DEATH OF JOURNALISM IN NAZI ISRAEL

Mr Blau claimed he was being targeted by the Israeli authorities for doing his job as an investigative journalist.

The "only" democracy, I mean theocracy in the Middle East

"When I left Israel I had no reason to believe our planned trip would suddenly turn into a spy movie whose end is not clear," he wrote. "I certainly didn't think I'd have to stay in London and wouldn't be able to return to Tel Aviv as a journalist and a free man, only because I published reports that were inconvenient to the establishment."

Mr Blau said he decided to stay abroad after hearing that his Tel Aviv apartment had been broken into, and being informed that his telephone and e mails were being monitored. "Experiences I had read about in suspense novels have become my reality in recent months," he said. "When you're warned "they know much more than you think," and are told that your telephone line, e-mail and computer have been monitored for a long time and still are, then someone up there doesn't really understand what democracy is all about, and the importance of freedom of the press in preserving it." read it all here

ZIONISTS ATTEMPT TO BAN BOOKS......AGAIN

Quick, hide the truth, ban that book. All schools must remain an "Anne Frank Only Zone"

link A children's novel about a Palestinian girl set against the conflict in the Middle East has sparked outrage in Canada's Jewish community — with some school trustees demanding the book be removed from reading lists and libraries.

The Shepherd's Granddaughter, by Canadian author Anne Laurel Carter, tells the story of Amani, a young teenage girl living outside a Palestinian village in the West Bank, who dreams of being a shepherd. The novel — told through Amani's eyes — also depicts her family members' losses and their reactions to encroaching Israeli settlements

The Jewish Tribune recently wrote an article about the novel quoting hurtful comments made toward Jews on Goodreads.com.

"One book by itself is never going to make any child any sort of bigot. Along with other things though, yes, it could. I don't think that's a process that the schools should be helping along," said Brian Henry, a parent in Toronto who writes for the Tribune.

He says schools should be "a politics-free zone."

Except for "The Diary of Anne Frank" which I'm certain is considered "allowable" reading,and I think that book would be considered political. It puts forth the Jewish holocaust, yet with regards to the Palestinian holocaust, that must be ignored, censored or banned. Never mind that the Jewish Holocaust is long over, but the Palestinian holocaust is a long drawn out holocaust, that has gone on for years, where Palestinians are killed slowly over time, 2 or 3 a month, sometimes more like during Cast Lead, when Israel thinks it can get away with it. That must at all costs be censored or banned from being told. There's more::

B'nai Brith Canada has publicly denounced the novel, saying it "demonizes" Israelis and portrays Palestinians as innocent.

"My reading of the book is I walk away feeling hurt and marginalized and offended by the falseness of what's in the book. I don't walk away feeling I've just read a nice little story," said Anita Bromberg, the legal director of B'nai Brith.

Oh look, the truth makes her feel hurt, marginalised and offended. But that's nothing compared to the feeling of being homeless as you watch fat Zionist settlers feathering their newly stolen nests on your former land.

ISRAEL'S NEW ATTACK PLAN

Get the cheque book out America,
Israel wants a facelift, this is gonna cost you.

More broadly,we need to think about what the right messaging for an anti-BDS campaign could be “Let Israel Live,” for example, may make Israel sound pathetic and may sound too 1940s “ kind of begging the world’s permission for Jewish survival.” But, given the culture of crisis in the Jewish world, that is the kind of slogan that just might work. We invite other suggestions.

The BDS campaign is causing Israel great problems worldwide. They have been working on their new and improved "hasbara" game plan to hide the truth, cover it up, and shut down the BDS campaign over time. Upon reading this insanity, it occurred to me what the cost of such an endeavour would be to Israel financially. When you read the "new battle plans" below, think to yourself the money that would be involved in ALL of this new "hasbara campaign worldwide" if they were to actually implement this new "War Room" worldwide. I hope Americans are willing to increase that annual 3 billion to Israel, because if you think Israel will foot the bill, think again.

Additionally I notice they have a focus on restricting free speech at Universities and also are planning to "engage" non-Jewish student leaders and offer them "free" trips to Israel where they can woo them. They also plan to "cozy up" with the media and reporters, to monitor even more of what Israel "will or will not allow" to be published to the world. They also plan to take the "war" to the Internet, that's us folks! They want to "employ" non-Jewish bloggers to attack pro-Palestinian blogs and such. Not only that they have managed to come up with the absurd rationality that the BDS will inhibit the (non-existant) Peace Process between Palestine and Isarel, how creative is that lie!

The co-chairs of this new "training organisation" are:

Dr. Mitchell Bard link The Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and a foreign policy analyst who lectures frequently on U.S.-Middle East policy.

For three years he was the editor of the Near East Report, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) weekly newsletter on U.S. Middle East policy. Prior to working at AIPAC, Dr. Bard served as a senior analyst in the polling division of the 1988 Bush campaign.

Prior to working at AIPAC, Dr. Bard served as a senior analyst in the polling division of the 1988 Bush campaign.

And also is associated with link the UJC,(read about them here)and also Israel Bonds and the Jewish National Fund.

Jewish National Fund: link

The JNF's engagement in reclaiming the Land of Israel for Jewish purposes has involved a range of massive land infrastructure development projects.The JNF's charter specifies that the purpose of the JNF is to purchase land for the settlement of Jews

The Jewish National Fund (Hebrew: קרן קימת לישראל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael) (abbreviated as JNF, and sometimes KKL) was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine (later Israel) for Jewish settlement.Some forests have been planted for security reasons[34] and as a means of demarcating Israeli space.[35] Forests in the Negev Desert have been planted to restrict Bedouin herding.[36] After the 1948 war, forests were planted on the site of abandoned Arab villages whose inhabitants left or were expelled from their homes.[37] Olive trees, upon whose fruits and oil residents of the region traditionally relied, have also been cut down and replaced by pine and cypress trees.[38] As these forests have often been planted over the remains of Arab villages, critics say that JNF afforestation policy is aimed at erasing traces of the Arab presence prior to 1948 and covering up the demolition of Arab villages

He is also associated with:

Hillel(some examples of their "work" follow from wiki)
link UCLA Hillel rabbi and director Chaim Seidler-Feller was accused by journalist Rachel Neuwirth of verbally and physically assaulting her on the UCLA campus in October 2003.After more than three years of litigation, in a legal settlement, Seidler-Feller provided Neuwirth with a letter of apology accepting full responsibility for the attack on Neuwirth and a large financial arrangement with her.[14].

Robert Fishman, director of George Washington University's Hillel apologized for claiming that a pro-Palestinian law student was a recognized terrorist.[15]. Fishman also orchestrated a group of Hillel members to read highly critical questions pre-drafted by Deborah Lipstadt as if they were their own to President Jimmy Carter who spoke on campus in March 2007. This and their tactics of blocking the microphones from other students
(lots of stuff about them here) , Israel Bonds and the Jewish National Fund.

The 2nd Co-Chair is:

link Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal

Troy is also the author of Why I Am a Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today. The book has been hailed as a "must read," and the most persuasive presentation of the Zionist case "in decades."

And I must note that when you view the book cover below, notice there is no Palestine, it's been wiped off the map completely


So here's their new plan for attacking the BDS campaign, read it, and pass it on:

Please read and disseminate as widely as possible

**To be forewarned is to be forearmed**

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*Delegitimization of Israel: "Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions"*
*Co-Chairs: Dr. Mitchell Bard and Professor Gil Troy*

This position paper summarizes the discussions of the Working Group on
Delegitimization at the 2009 Global Forum against Anti-Semitism. Our task was to generate specific action plans to respond to the BDS " boycott, divestment, sanctions " movement, to reframe the issues in our favor and to set a new proactive agenda. If there was one clear conclusion that emerged from the two-day session in December, it was THERE MUST BE FOLLOW UP. There is a need in the Jewish world today for more coordination, for more sharing of best practices, for more LEADERSHIP in the fight against anti-Semitism. Activists in the field feel alone. Those who succeed are not sharing their successful tactics and strategies; those who are less experienced flounder, wasting precious time, resources, goodwill. Everyone was honored and excited to participate in the Global Forum; no one wanted it to be limited to a two-day meeting, and many volunteered to keep the global conversation growing.

