MUST SEE AMERICA BECOMES FACIST STATE

When peaceful protesting against Israel becomes a threat to the state.

The Joint Terrorism Task Force Division of the FBI Visits an Austin Peace Activist to Question About Pre-Crimes! On April 21, 2010, two agents of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) came to my house to talk to me, a part time peace volunteer for Palestine. After verifying that they really were with the FBI, I asked them to wait. I shut my door, took a deep breath, and grabbed my video camera. PLEASE see this HERE

cross posted from DP

ZIO WEBSITES ATTACK JOURNALIST WHO DARES TO WRITE THE TRUTH
April 23, 2010 at 10:51

For those of you that might not be aware, the journalist spoken about on this post is Khalid Amayreh. Khalid has been an Associate of this Blog for quite some time. An attack against him, verbal or otherwise is an attack on all of us…..

Jewish Settler website attacks, incites against Palestinian journalist
Occupied Jerusalem

An Israeli news-and-views website affiliated with the Nazi-minded Gush Emunim movement, which spearheads the manifestly- fascist settler movement, has attacked and incited against a Palestinian journalist for criticizing Ed Kcoh, the supremacist Jewish ex- mayor of New York.
Koch, a notorious Israel-firster and supporter of Jewish territorial aggrandizement, recently urged President Obama to give Israel a free rein to steal more Arab land in the West Bank and build more Jewish-only settlements in occupied Arab-East Jerusalem.

The journalist, Khalid Amayreh, described Koch in a recent article as “an irredeemable liar who lies as often as he breathes Oxygen and who tries to brainwash people’s minds about the reality of Israeli Nazism as embodied by the Satanic creature known as Israel.”

The religious-Zionist website pointed out that Amayreh’s view amounted to an incitement against Israel’s efforts to annihilate the national existence of the Palestinian people by way of expanding Jewish-only settlements on occupied Palestinian territories.

The “Arutz Shiva” website is run by fanatical Jewish settlers affiliated with Religious Zionism which teaches that non-Jews living in Israel-Palestine must either be expelled, enslaved as “water carriers and wood hewers” or physically exterminated.

The group, which has infiltrated the Israeli occupation army and is believed to have been responsible for the cold-blooded murder of numerous Palestinian civilians, also advocates the demolition of Islamic and Christian holy places in al-Quds al Sharif.

The mostly messianic settlers are racist to the hilt. Their ultimate mentor is the mystical figure known as Abraham Kook who taught that the difference between Jewish genes and Gentile genes is very much like the difference between human genes and animal genes. Hence, many religious Zionists adopt a murderous and Nazi-like ideology which views all non-Jews as non-humans and calls for murdering them since their lives have no sanctity.

A few years ago, a Jewish settler who had just immigrated from France murdered an Arab cabbie in cold blood after the taxi driver gave the settler a ride. When the settler was interrogated by the police, he told them that “I didn’t kill a human being, I killed a beast.”
Khalid Amayreh reacted to the settler incitement against him, saying that he was “not surprised by the way these racist thugs react to criticisms of Zio-Nazism.”

“I believe these settlers represent the Nazis of our time. Just compare their mentality and worldview with the ideology of the Third Reich and you will see the striking similarity. These people, given the brutal ugliness of their mentality, are a danger not only to Palestinians, but to Jews as well.

“Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with Auschwitz or Bergen Belsen, but with ostensibly innocuous behaviors such as the settler behaviors we see today.”

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?

Oxford University Students Speech Against Ayalon

First thing you notice is that there were apparently no arrests at Oxford. The second thing is that the protests seem to have been more successfully disruptive and very well organized in comparison to the one in California that Oren met with. Also, note the Israeli violence against protesters.

Danny Ayalon, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister and member of the far-right Yisrael Beitenu party, came to the Oxford Union on 8 February, on a desperate PR mission to resuscitate Israel's image after global public condemnation for its war crimes in Gaza last year.

The Oxford Students' Palestine Society, together with other student groups and members of the public, organized a protest, both on the street outside the Union and within the debating chamber itself.

