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Apartheid apologists respond to BDS with fake concern for Palestinians

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 19:38
Following the Co-Op decision to boycott four Israeli suppliers, Israel’s apologists have responded with an ‘argument’ of unintentional hilarity: that BDS harms the Palestinians it claims to help.

The news according to BICOM

Submitted by Ben White on Sat, 04/28/2012 - 20:07
BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre, prides itself on “providing daily, expert news summary” to politicians and journalists in the UK. But when it comes to an issue as contested as Iran, what BICOM considers news suggests a problematic bias.

Israeli Foreign Ministry will fund Habima's Globe performance

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 20:37
Israel’s national theatre company Habima is receiving £10,000 from the country’s Foreign Ministry in order to fund its upcoming performance at The Globe in London.

An Edward Said essay that could have been written today

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 14:16
A 14-year old essay by the late Edward Said speaks with remarkable insight into the problems afflicting the Palestinian national liberation struggle, and the strategies of Israeli colonialism.

"Left-wing" anti-boycott group allegedly received undisclosed funding

Submitted by Ben White on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 14:00
Self-styled “left-wing” UK anti-boycott group Engage is alleged to have received initial, undisclosed funding by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Plan for Negev mass expulsions moves forward

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:00
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office approves another step along the road to the implementation of the Prawer recommendations, which are presented as a “development plan” for the “improvement of living conditions” for all citizens of the Negev – but with the mass expulsion of the Bedouin Palestinian citizens at the heart of the proposal.

British MP links Toulouse killings to movement to boycott Israel

Submitted by Ben White on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 18:08
British parliamentarian Denis MacShane, a Labour party MP with a history of Israel advocacy, has linked the recent killings in Toulouse to pro-Palestinian boycott motion motions in UK trade unions.

NGO Monitor declares terminology used by Israel's Danny Ayalon to be "anti-Semitic"

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 22:28
For her use of the term “Judaization,” UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Raquel Rolink earned the drummed-up outrage of right-wing pressure group NGO Monitor, who screamed ‘antisemitism’ and demanded her resignation.

NGO Monitor used misleading translation to smear human rights defender

Submitted by Ben White on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 16:37
NGO Monitor unapologetically smeared leading Palestinian human rights defender using an incorrect translation.

"Anti-Semitism" smear is about targeting MK Haneen Zoabi, even though it uses me

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 21:13
Today I was surprised to find myself being used in the campaign to threaten Zoabi, with Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot running a pathetic smear piece.

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