Beyond that, this paper will spend less time on definitions and narratives, and instead serve as an initial brainstorming document. Through the use of a Wiki set up with the assistance of Dr.Andre Oboler, task force members helped edit these two papers. The first was initially authored by Gil Troy, the second on taking offense, by Mitchell Bard. We thank all the participants for all their time, passion and expertise � and look at this as the start of an ongoing process, which we hope will continue.

*BDS AS A CLEAR TARGET:*

There is a clarity in fighting against BDS that could provide traction in the Jewish world and beyond. In the current climate, Israel advocates are always going to lose a fight over �settlements� and �occupation,� or at best get mired in stalemate. BDS shifts the terrain, making the battle one over Israel�s right to exist, over the legitimacy of Zionism, over the anti-Semitic tropes shaping the anti-Israel movement, and the rank anti-Semitism behind the disproportionate, obsessive focus on Israel. It is also a battle about freedom of speech and of open discourses, given the BDS attempt to shut down normal flows of learning and commerce with Israel.

This is a battle we can win � and (shhh, don�t tell anyone) have been winning so far, in many ways, in many communities.

We also should recognize that BDS is a part of a broader campaign to delegitimize Israel. This campaign of delegitimization, Dr. Joel Fishman writes, has been "a central motif of Palestinian propaganda in international bodies" and reflects a strategy of a "People's War," as full blown political, economic, cultural, ideological struggle against the very existence of Israel.

The Foreign Ministry can help centralize the fight against BDS and
delegitimization, coordinate responses to what is a coordinated attack, share information, take a moral stand against the human rights hypocrites, engage diplomats in a fight for Israel�s basic rights, and train Israeli diplomats about the BDS movement. But the fight also has to be local not international, rooted in particular community norms, and necessarily somewhat distanced from the Foreign Ministry which is, naturally, perceived as a biased party, and whose involvement in all facets would help our enemies argue that we are fighting for Israel using the fight against anti-Semitism as camouflage.

*PUT BDS IN CONTEXT:*

Part of the fight against BDS is an educational one. And central to that is
explaining that

1. (as mentioned before) BDS crosses the line into traditional bigotry,
both by resurrecting traditional anti-Semitic tropes, and by following the
traditional ways of all bigots in attacking the essence of Israel and the
Jewish people rather than constructively seeking to change particular
policies or actions.
2. BDS is part of the �Durban Strategy� adopted by NGOs during the
infamous Durban Conference that was supposed to be against racism in late
August, early September 2001. Good liberals on campus and elsewhere who
think they are just fighting for �justice� need to be confronted with the
fact that they are advancing a particular agenda with a particular � and
quite problematic � pedigree.
3. BDS is also part of the broader Islamist strategy to undermine the
West. (Are they insane? Answer: Yes!) Especially in North America, activists need to understand how positions they are taking are aiding the same people who support shooting up Fort Hood, trying to down commercial jets on Christmas, and succeeded in killing nearly three thousand people on September 11, 2001.(I refer to my former questions, Are these people insane? Answer: Hell Yes!)

*Strategy / Vision A 5 Year Plan*

All too often, we get mired in the tactics of the day-to-day battle and are too reactive. The group decided that before plunging into a more detailed discussion of some dimensions of the problem, we should step back and think about our vision, about our strategy and about what tactics will achieve our broader goals, five years from now.

*Our Vision: *

Includes: Israel being a cause to celebrate

Humanization of Israel using a vibrant proactive approach making the Zionist case while emphasizing Israel's many positive accomplishments and appealing characteristics.(COMEDY ALERT: Appealing Characteristics like Ethnic cleansing and land stealing, and internment, war crimes and extra judicial killings? Lovely traits!)

Driving a Wedge between Soft Critics and Hard Delegitimizers

*Strategy *

To have in place legislative prohibitions vs. BDS which can then be applied in different communities, acknowledging the different legal traditions

Creating �Best Practices� which can be modeled and taught. To have in place institution(centralized, or 'hub within network' institutions) that can share information. (Committee members disagreed whether the bulk of the work should be from the government or from the community/civil society).

Institutions: To have in place Affinity Groups � lawyers, accountants, academics etc who can help fight BDS from within>(note the phrase "from within")

Israeli intellectual 'buy in' � mobilizing Israeli academics and other professional who understand the seriousness of the threat and fight it

Encouraging more Israel Studies on campus as part of a broader rebranding and reversing of the current wherein enemies of Israel on campus are rewarded and friends are punished

Debranding the NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations) � naming and shaming

Pursuing a strategy of ridicule and satire � especially on the internet(heads up they are going to attack free speech on the internet...........)

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Here are some steps we should follow to achieve those goals:

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1. Let�s Reframe to Name and Shame:

BDS means very little to most people � and sounds like a communicable disease (which in some ways, like anti-Semitism itself, it is�) The awkwardness of the language, and the venom behind the sentiments, together provide a double opportunity. We can rename and reframe their movement. We need to point out how BDS crosses the line from legitimate criticism to historically-laden, anti-Semitic messaging. We should note that BDS fails the �Sharansky Test� of Demonization, Double Standards and Delegitimization� because it singles out Israel for special condemnation, speaking for example about the �apartheid nature of the state� rather than specific policies. We could reinforce this by adding a 2-E Test � �exceptionalism� and �essentialism� � which again focuses on singling out Israel and, in the nature of traditional bigotry, condemning the actor not the act.

In that spirit, in Toronto, the Jewish Federation re-christened the movement the Blacklist, Demonize and Slander movement. In addition to exposing theanimus of the movement, the label cleverly filtered the BDS movement throughthe correct cultural framework when the BDSers targeted the Toronto Film Festival. Jane Fonda, initially, was happy to sign a petition bashing Israel. When she found out that she supported a �blacklist� � a major no-no in post 1950s Hollywood culture, she felt ashamed and retracted. Similarly, the leading academics fighting boycotts have been scientists, because free exchange is the lifeblood of the scientific community and the thought of risking that for mere politics is appalling to many. At the same time, there are (some, not enough) voices in the gay community denouncing groups such as �Queers Against Israeli Apartheid,� because they know how much more liberal Israel is than any other Middle Eastern country (the major international association of gay travel agents held its annual meeting in Israel in 2009).(NOTE: perhaps gay people should read this and this and this before they buy into this propaganda!)

These examples suggest we need to think, case by case, about how to frame the BDSers in the way that most emphasizes the gap between their actions and the democratic ideals they pretend to espouse. Recasting the campaign as a blacklist is a powerful way to demonstrate what the movement is really about. We should think of other strategies that help delegitimize the delegitimizers.

More broadly, we need to think about what the right messaging for an anti-BDS campaign could be � �Let Israel Live,� for example, may make Israel sound pathetic and may sound too 1940s � kind of begging the world�s
permission for Jewish survival. But, given the culture of crisis in the Jewish world, that is the kind of slogan that just might work. We invite other suggestions.

It is also important to determine the need for a response on a case by case basis. Some people argue that every BDS initiative must be fought out of fear of a domino effect; however, it may not be to our advantage to do so. Sometimes, we may give a trivial exercise greater meaning.

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1.1 Ensuring tactics don't defeat strategy

The campaign against the University and College Lecturers' Union's boycott attempt in the UK was a signal success, mainly due to a classic job of re-framing. The BDS crowd wants the debate to be about Israel and the pro-Israel crowd made it about academic freedom. Although this is an exquisite tactic it runs the risk of leading to a strategic defeat.

What happened was that the "bad guys" talked about how bad Israel is and the "good guys" talked about how bad boycotts are. In the end the only messages that anyone heard about Israel were how bad she is. The boycott motion was handily defeated, but such a triumph contains the seeds of a Pyrrhic victory. Perhaps it's natural to glory in any kind of victory we can obtain in this fight, however, �Israeli policy makes me sick, but boycotts make me sicker� (as stated as a typical progressive view in the BDS fight) is hardly the ringing endorsement of Israel we would all seek!

To quote Charles Jacobs (late of the David Project), students are often reduced to arguing that "Israel doesn't suck." This is only a slight exaggeration. Unless we can come up with a way to produce a new meta-frame for discussing the Middle-East the BDSs will keep us on the run until we are worn out.

(Emendation, post conference: Wes Streeting President of the UK's National Union of Studentsargued that this concern was somewhat ill-founded. In the working group session he stressed that the argument against boycotts in general had opened the way to substantive discourse on why a boycott was particularly unjust when focused on Israel. If that's an accurate depiction of what happened, then it's a good example of what we need to do to ensure that strategy is not eclipsed by tactics.)