It is our belief that Yisrael Beitenu, Danny Ayalon’s party, is a racist party which advocates apartheid policies. Ayalon himself refuses to recognize the West Bank and Jerusalem as Occupied Territory and is attempting to introduce legislation that would criminalize Palestinians who celebrate their national day of remembrance, Nakba Day. The fact that such a figure was invited to the Oxford Union unopposed is a disgrace. As such, we, the Oxford Students’ Palestine Society, felt it necessary to present our own challenge, and demonstrate the continuing resistance to apartheid, to occupation, to the crippling blockade on Gaza, to house demolitions and to settlement building.

The protest was a massive success. Outside, over a hundred people joined together to chant slogans in support of Palestine, carrying banners condemning Israeli policy and waving the Palestinian flag. Inside, numerous individual students interrupted the talk, challenging Ayalon's assertions that the West Bank and East Jerusalem were not Occupied Territory, and that Israel had 'given up' a third of its country in its peace deal with Egypt. Before long, Ayalon was not able to continue his rehearsed speech, and was forced to contend with a gathering storm of intelligent questions and statements contradicting his evasions and outright lies. At one point a member of the Palestine Society read out a full page of the Goldstone Report dealing with Israel's deliberate killing of civilians, to thunderous applause from the audience. Another student raised a Palestinian flag and called out a list of Israel’s war crimes, including the use of chemical weapons during the war on Gaza in January 2009. Israel's ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, sitting in the front row, looked bewildered and embarrassed by his colleague's feeble performance.

Beyond the hosting of Ayalon, and his outrageous remarks, the real scandal of the evening was the thuggery of Ayalon’s security staff. After the talk, as one protestor photographed their car, the security staff drove straight into him. This sort of violence is commonplace in the Occupied Territories, but rarely exposed outside them, seeming particularly surreal in Oxford. The protestor was carried on the car bonnet a hundred yards down New Inn Hall Street, clinging on as the security staff sped up. When he managed to fling himself clear, the protestor was badly bruised, but luckily escaped serious injury. Two other Oxford students had been forced to jump for cover as the car accelerated. After the car swiftly disappeared, the three lodged an official complaint. Thames Valley Police are now investigating the incident, having been provided with photographic evidence.

Nevertheless, despite the violence, the incident could not detract from the success of the protest, nor distract from the clear message that students sent to Ayalon and his state: until Israel ends its illegal occupation and the Palestinians receive the justice they have been denied for the last six decades, Israel's representatives and propagandists will not be welcome at Oxford University. This is the same message which British students sent to President Shimon Peres in November 2008, and which American students sent to former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in October 2009. It was sent again to Ambassador Michael Oren by students in California, on the same day as our protest at Ayalon’s appearance in Oxford. The call for justice continues. Source

CENSORSHIP~Amazon Sued By Israel

Israel attempts MORE censorship, Will the "Nakba" be next???

Look, here's the deal folks; Israel has to stop receiving "special" treatment that then allows it to censor people, websites, media and books. No matter if people have insane views on subjects, it is their right, it's called "freedom of speech and expression." The public can make up their own minds, they really should have that right. If people don't like the books, then they don't have to buy the books, but to ban books is the first step in creating an Israeli totalitarian worldwide censorship police state.Only Israel does this in order to stop any and all discussion in opposition to Israel's version of ALL worldwide events including 9-11. Forget about the "Holocaust" books, because I can easily see this transforming into a book about the Nakba being on that list for instance. Why? Because it does not match Israel's version of history. Just last week I wrote about a new law HERE which could be adopted in Europe that would make it illegal to imply that Israel could have been involved in 9-11, or any other theories involving Israel or Zionism. Moreover, this law would also make it illegal to criticize "Zionism" itself! And now we see today they are suing Amazon online for selling books that Israel does not like. This lawsuit, if successful, will impact European book sales including books in the UK. Look out America, you're next! More after this:

The German branch of the American Jewish Committee announced it was launching a lawsuit on Friday against the country's Amazon website, accusing the online book retailer of selling 50 books which revise or deny the Holocaust.

