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Bill Maher Defends Netanyahu’s Racist Campaigning, Floats Stripping Arabs Of Votes
By Zaid Jilani / Alternet Maher suggests America might strip blacks of the vote if black nations had attacked us. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s racist campaigning did not cost him the election, but it did cost Obama administration support. The U.S. rarely openly disagrees with Israel’s leaders, but the administration issued a statement condemning the… Read More ›
Islamophobia In The Jewish Community
By Mend.org.uk The Jewish News reports on the comments by Labour incumbent for the marginal seat of Bury South, Ivan Lewis MP, on strains of Islamophobia present among British Jewish communities. Speaking at the We Believe in Israel conference, organised by BICOM, the former minister for the Middle East, said: “I find it incredible that… Read More ›
Home Secretary Announces New Counter-Extremism Strategy
By MEND The Home Secretary today announced the Government’s new counter-extremism strategy after the weekend papers reported on disagreements between the Coalition parties about how far restrictions on free speech should go. The new strategy presents a number of important questions about the effectiveness of the Government’s approach, past and future. Perhaps most disturbing in… Read More ›
To Evangelicals, Zionism An Increasingly Tough Sell
By Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Electronic Intifada While the lobby giant AIPAC wields power in Washington, evangelical Christians have long been the grassroots base of Israel advocacy in the US. But that support is eroding. According to a National Association of Evangelicals poll, forty percent of US evangelical leaders have changed their thinking about Israel over… Read More ›
Israel Lobby, UK Officials Attempt To Shut Down Univ. Of Southampton Conference
By Ali Abunimah / Electronic Intifada Academics are pushing back against an effort by Israel lobby groups and UK government officials to cancel or alter a law school conference related to Palestine. Almost 300 professors at universities in the UK and other countries have signed a statement expressing “principled and full support for the University of… Read More ›
Nottingham Citizens Report On Rise In Racial & Religious Hate Crime
Local paper, the Eastwood Advertiser, reports on hate crime statistics in the Nottingham region as analysed by the local chapter of Citizens UK, Nottingham Citizens. According to a report by Nottingham Citizens, the vast majority of hate crimes are motivated by race and religion indicators with 80 per cent of attacks meeting this profile;… Read More ›
Nigel Farage Says UKIP Would Scrap Race Discrimination Laws
The Guardian and Independent front pages yesterday reported on comments Nigel Farage is said to have made in a documentary fronted by former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, and due to air on Channel 4 next week about scrapping race discrimination legislation in the UK and referring to Muslims… Read More ›
Canadian Defense Minister Tweets Hoax Photos From Anti-Muslim Hate Sites
By Ali Abunimah / Electronic Intifada Muslims in Canada have strongly condemned their country’s defense minister for tweeting hoax photographs purporting to depict enslavement and oppression of women and girls by Muslim men. This comes amid accusations that the government is deliberately stoking anti-Muslim sentiment in the country. The National Council of Canadian Muslims said… Read More ›
Israeli Foreign Minister Calls For Beheading Palestinians
By Ali Abunimah / Electronic Intifada Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has taken his campaign of violent incitement against Palestinians to new extremes with a call for those disloyal to Israel to have their heads chopped off. He also repeated his long-standing demands for expulsion of Palestinian citizens of Israel. “Anyone who’s with us… Read More ›
France: Atheist Jailed For Using Grenades To Attack A French Mosque
By Dorado / Loon Watch The assailant said “I am a Republican, an atheist, and what happened at Charlie Hebdo infuriated me.” Keep in mind that people have been sent to jail for over a year for simply speaking yet he gets a year in jail for throwing grenades. How would the charges and media coverage… Read More ›
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