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2. Dig Deep to Undermine

When the Student Society of Concordia University in Montreal was overtaken by Palestinians and anarchists in the late 1990s, early 2000s, rumors were rife about activists just enrolled in one course per semester to keep their eligibility for the Student Society, about money from outside the university being pumped into the pro-Palestinian activities (NOTE Israel has the cheek to say this?? With the billions it pours into HIllel and other racist orgs?) and about money from the Student Society being diverted both for personal gain and for unauthorized political use. Surprisingly, neither the Jewish community nor the journalistic community undertook the kind of Edwin-Black-style investigation the whole mess deserved, for various cultural and political reasons. Investigative journalism is an underutilized tool in the fight against coordinated movements like the BDS movement.

Similarly, we need to do more historical research, showing the polluted
origins of the Zionism is racism, Israel apartheid, and BDS movements. In October 1976, just under a year after the 1975 Zionism is Racism resolution
passed the UN General Assembly, Professor Bernard Lewis published an article
�The Anti-Zionist Resolution,� in Foreign Affairs (Vol. 55, No. 1 (Oct., 1976), pp. 54-64), uncovering the Soviet and Nazi roots of the resolution. Lewis�s research remains relevant today � as does his example.

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3. We Need a War Room

The BDS movement is well-coordinated (and well-financed). The Jewish community needs a war room, tracking this movement, sharing best practices, coaching communities. All too often (and most especially on campus), when an anti-Israel initiative is launched the few who care act as if such a thing never occurred elsewhere and start working on their own strategy � rather than relying on a broad network and a collective memory that should be helping them.

The War Room could also provide the necessary intelligence and background that could be useful in the kinds of grassroots fights necessary to defeat BDS. Whether this War Room should be linked to the Ministry, or to the Global Forum, or to another Jewish organization, or stand on its own, is an important subject we should debate.

In describing this much-needed body of activists and academics we debated the nomenclature � some call it a clearinghouse, others a hub � but we need to share information, coordinate strategy, learn from each other, and push certain lines, taking offense, not just playing defense.

In North America, the Federation system is talking about launching a coordinating body to fight BDS. England has �Fair play� functioning as a hub. In France the CRIEF coordinates. All these initiatives should be coordinated globally � through Israel, the target of the attack and the center of the Jewish people.

To be specific:

n Our guiding principle is that the first people to fight are the
people on the ground � this is added value not a command center

n The mission is to be informational and tactical � a clearinghouse of
information and like the town crier of old � a spur to action with weekly
updates, particular tactics

n Like an iceberg, partially submerged � we need to make some public
points to shape the narrative against BDS, delegitimizing the
delegitimizers, but we also need ome private initiatives. We should not
share all our strategies and tactics for the enemy to see

n Broadcast and narrowcast � having some messages that work globally,
but also customizing our messages for campus, unions, civil society

Professor Irwin Cotler spoke at the Global Forum about �the globalization of
the indictment� and our need to take back the narrative, to become the
plaintiff�. How can we do this is we don�t coordinate strategies, if there isn�t a central body for information sharing, with a great website, but also engaged experts, representing the different countries, helping to shape this battle, sending out weekly updates, helping people who want to get involved, and, as one of our participants suggested targeting the bad guys, using the blogosphere to mock them, to embarrass them, to name and shame?

Each community should of course have its own structures but this war room should act as a hub. It should start simply by coordinating a proactive, integrated structure against BDS and delegitimization � if it works, it could be a crucial resource when crises develop,and it truly could be a global forum against anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and delegitimization, but for now let�s keep it focused.

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4. BDS Draws a Line in the Sand

BDS Draws a Line in the Sand - Either testing or recruiting progressives. By implicitly shifting the debate from Israeli policy to Israel�s right to exist, BDSers have provided what we could call the J-Street Test (or the
test for J-Street). Progressives, no matter how critical of Israel, who condemn the BDS movement, prove their �pro-Israel bona fides.� (And Tal Shechter of J Street U recently sent out this message: �We should be investing � not divesting � in our campus debate, in our communities and in the people who will bring about change in the region. That�s why J Street U is launching an �Invest, Don�t Divest� campaign today to raise money for two organizations � LendforPeace.org, a Palestinian microfinance organization set up by students like us, and The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development, which promotes Jewish-Arab Economic Cooperation in Israel.�)

Critics of Israeli policy can in fact be particularly useful in this fight � note how much of the British academic boycott was repudiated by people who were from the left but recognized the boycott threat as a great threat to academic freedom. So fighting BDS can help heal some of the rifts in the Jewish community, assert a big-tent Zionism, and invite left-wing critics of Israel who nevertheless believe in Israel�s existence to stand up for Israel on this defining issue.

The argument should be made � and this is true, not a mere tactic � that BDS
harms the peace process. Whatever one thinks of Oslo, it is not coincidental
that Israel entered into the Oslo Peace Accords only after the UN lifted its odious Zionism is Racism resolution in 1991 and that Israel made peace with Egypt only after Sadat came to Jerusalem. A nation under threat of boycott, a nation that feels its very existence and international legitimacy are threatened, is less likely to make peace, which makes the Palestinian strategy particularly self-defeating at this point (not to mention the fact that Israeli academics are among the most outspoken peace advocates).

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5. BDS merits a double ju jitsu move

BDS merits a double ju jitsu move: First, the BDS response to Israel is so over the top, it should be an opportunity to delegitimize the delegitimizers. Second, the Toronto community has been particularly effective in turning the lemons of BDS into lemonade � going from �Boycott� to Buycott � with the results being sold-out Israeli movie nights at the Toronto Film Festival, record-ticket sales for the targeted Dead Sea Scrolls, and a run on kosher wine when BDSers attacked Israeli wine. More
broadly, the second paper offers many interesting ideas for getting off the
defensive, becoming pro-active and taking the fight to the BDSers.

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6. Make this the New Soviet Jewry Movement

A �Let Israel Live� anti-BDS campaign, if done right, could provide the kind of community-wide unity, continuing passion, and identity-building activism, last seen during the Soviet Jewish movement. The threat is intense enough, the moral issue is clear enough, all we need is the motivation, leadership, and organizational sophistication to make it happen.

*7. Make the fight Horizontal, Hip, and Hysterical� *

While we do need some central coordination via a �war room,� we must not forget the importance of the netroots in combating BDS. The fight needs to be horizontal not hierarchical � what we use to call �grassroots� empowering college students to get involved using their skills, their media, their networks to push back. In the same spirit, the fight should be �hip,� rooted in the language and mores of the 21st century, presenting an updated, exciting, relevant celebration of modern Israel. And, as already mentioned, the fight should be hysterical � we forget just how powerful a tool ridicule can be as a weapon in politics, especially in our �Jon Stewart� culture.

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8. Speak to Israelis about their roles as ambassadors and dangerous role as
enablers

The fight against anti-Semitism, against BDS, and for Israel begins at home,
in the homeland. Israelis can be the most effective ambassadors and activists in the fight against BDS � this should be the kind of fight for survival that transcends most political divisions and harnesses the kind of ingenuity and passion Israelis bring to more conventional battlefields. Israelis need to understand that, for all their much vaunted, �Start-up Nation� Hi Tech inventiveness, if the European Union decides to boycott Israel, the economic impact would be devastating. The threat is real � but not well known, and usually seen, unfortunately, through a left-right prism.

At the same time, Israeli critics of Israeli policy need to understand that
in an age of instant communication, what they say �within the family,�
echoes throughout the world. The Norman Finkelsteins and Noam Chomskys of the world quote Israelis incessantly. No Israeli should feel compelled to change their politics, no matter what Chomsky and Finkelstein would choose to do. But ALL Israelis should watch their language, understanding that
false Nazi/Apartheid/Racism analogies feed Israel�s harshest enemies, who wish to wipe out the state. There is a rich bank of historical analogies and words Israeli critics can use to criticize Israel. There must be an awareness of how harmful the Nazi and Apartheid analogies are, and how they are used � the slogan �Never Again� should apply to false, offensive, analogizing, not just the mass murder itself

Note the analysis of Uri Avnery of the BDS. Avnery has a long record of harshly criticizing Israel, but distinguishes between his ultimately loving
criticism and the exterminationist agenda underlying much of the BDS Campaign. He writes: �Reading some of the messages sent to me and trying to analyze their contents, I get the feeling they are not so much about a boycott on Israel as about the very existence of Israel. Some of the writers obviously believe that the creation of the State of Israel was a terrible mistake to start with, and therefore should be reversed. Turn the wheel of history back some 62 years and start anew.

