at several US colleges and accusing them of inciting murder of Jewish children, and likening the movement to boycott Israel (BDS) to Nazism.

Pro-Israel hawks clash over history of "Independence Day"

Submitted by david on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 21:36
Email exchange shows that two of Israel’s most ardent supporters in Brussels disagreed this week over whether Palestine was a British colony.

Michigan professor named in "Nazi" ad hits at New York Times for "aiding and abetting environment of fear"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 18:39

Earlier this week, The New York Times published an ad accusing a number of named US college professors of inciting the murder of Jewish children because they’ve supported the boycott of Israel. One of those named shared this response.

New York Times ad accuses BDS movement, college professors of inciting murder of Jewish children

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 17:28

In a sign of growing desperation among anti-Palestinian groups, a full-page New York Times ad published today likens the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement to the Holocaust.

NGO Monitor uses fake Martin Luther King Jr. quote in latest "anti-Semite" smear

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 04:15

Extreme anti-Palestinian group NGO Monitor is disrespecting the late US Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. and perpetrating a fraud by disseminating a fake quote in an attempt to smear people as anti-Semites.

Revealed: Israel hires lobby firm to win Euro-MPs' backing for trade deal

Submitted by david on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 15:36
Kreab Gavin Anderson tasked with convincing MEPs to approve accord on increasing Israel’s exports.

Apartheid conference goes ahead in Paris despite university ban

Submitted by david on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 20:24

The University of Paris 8 is traditionally one of the more left-wing third-level institutions in France. Alas, its current president Pascal Binczak is seeking to negate this legacy.

Zionist group fails to disrupt Ilan Pappe's tour at California state universities

Submitted by nora on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 17:25
The California State University (CSU) system has sent a letter to a Zionist group rejecting their claim that Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian and a frequent contributor to The Electronic Intifada, should not receive CSU sponsorship during his upcoming campus tour.

Paris university pulls plug on "Israeli apartheid" talk

Submitted by david on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 18:26
CRIF, the leading Israel lobby group in France, is once again seeking to deny the right to free speech.

Presbyterian church body hits back hard at JCPA's "anti-Semitism" smear over support for Palestinian rights

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 19:27

The Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has hit back strongly at a smear campaign from a major pro-Israel group aimed at portraying it as “anti-Semitic.”

In responding to allegations from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), IPMN stated:

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