�What really disturbs me about this is that almost nobody in the West comes out and says clearly: Israel must be abolished. Some of the proposals, like those for a �One State� solution, sound like euphemisms. If one believes that the State of Israel should be abolished and replaced by a State of Palestine or a State of Happiness � why not say so openly?

�Of course, that does not mean peace. Peace between Israel and Palestine presupposes that Israel is there. Peace between the Israeli people and the
Palestinian people presupposes that both peoples have a right to self-determination and agree to the peace. Does anyone really believe that racist monsters like us would agree to give up our state because of a boycott?� Other Israelis � and other critics outside of Israel � should be appealed to on these terms, understanding that the BDS-Apartheid-Nazi-language is anti-Israel and anti-peace. See ]
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Quote/Avneri1.html]

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9. Ally, Fraternize, and Build Coalitions

Far too much of the fight against anti-Semitism and for Israel occurs within a Jewish community bubble. The Foreign Ministry can be a particularly useful force here in helping build alliances with academics, business people, politicians, anti-terror/national security types, Christian Zionists, civil libertarians � creating a broad coalition that is against demonization. Moreover, we learn from the anti-academic-boycott movement in England, whose guiding principle is that �the first people to fight BDS should be the people in the sector,� self defense is the best defense.

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9.1 Labor unions

Universities (or other institutions) that invest in Israel seldom do so for reasons of Zionist sympathy. If they have put money into Israel or Israeli companies it's because their investment advisers have told them that it's the right thing to do in order to grow their endowment. Hence, divestment would be financially inadvisable.

If, in the midst of a divestment campaign, campus unions that represent
technical, administrative and janitorial staff were convincingly informed that the divestment campaign might well lead to job cuts (and not amongst the tenured academics pushing for BDS) they might easily be persuaded to
condemn such a campaign. How embarrassing for the "progressive" academics
pushing BDS to be opposed by the representatives of the lowest paid workers on campus?

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9.2 Students

We need to do a better job of empowering and educating Jewish and pro-Israel
students. Specifically through advocacy training programs, like hasbara fellowships and many others, which bring students to Israel and give them the knowledge, skills and confidence to advocate on campus. Too many students are too intimidated to express their views. They need quick and
easy answers to the most common criticisms thrown at them, and the confidence to deliver those messages. Jewish community organizations need to invest in these programs, and send their students to Israel to learn. Setting up one hour seminars on campus don't work, students need to go to Israel, learn the situation, and practice the responses.

We also need a major push to educate non-Jewish student leaders.
Specifically, more money needs to be spent on the programs that already exist in countries like Canada to send non-Jewish student leaders (members of student government, campus organizations, campus newspapers etc). to Israel to learn the facts on the ground. They are the future leaders off-campus and in the media, and we are losing this battle.

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9.3 Reporters

We need to adopt a radically different approach to media relations:
�embracing the journalist�, building relationships to go beyond the two traditional approaches of giving information to the press and monitoring/criticizing the media for �getting the story wrong� � and instead
helping them to �get the story right in the first place�, as MediaCentral does here in Israel. Reaching out to all levels of the media � local and national � to engage rather than criticize, without the �Hasbara� agenda but instead promoting accuracy as Israel�s best ally, widening the lens and helping to reframe the MidEast situation and to affect the tone and
terminology used . Working to win the �battle for hearts and minds� through the heart rather than the head, using Dale Carnegie�s approach to "win friends and influence people" or to put it another way, "rather than fighting your enemy, make the enemy your friend�.�

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We need a creative, edgy, systematic outreach to pro-Israel bloggers, who are willing to target BDSers and delegitimizers, exposing their tactics, ridiculing them as necessary, and, as much as possible putting them on the defensive.

*9.5* *Professional Organizations and Communities*

Dr. Jonathan Rynhold, who was involved in combating the proposed British
academic boycott of Israel, suggests applying some of the lessons from that
experience more broadly. He proposes forming and informing groups of Jewish/pro-Israel professionals within various national and international professional association/organizations/unions.

Their first order of business should be passing *anti-discrimination by-laws within the organization* that are general in nature, and that do not mention Israel per se, but rather oppose discrimination on the basis of race, religion, nationality etc.

This would put the onus on the boycotters to prove they are NOT discriminating, instead of pro-Israel forces having to prove Israel�s innocence. He also suggests offering a positive alternative to the boycott, such as engaging Israelis and Palestinians through the particular professional framework of the organization. Israeli organizations should take the lead in seeking international partners and preparing the groundwork for these general denunciations of boycott resolutions. All too often we wait until the crisis is upon us, rather than laying the foundation before trouble erupts. And considering that the specter of boycott already has arisen in various academic contexts, it is particularly important to re-establish and fund an organization of Israeli academics to work with the Israeli Academy of Science against the boycott, where Bob Lapidot has been the contact person.
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10. Zero in on a moment to raise awareness of the BDS threat and start
delegitimizing the delegitimizers

Beyond Israel (and the communities of Israelis abroad), even many ardently
pro-Israel activists do not quite know what to do with Yom Hazikaron,
Israeli Memorial Day. Perhaps this year is the time for a mass, international, cross-community teach-in about BDS on Yom Hazikaron, remembering the fallen soldiers and victims of terror by learning that words can kill (or heal), that demonization has facilitated violence and undermines peace. An added bonus is that after this sobering, somewhat defensive day of learning, one can simply celebrate Israel�s birthday, with Yom Ha�atzmaut immediately afterwards.

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*11. Meet �lawfare� with �lawfare.�*

Professor Irwin Cotler has termed the variety of ways in which BDSers have hijacked international human rights laws to hound Israelis as �lawfare.� Many of the French delegates explained that there had been some success in applying the new French penal code outlawing discrimination based on religious or ethnic characteristics against BDSers � who sometimes have very violently ruined Israeli fruit in supermarkets. We should explore this more fully, being sensitive to the different legal traditions in the particular countries involved.

12. Let�s Push More Broadly for a Citizenship 2.0 Campaign

One way of not just wallowing or being defensive, but to take the offensive,is to push a broader, Citizenship 2.0 campaign, deputizing the next generation to fight hate on the Web in general, and anti-Israel material in particular. Part of fighting anti-Semitism should entail enlisting educators, parents and community leaders to envision Citizenship 2.0, teaching students to avoid polluting on line-discourse themselves, to combat on-line hate, to assess on-line information critically, and to use the net's
grassroots power to defend democratic values against the haters. The Internet works democratically, let�s mobilize and deputize young people in Israel, and the world over to fight hate wherever they see it (and, of course, never indulge in it). For parents, instead of grumbling about their kids being on �the computer� all the time, perhaps they could start boasting about their kids as modern Judah (and Judith) Maccabees, striding across the blogosphere, defending the Jewish people, fighting the BDS-ers and standing for truth, justice, civility and democracy./blockquote>[image: Edit Section]

GOING ON OFFENSE

The time has come to explore ways to put the boycotters on the defensive and to initiate our own campaigns to highlight issues of concern. For example:

1. Seek to have boycotters expelled from international organizations. One condition of Saudi Arabia�s admission to the WTO was that it cease its boycott of Israel. It promised to do so and then, after admission, declared it would not end the boycott. Organizations such as WTO should be pressured
to adhere to its rules and other groups (e.g., sports federations) should be lobbied to adopt anti-boycott provisions.

2. Lobby academic journals to adopt policies barring submissions from anyone who advocates an academic boycott. Journals are supposed to promote academic freedom and intellectual exchange and should not collaborate in efforts to stifle such exchanges. If academic boycotters cannot get published, they will perish.

3. Circulate information on Muslims acting contrary to Islam. If the people of countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia knew their �pious� leaders were really alcoholics, gamblers and perverts, they might hasten regime change.

4. Create a �Student Rights Watch� organization that would seek to counterbalance certain NGOs that have become Israel-bashing specialists. SRW could go in at least two different directions � one would be to make a human rights organization that monitored activities around the world with the emphasis on non-democratic states (as HRW once did) � another approach would be to have the students focus on rights as students on college campuses with an emphasis on how Israel and Jews are treated, but also monitor other
abuses inside and outside the classroom.

5. Launch a Saudi apartheid campaign. It is galling that Israel is tarred with comparisons to South Africa when there is a country that really does merit this comparison. Progressive and women�s groups should be natural allies in such a campaign, which might have a goal of adopting Sullivan-like principles for Western companies doing business in the kingdom.

6. �Buy Israel� campaign. This is already being done is some areas, but it might be adopted as an international program.

7. Buy Israel Bonds. It has been done quietly, but a more aggressive effort might be made to sell Israel Bonds to corporations and other entities (there is a danger to raising attention to it as it might create a new target for BDS). It may be a tougher sell given current interest rates at the moment, but one of the best responses to BDS is multimillion dollar bonds purchases made by banks, unions, pension plans, and others.

8. Outreach to mainline Christians. We have spent too little time on
educating non-Jews and reacting only at the last minute when some of their leaders try to adopt BDS proposals at their national conventions. These churches bring in a parade of anti-Israel speakers who are rarely countered. Rather than focus so much attention preaching to the choir, greater efforts should be made to speak directly to non-evangelical Christians. The MFA could be especially helpful in this area.

9. Outreach to key minorities. In the United States, Hispanics will become an increasingly influential factor in American politics and, therefore, the U.S.-Israel relationship. Too little effort has been given to educating this community about Israel.

10. Developing Israel Studies as an academic discipline. Most universities have few if any courses about modern Israel and many of those that are taught are usually taught badly. A variety of steps can be taken to enhance the field across the globe. In the U.S., for example, the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), has brought 65 visiting Israeli scholars to teach for an academic year at more than 40 universities over the last 5 years. AICE also supports graduate students pursuing Ph.D.s in Israel-related fields and postdoctoral fellows. Chairs and centers of Israel studies are being created in the U.S. and, more recently, the U.K. Providing the next generation with a good education about Israel is vital for the future as well as critical to countering present campus-based efforts to delegitimize Israel.11. Try to make inroads at the UN and its associated agencies by targeting small nations. Many of these countries do not give a lot of thought to the Middle East and go with the herd. In fact, we know the UN reps sometimes act with little or no instruction from their governments. It may not be possible to overcome the Arab/Islamic bloc and its allies, but it may be possible to chip away at its majorities so votes are not one-sided and resolutions so biased (a small effort along these lines is underway in
the U.S.).

12. A priority should be placed on defunding anti-Israel UN agencies, such as the Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Efforts should be made to focus the UN on a positive agenda of economicdevelopment, health and environmental protection and lobby that funds be directed away from attacking a UN member and toward the mutual interests of all members.

These are just a few ideas that we hope will serve as the basis for discussion and stimulate additional suggestions for proactive measures to improve Israel�s image, delegitimize the detractors and energize everyone committed to fighting anti-Semitism.

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AGENDA FOR THE WORKING GROUP MEETING

These were some of the questions we addressed � although it was difficult to
cover them all, let alone answer them adequately in two short sessions. Still, we include them as food for thought for future conferences.

I. Should this �working group� evolve into an ongoing task force � if so,
what is its mandate, what are its goals, who will participate, what can it
hope to achieve?

II. Have we effectively explained why BDS crosses the line from legitimate
criticism to historically-laden, anti-Semitic messaging (failing both the
3-D, Demonization, Double Standards, and Delegitimization, and 2-E,
Essentialism and Exceptionalism, tests?)

III. If there is to be a �war room� � who should run it? where should it be?
who should participate? who will pay for it? what are its goals?

IV. How can we best harness the comparative strengths of different
institutions/communities in order to achieve the most effective response?
Where specifically do the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Global Forum
fit in?

V. In strategizing regarding the BDS movement, how do we keep the messaging
positive � while motivating normally apathetic students, etc?

VI. Who can make the case to Israelis that some of the discourse in Israel
is harmful � and how can it be done in an effective manner?

VII. If the idea of a broader anti-BDS/pro-Israel movement makes sense - who
will run with it, how do we make that happen? Can we work in some
cooperative fashion or will multiple organizations insist on doing it their
way with little or no coordination?

VIII. What other ideas do we have for "Going on Offense": and which ones do
we wish to make priorities?

Sweden Has What America Lost

Sweden becomes the real America, while America becomes Little Israel.

I was thinking this morning how so many smaller countries are just simply ignored by the world’s “Big Three.” You know the "Big Three" ones, England (America’s poodle), Israel (America’s captor and controller) and of course America (Captive by Israeli controlled Politicians and Lobby Groups) Given the worlds view of America falling under the category of “Anti-Muslim War Mongers” under the Bush Administration; America wanted a chance to redeem itself. You know it’s pretty hard to live up to that “American False Dream” of being the great supporter of “Democracy and Freedom” when you systematically strip that from Muslims in a fake war on “Terror.” And speaking of that “War on Terror” it always made me laugh because it is un-definable, what is “terror?” Well, to a Palestinian it’s hearing the hum of American supplied Israeli drones carrying White Phosphorous. But to America, its shadowy figures you can’t ever really see and who are not in America. I digress….

So America wanted to change its image and elected a snake oil salesman, the Messiah, the “one” the “Hope Man” but quickly the “hope” faded and we were left with a “Dope” instead. Just another Bush with a shiny new face. His Administration is even using the phrase "War On Terror" and he's fiddling with elections in other countries, Shame, Shame Shame........Is this what YOU hoped for???

So getting back to what America wants, e.g. to be respected in the world. Is it not ironic, that tiny little Sweden manages to get what America can’t buy or steal………..I'm talking about ”Respect” and just how did Sweden manage that? By having the courage to stand up for Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech, two of the founding principles of America, no less! Yes I’m referring to the latest charges of Israeli war crimes of organ harvesting in Palestine. Sweden’s FM just cancelled a trip to Israel, good for him for not being “bullied” by the King of Duplicity and war crimes, Israel.

So, listen up America, that’s how it’s done. Start standing up in support for those principles you claim to hold dear at the core of your founding fathers. Here’s the story:

Sweden's foreign minister abruptly called off a visit to Israel this week, an Israeli spokesman said Sunday, amid a feud over a Swedish newspaper article and a growing gulf between Israel and the international community over West Bank settlement construction.

Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has called off a trip to Israel planned for this Friday, according to Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry. Palmor, who would not comment on a possible reason for the move, said Sweden informed Israel's embassy in Stockholm of the decision on Friday.

The Swedish decision came the same day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew international condemnation for deciding to approve hundreds of new apartments in West Bank settlements in defiance of U.S., European and Palestinian calls for a total settlement freeze. Sweden holds the rotating European Union presidency.

But the cancellation also followed a diplomatic feud between Israel and Sweden over an unsubstantiated article in a Swedish tabloid that accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians and suggested a connection with an international organ trafficking ring run by Jews. Israeli officials condemned the article as anti-Semitic and reminiscent of medieval blood libels against Jews.(Yes, every thing critical of Israel is of course "Anti-Semitic" including war crimes)source

Israel Lays "Guilt Trip" on Spain Over Censorship Refusal

PROOF POSITIVE:
1.”Freedom of Speech” only Applies to Israel.
2. Others who exercise their “ Freedom of Speech” will be jailed

Now see if YOU can spot the irony and double standards in this article below. HINT: the red text is the double standards and irony;o)

Spain daily to run interview with Holocaust denier

MADRID — A Spanish newspaper is defending its plans to publish an interview this weekend with a British writer who denies the Holocaust, despite a furious complaint from Israel.

The center-right daily El Mundo plans to run the interview Saturday with David Irving, who served 13 months in prison in Austria after being convicted there in 2006 over charges he denied the Nazis exterminated 6 million Jews. (Notice how his "Freedom of Speech" resulted in a jail term!)

It is part of a series of six interviews with World War II experts, timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the war's outbreak.

El Mundo said Thursday it wants to publish "innovative" views on World War II for the anniversary. The paper rejects Israel's assertion that this is a case where freedom of speech should be limited, the paper's deputy editor Juan Carlos Laviana said.

Israeli Ambassador Raphael Schutz condemned the newspaper's plans as an insult to its readers, to legitimate historians and to the concept of free speech. link

Censorship At You Tube GUESS WHO?

Those who have been coming here since February, will know that I have written quite a lot about online censorship and how Israel has it’s hands in so many online communities. Well, my pal Rocker, over at Rock The Truth has yet another example of Zionist censorship. And he’s asking the question “Why?” a video that shows an Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian has been removed from You Tube as quickly as it was posted. Here’s a wee bit from his post:

This video was sent to me without explanation. When I posted it to YouTube it was deleted for "terms of use violation" even before it finished conversion. This video appears to show an Israeli soldier shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian

Anyone have any further info on this video or why YouTube would be in such a hurry to kill it? read it all HERE

Well sadly I can answer that question, with posts I made HERE, HERE and HERE

SUPPORT ISRAEL AGAINST THE "UGLY" WAR CRIMES

Let's all support the "pretty" war crimes and IGNORE the "ugly" ones. That's what some Israeli's want us to do. I have a BIG point to make today regarding the Swedish article that has many in an uproar. If you can’t apply the same logic to one victim of a war crime, then you shouldn't believe any of them, this will be the “new” mantra of the Israeli government on the heels of the Swedish article. Aside from freedom of the press issues, what we are really talking about are “Crimes” and the reporting of alleged “Crimes” this is not Anti-Semitic. What this is really about, is furthering the censorship agenda by Israel and laying precedence for future rebuttal by Israel over War Crimes accusations. What's the difference between these:







And THIS;


Nothing, they are all war crimes, so why treat them any differently. But, we are meant to ignore these "ugly" war crimes, and support for Israel is coming from some unusual places. Today Israel is happy, it is happy because many Jews who were supportive of helping Palestine have now joined with the Israeli government over the Swedish article. The Israeli government will see this as a victory, a coming together of Jews, a chink in the armour of the peace movement and a call for censorship and a reining in of journalists who write about Israeli war crimes. Haaretz has become supportive of the Zionist plot to censor the media. Yesterday an entire piece was published HERE and another HERE regarding the Swedish article about Organ Harvesting from Palestinians. Why would they support the Israeli government stance on censoring these Swedish journalists, when Haaretz themselves have published hundreds of articles based on reports of alleged Palestinian victims of other Zionist war crimes. Why would self proclaimed pro-peace, pro-Palestinian equality Jews suddenly have a problem with this Swedish article? I wondered about that.

I can understand the horror of having to face the possibility that soldiers from Israel would be capable of such a crime. But, I am equally certain that the American public felt the same thing when American soldiers were first accused of the atrocities of rape, grotesque perverted torture in Abu Ghraib and make shift prisons in Iraq. That is, until more came out over years of journalists doing interviews with alleged victims. However, leading up to what is now common belief about the American military actions regarding those events which were common place and emanated from high above within the American government no less; there were hundreds of stories reported, years before anything was proven. Amazingly enough, we did not see the American Bush government strong arming other countries with threats about publishing reports based on statements of alleged victims or witnesses. Of course we did see counter reporting and statements from the American government and military as expected. But that is fair game, fair reporting and fair journalism, FREEDOM of the press, let the reader make up their own minds. It is not censorship, it is not threats, and it is not creating an international crisis over an article about an alleged war crime. So, why is Israel allowed to get away with this now? And more importantly why would anyone purporting to want justice for Palestinians support Israel in it's attempts to censor journalists.

What about war crimes? How are they to ever be uncovered or investigated if the victims and witnesses are never allowed to tell their story because the crime is “too gruesome” to fathom. Using this type of mentality the abuse and torture in Abu Ghraib would have never seen the light of day.

And to the defenders of Haaretz and Israel’s stance over this: What about the Rabbi’s in New Jersey, or Bernie Madoff? Is the reporting of those crimes “Anti-Semitic” as some have claimed in Israeli papers who called the FBI investigation an “anti-Semitic plot?”

Reporting crimes is not anti-Semitic. Crimes like these have recently been committed by Rabbis in New Jersey with links to Israel. Those rabbis were capable of getting kidneys from Israel and selling them. Where did they get them from and who supplied them? In that light, I should think that these new recent claims should be investigated, instead of covered up by threats and intimidation. Where are the threats to sue America and the FBI for investigating and arresting these Rabbi criminals? Where is the international crisis over this? Same thing, it’s all about illegal organ trafficking, the only difference is one takes place in America, and one takes place in Palestine. However, they are, as usual, not treated equally. And guess which side gets the lopsided treatment? Never mind though, as I’m 100% sure that before this FBI case comes to trial, the organ trafficking part will be dropped as a favour to Israel. AIPAC will get going soon and begin their arm twisting and bribing for Israel as is standard operating procedure in America.

Until now, many in the Israeli peace movement have supported investigation into Zionist war crimes. Those War crimes were drawn up on reports by alleged witnesses and victims who are Palestinian. Going back to the Palestinians who made the recent claim about Organ trade, I ask this: What is the distinction between believing the statements of Palestinians who said Israel dropped white phosphorous on civilians, or shot at point blank range a Palestinian child, or kidnapping and interning a Palestinian without trail for years, or taking control of a Palestinian home during “Cast Lead” and then urinating and defecating all over it. Shooting innocent people at checkpoints, removing Palestinians from their homes, Settlers shooting and murdering Palestinians with the support of the IDF and government. Letting Palestinian children die for lack of treatment and supplies, starving people, forcing them to live for generations in refugee camps whilst they still have the keys to their homes which you stole. How is it “ok” to believe all of this on the words of Palestinian witnesses and victims, yet NOT apply the same logic to the organ harvesting claims of abuse, also coming from Palestinians who claim they are victims? War crimes are just that and some are more gruesome than others, but they are still war crimes, and those victims have the right to tell their story just the same as the victims of white phosphorous or any other Palestinian who has been a victim during Israel’s siege and genocide.

Is this an ugly subject? Yes it is, and it is understandable why Israelis find it distasteful. But it may be true, and by attempting to defend this or by supporting the Israel government stance, people are effectively helping to lay precedence. Meaning that this same “logic” will now be used by Israel to deflect from other war crimes Israeli’s see as “less ghoulish and ugly” but they are STILL war crimes and people were STILL left dead. Being murdered at a checkpoint or having white phosphorous dropped on your head may be more palatable than having ones organs removed, but both victims are dead. And that’s the reality. Now here are a few examples of this same “logic” on journalism, note the irony:

1. America demands that all journalists stop writing about Iraqi war atrocities committed by American soldiers, this includes all articles about torture and abuse both in Iraq and Abu Ghraib detention centre. As this type of reporting of alleged victims stories are nothing more than Anti-American journalism and should not be allowed.

2. Iran demands journalists immediately stop publishing articles about its President and elections. As these articles are based on reports from unverified Internet sources they are clearly biased and are anti-Iranian in nature. Additionally, Iran insists that reporters stop publishing reports that say Iran is making a nuclear weapon. There is no evidence of this, yet these reports continue on a daily basis. They are clearly designed to fan the flames of Anti-Iranian hatred, and as such should stop being published immediately.

3. Germany demands all journalists write no more articles about Hitler, the Holocaust, or German Nazi death camp crimes, as these articles are clearly anti-German journalism. Stories from alleged witnesses and victims are clearly racist and anti-German.

Imagine if Germany had taken the same stance as Israel now. What if Germany had censored journalists from ever writing about crimes from alleged victims of Nazi torture and death camps. It was the Jewish victims personal stories that uncovered Israel’s “holy grail holocaust” and the Palestinians should have the same right to tell their stories. Even if they are just as hard to hear as the Nazi stories were to Germans, or the Iraqi torture stories were to Americans.

We can never have an investigation, because Israel does not cooperate. There will never be any investigation our outcome as was in America over Abu Ghraib. So, all we have are the stories of the victims, and now Israel wants to stop them from talking. I’m done here, point made.

Oh No! It's Anti Semitism AGAIN

UPDATED, you may be interested in read THIS
Well you had to know this was coming. Charges of, you guessed it, "anti-semitism" being hurled again. This time against the country of Sweden for allowing freedom of speech and freedom of the press. So, like when all those rabbis were arrested in New Jersey in America for illegal organ trade and money laundering for Israel, it wasn't their fault, it's the fault of the FBI for arresting them, which makes it "anti semitism" Same Zionist "logic" here, but Sweden is so far, not too interested in having it's free speech curtailed by Zionists. We'll see where this leads, because when Israel gets a bee in it's bonnet, they will call in all their favours from all those government officials worldwide. Which ones will "blink" in Sweden

STOCKHOLM — Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has rejected Israeli calls for official condemnation of a Swedish newspaper article about organ harvesting, saying freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy.

Bildt said in a blog posted late Thursday that he would not condemn an article in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet that suggested Israeli troops had harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. He said freedom of expression is part of the Swedish constitution.

"Freedom of expression and press freedom are very strong in our constitution by tradition. And that strong protection has served our democracy and our country well," Bildt wrote. "If I were engaged in editing all strange debate contributions in different media I probably wouldn't have time to do much else."

Bildt said he understood why the article stirred strong emotions in Israel, but said basic values in society are best protected by free discussion.AP

And for more comedy here's a snippet from a pro Israel ragynet:

Swedish government disagrees with embassy in Israel. Sweden's Foreign Ministry says 'appalled' response by ambassador in Tel Aviv to Aftonbladet report saying IDF soldiers killed Palestinians to trade their organs not in line with position of gov't, which 'is committed to freedom of the press'. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman says report 'uncovered layers of anti-Semitism...Ambassador to lay down complaints with senior Swedish official'

Yeah, it's definately "anti semitism" most assuredly, any crime Israel gets caught at..........

MUST READ~CRITICIZING ISRAEL TO BE ILLEGAL

New Report out ~Today Israeli Zionists are tightening their grip even MORE on our freedom of speech.Israel will use this to take the cause to America next. Very serious stuff to report today, we are loosing our right to free speech against Israel. A Zionist “think tank” in England that has US ties is submitting a report to re-define the term “Anti-Semitism” and make those “new terms” illegal. Sit down, take a deep breath and get ready to be stunned. I came across this recent 38 page PDF publication which is being submitted to the British Government from the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (EISCA) the Zionist think-tank which sets out to “monitor” Anti-Semitism in the “World.” This will be used against the Government, the Media, Universities and hundreds of Pro-Palestinian organisations, not to mention blogs and any protests the public decide to hold against the Zionist state Military actions in Palestine.

This group has influential power within the British Government, indeed, one Rt Hon Denis MacShane, MP, is the Chairman of the group.

They have just delivered a “new” report In which they are “re-defining” Anti-Semitism to include just about anything one may say to criticize Israel. Such as Anti-Zionism; Holocaust denial and Holocaust related abuse; conspiracy theories; dual loyalty and the blood libel. More importantly, they take this one step further and are now including “Zionism” in this definition.

The report calls for the adoption of this new definition into law, which would then make it a “crime” to discuss or use any of the phrases, terms, arguments, theories or cases covered this new “definition.” They want the UK to adopt the EUMC (now the European Agency for Fundamental Rights [FRA]) definition of “anti-Semitism” so as to outlaw the use of the word “Nazi” when referring to Israel, its government, and Zionists. But that is NOT all they are after, there are many more “demands” which are quite shocking indeed, such as any conspiracy theories about Israel and 9-11, Zionism, or the Israeli Lobby in American Politics control in Washington. Additionally they want your Children to be “re-educated when they attend University (Sounds like Nazi’s to me!) They are also calling for media controls as well. Almost all criticism of Israel AND/OR Zionism will be “branded” as Anti-Semitism and illegal, so keep reading. This definition will target all aspects of discussion on the Israel/Palestine conflict, including media, universities, demonstrations, freedom of speech and much more. Here are excerpts of the new “Zionist Big Brother” PDF report:

STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
The report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism drew attention to five themes of antisemitic discourse: anti-Zionism; Holocaust denial and Holocaust related abuse; conspiracy theories; dual loyalty and the blood libel. This report combines them into one overarching theme- playing the Nazi card.

So as we can see, every single aspect of this new form of censorship will now come under one all encompassing heading of "Playing The Nazi Card" So they are effectively lumping hundreds of very real and accurate criticisms against the IDF, the State of Israel, the Gaza Genocide, the Israeli Government and any one critical of Zionism into one little sentence with the word "Nazi" in it. How clever!! Therefore you MUST remember when reading this below that each time they use the phrase "Using the Nazi Card" they are including ALL of this as well: Any criticisms against the IDF, the State of Israel, the Gaza Genocide, the Israeli Government and any one critical of Zionism That is the danger in what they are attempting here folks. With that in mind keep reading:

THE NAZI CARD
In the case of the United Kingdom, the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism recommended that the working definition be “adopted by the government and law enforcement agencies”.

When the Nazi card is played against the Israeli State, its leaders, its military practices, or its founding ideology of Zionism, it is clearly antisemitic.

Four different variants of the problem are examined in the report:
- The Nazi card as abuse against Jews.
- The Nazi card as abuse against the collective memory of the Holocaust.
- The Nazi card in the casting of Jews as conspirators and collaborators with the Nazis.
- The Nazi card manifest in discourse about Israel and Zionism.
Each of these variants of the Nazi card has harmful consequences that constitute a significant common denominator and the rationale for why this type of discourse needs to be addressed. (note that Zionism is now included in the Definition)

GAZA PROTESTS:
Placards carrying images of swastikas superimposed on the Star of David and the Israeli flag were commonplace in street-level protests about the recent Israeli military actions and the conflict in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. Allusions between Nazi genocidal practices and the activities of the Israeli state were also drawn in some of the speeches at protest meetings and press commentary on the conflict.

AND THIS WONT BE ALLOWED ANY MORE:

Richard Falk, the then incoming United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, published an article in 2007 titled ‘Slouching toward a Palestinian Holocaust’ whereby, for instance, Palestinian territories have been compared to the “Warsaw ghetto”, Libya’s deputy UN ambassador, Ibrahim Dabbashi, reportedly drew a comparison between conditions in Gaza and the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. This occasion was not the first time officials associated with the UN had drawn parallels between Israeli military actions and atrocities committed by the Nazis.

UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING ANTISEMITIC DISCOURSE
The project’s aims were to:
● Identify and illuminate the main component parts of antisemitic discourse.
● Include an examination of how criticism of Israel and Zionism can crossover into and become polluted by antisemitism through the expression or assumption of core antisemitic concepts.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANTISEMITIC DISCOURSE
This report attempts to shift the focus of analysis of contemporary antisemitism onto new ground: away from labelling and defining the problem to an understanding of the consequences of discourse against Jews, Israel and Zionism.

YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE ZIONISM:

PLAYING THE NAZI CARD AGAINST ISRAEL AND ZIONISM
One of the most challenging components of antisemitic discourse in general, and the discursive theme of the Nazi card in particular, concerns the problem of when the Nazi card is played against Israel and its founding movement, Zionism.

INTRODUCTION: THE NAZI CARD AS ANTISEMITIC DISCOURSE
Playing the Nazi card refers to the use of Nazi or related terms or symbols (Nazism,
Hitler, swastikas, etc.) in reference to Jews, Israel, Zionism or aspects of the Jewish experience.

● It would be timely for the government to commission a rapid evidence assessment into the practical experience of using the criminal law against racist and antisemitic speech in countries where such provisions have been established.

● The Home Office, in consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Crown Prosecution Service, should prepare and issue guidance for police forces and crown prosecutors about the circumstances in which playing the Nazi card, and other forms of antisemitic discourse, amounts to unlawful incitement to racial hatred.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE TARGETTED:

UNIVERSITIES-RE-EDUCATION OF YOUR CHILDREN:
UK universities and colleges should be encouraged to debate and utilise the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) working definition of antisemitism to inform their race equality and harassment policies.

● In seeking advice from scholars with experience in the matter, the government should commission and promote educational materials for university-level
lectures/seminars/workshops on Holocaust denial which examine how Holocaust denial in its explicit and more subtle manifestations constitutes antisemitic discourse.

● The European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism should produce a model statement that refutes the Nazi card point-by-point so that it can aid and inform those who seek to challenge it.(Soon the Government will be paying for these to be handed out to every kid at University!)

No more talking about AIPAC,the Jewish-Zionist Lobby, it's influence, Jane Harman affair, Israeli spies, all will be considered "anti-Semitic" soon:

JEWISH/ZIONIST LOBBY IN AMERICA
It has been suggested that in recent discourse regarding the alleged role of Zionists or an Israel lobby in Western societies, the language and terms of reference used to depict their alleged actions has sometimes been reminiscent of language and themes similar to those identified by Klug when discussing the traditional depiction of the conduct of the mythical Jew. Zionists and
The Zionist lobby have periodically been depicted as conspirators, controllers of the media, and of wielding undue power and influence over governments. It might therefore be suggested that such sentiment, when echoing traditional antisemitic conspiracy theories but ostensibly targeting Zionists is likewise not grounded in any real sense of ‘what they are,’ but has similarly come to reflect a discourse of hatred against Zionists as ‘Zionists’.

AND DON'T BE TALKING ABOUT BERNIE MADE-OFF ANYMORE EITHER,MORE HERE:

In addition to such conspiracies that allege Jewish and Israeli hands behind major international calamities have been references to longstanding antisemitic conspiracy theories alleging orchestrated Jewish control of world financial markets.

And they are going after the Media:

THE PRESS AND MEDIA:
The media in Britain have also played a hand in reproducing antisemitic conspiracy theories - even inadvertently. Most famously, the cover of the 14January 2002 edition of the New Statesman used a large glistening golden Star of David piercing a prostate Union Jack and the words ‘A kosher conspiracy?...Britain’s pro-Israel lobby’.

The Press Complaints Commission should be encouraged to utilise the EUMC working definition of antisemitism to inform guidance in its Code of Practice

● The National Union of Journalists at national and branch level should be encouraged to debate and utilise the EUMC working definition of antisemitism to inform guidance about how particular discourse can lead to hatred or discrimination against Jews.

● The Press Complaints Commission should be encouraged to utilise the EUMC working definition of antisemitism to inform guidance in its Code of Practice about how particular discourse can lead to hatred or discrimination against Jews.

● When the Nazi card is played as abuse against Jews individually or collectively, it involves a discursive and targeted hurtful act of raw explicit insult and potentially serves as a threat of future violence.

So, How insane is that statement, they are calling for a law to be passed to stop a violent crime that may not take place, or has not taken place yet? So perhaps we should start arresting people who "may" in future commit a crime because of their thoughts and opinions? ZIONIST BIG BROTHER STATE COMING SOON TO YOU

● When the Nazi card is played as abuse against the collective memory of the Holocaust, the offender ‘de-Nazifies’ the role of the Nazis and casts Jews as conspirators.

● When the Nazi card is played by casting Jews as conspirators and collaborators with the Nazis, Jews are portrayed as beneficiaries of Nazi genocidal policies.

● When the Nazi card is played against Israel and Zionism, Israel as a state is cast in the role of the Nazis with Palestinians cast as victims of eliminationist policy and practice.

So in the above statements they make it crystal clear, the “Holocaust” excuse will “never” end. In other words, there will never come a time when it can be viewed as a historical event, and there will never come a time when you can be critical of it, or have an opposing opinion of that historical event. Now, to effectively rule that people cannot have their own opinions or questions, no matter how far out, is just another form of Big Brother Control of the masses by Israel world wide. Taking that one step further, what about people who believe that 9-11 was an inside job and that Jews were involved. So, that “form” of thought will also be outlawed as illegal. SEE HERE:

In the aftermath of several recent international terrorist attacks, allegations of Jewish conspiracies spread. Since the events of 9/11, antisemitic conspiracy theories have variously alleged that Jews or Zionists were responsible for the attacks or were aware of the attacks in advance. Together with such allegations has been the suggestion that thousands of Jews were secretly warned not to arrive at work on the day of the 9/11 attacks.

AND THIS WILL ALSO BECOME ILLEGAL AS WELL:

JEWS AS CONSPIRATORS AND COLLABORATORS WITH THE NAZIS
Conspiracy theories about Jews have historically provided the mainstay of antisemitic discourse. New conspiracies are promoted with varying malevolence often in reaction to prevailing social, political and economic calamities. Once given life, the conspiracy theories become part of the everyday ideology and discourse of what it is to be a Jew.

Can't have the truth about the Genocide in Gaza being reported in public, people may find out the truth!AND THEY WILL BE GOING AFTER BOOKS AS WELL, SO WATCH OUT:

In one of the earliest British contributions to the Holocaust-denial literature, Did Six Million Really Die? The Truth at Last,38 published in 1974, Richard Harwood claimed that the “deception” committed by “the Jewish people” had brought an “incalculable benefit” in that the “alleged extent of their persecution quickly aroused sympathy for the Jewish national homeland they had sought for so long”.

“The language is significant - ‘hoax’, ‘swindle’, ‘racket’ -
All in themselves implying ‘Jew’ through the historical accumulation of antisemitic connotations (money grabbing, Jewing, Shylock, etc.)”.41

PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION (also will be illegal)

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and Henry Ford’s The International Jew, are exemplars of such a depiction of the Jew. And more recent conspiracy theories about Jews manifest this malevolent discursive characterisation.

AND LASTLY, MORE EXPRESSIONS THAT WILL BECOME ILLEGAL:

● Making mendacious, dehumanising, demonising, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective - such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.

LOOKOUT, that sweeping statement covers everything about the Zionist Lobby's control inside America. So, will we see books such as THIS by JOHN MEARSHEIMER and STEPHEN WALT and books like THIS by James Petras becoming illegal under the guise of "Anti-Semitism"?? MORE...

● Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.

● Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.

Don't you love that one? If it was even remotly NOT true we'd not have AIPAC, ZOA, ADL and hundreds of other "lobby" groups contolling America and it's worldwide policies! They advocate for ISRAEL not AMERICA. AIPAC spies and Jane Harman anyone? Sadly there's more:

● Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g. by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour.

● Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g. claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterise Israel or Israelis.

● Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

Please pass this post on...If you are NOT Angry then you are NOT paying attention. BIG BROTHER is already here, in the name of worldwide Zionism! READ IT ALL HERE
written by irish4palestine

YOU TUBE~ Under Zionist Control

Oh My, what’s Up with You Tube? Got a You Tube account? Are you Pro-Palestinian and Anti-Zionist? Well you may be on the “Hit List” because You Tube is allowing the ADL to create its policy for removal of videos it “perceives” as spreading hate, one type of hate. The translation= Only Videos that are anti-Israel. And, we all know what that means don’t we folks. No criticism of the Evil Rogue State, no videos showing their massive destruction, or the innocent victims they murder, or the white phosphorous they used illegally, no self expression against the Zionist Rogue State. Nope, only happy Hasbara, coming soon, to a you tube channel near you. Check this out:

Let’s play a little game. Let’s pretend you found a vile video that is very insulting to people of the Muslim faith. Let’s say you then decided to do as the Zio-Jihadists do and report this video under the terms and conditions of you tube as being hateful against a religious group. Ok, go to you tube here ,then scroll down to the bottom and click on where it says, “Safety Center” here, then select the radio button that says “hateful content” and click “enter” SURPRISE, it’s the ADL telling you how to remove videos and content that is “anti-Semitic” This begs the question, why is ONLY a “Zionist Jewish” group represented, why are the NAACP not included, what about African Americans? They constitute a far greater number of Americans than the 2% of Jews who make up the population. Yet, there is no group affiliated with You Tube for them to report racist content, no group representing the Muslims either. As if You Tube gives a shit about hateful content against Muslims for example like this lovely account here note the name. Here’s the answer:

The Anti-Defamation League announced Sunday its recent expansion into the world of YouTube

The US-based advocacy group has officially partnered with the digital media powerhouse in an effort to combat hate speech and other forms of abuse.

As the largest Web-video hub, YouTube relies primarily on its users to hunt down and delete inappropriate content, or to ban abusive members. While the extent of the ADL's role in that process is not yet known, the organization has already made a place for itself in YouTube's new "Abuse and Safety Center," where users are given advice directly from the ADL on how to confront hate speech.

KISS FREE SPEECH GOODBYE FOLKS, but there's more. check out some of what they are complaining about for a real shock:

The present system has had mixed results. In just a short search through the site, The Jerusalem Post found a number of anti-Semitic videos, including the suggestion that kashrut laws were a "Jew excise tax," and claims that a Jewish conspiracy led by former US deputy secretary of state Paul Wolfowitz orchestrated the invasion of Iraq.

Imagine someone having the Chutzpah to say something "not nice" about Paul Wulfowitz!! GASP!! Oh the shame and horror of it all! They now effectively control You Tube and they STILL effing complain about a political theory regarding Paul Wolfowitz, the poster child for War. They won’t be happy until every single video critical of the Zionist Rogue State or Zionist Jews are removed. Seriously America, get control of your country, extricate your country and government from this foreign power’s control. They are ruining you.