According to research conducted by the AJC, about 50 books, including Wilhelm Staglich's The Auschwitz Myth - Legend or Reality, are currently for sale on Amazon.de, the German branch of the site. Staglich's book, along with works cited by the AJC written by Germar Rudolf, Udo Walendy, Jurgen Graf and Carlo Mattogno, are also available for sale on the UK's branch of the retailer, Amazon.com.uk. source

Like I said, there can be no questioning, no opinions, no views, no thoughts other than Israel's version, so as Israel disputes the Nakba, I can see them eventually attempting to include those types of books as well. This is the beginning.........think about it!

Al-Jazeera BANNED From West Bank

Well, well, let us all see if America has anything to say about this like they did about Iran. Al-Jazeera news television station has been banned by Abbas from operating in the West Bank. Yup, the television station has been taken off the air because it dared to air an allegation from a top PA official against Abbas, you can read it here. So much for free speech or even news. Abbas must protect his kingship at all costs including banning the media, Instead of confronting and proving the allegations are wrong. So here's my question: Where's the outrage from the West on the banning of media, one wonders? Or is that only reserved for governments they don't like, for instance Iran. Pot-Kettle-Black

Al-Jazeera banned by P.A.

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Al-Jazeera television has been banned from operating in Palestinian territory.

The Qatar-based Arabic news channel was banned in the West Bank by the Palestinian Authority Wednesday, after the government accused it of incitement for broadcasting allegations against PA President Mahmoud Abbas, according to news reports.

The allegations broadcast Tuesday and attributed to a senior Fatah official claimed that Abbas conspired with Israel to kill Yasser Arafat in 2003. source

America's Zionist-Israeli Lobby Victim Speaks Out

William Robinson, a professor with tenure at the University of California Santa Barbara recently had a huge "run in" with the "Zionist Censorship controllers of America" You see, he dared to use the dreaded "H" word that obviously belongs to only Jews. Never mind that many other people have had their own "holocaust" Jaysus, in Ireland our population was halved three times, so we have a right to that word as well. As do the Palestinians. Because Robinson is 100% right in his assessment. Because Israel has now become the very monster that persecuted Jews, and that is why some people find their actions quite stunning. You'd think Israel would be a compassionate nation, having faced racism, discrimination and a huge military might with no way to fight back except "resistance" Sound Familiar? It should! Israel has become the "Nazis" and the Palestinians are the "new Jews"

An outspoken critic of Israeli crimes against Palestinians, William Robinson, hits out at efforts aimed at silencing debate on the "Gaza massacre".

Robinson, who is a tenured professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, ran the gauntlet after he likened the three-week Israeli war on Gaza to the Holocaust in an email to 80 of his students.

The email, which featured juxtaposed photos of concentration camp inmates and of Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip, gave rise to a raging torrent of criticism from American Jewish circles, many of whom accused Robinson of being an "Israel-bashing anti-Semitic".

Robinson, who is slated to be prosecuted for his remarks, hit back at the criticism in an exclusive Press TV interview, saying it would be "absolutely absurd" to equate criticism of Israel with "anti-Semitism".

"This is an obnoxious charge and the Israeli state and its supporters, including the Israeli lobby in the United States has been doing this for quite sometime, saying any criticism of Israel state policy is anti-Semitic, and this is an intentional tactic done to squash any open debate on Israeli policies," said the 50-year-old Jewish professor.

In a recent interview with Counterpunch, Robinson said Abraham Foxman, the national director of a Zionist lobby group, the Anti-Defamation League, is spearheading efforts to have him prosecuted for alleged unprofessional conduct.

Several groups -- including the California scholars for academic freedom and most recently the Middle East study association of North America -- have come to Robinson's defense and have described the prosecution as "a clear attempt to silence the criticism against Israel".

Universities in the United States and Europe, under increased pressure from Jewish circles, have stepped up efforts to prevent high-profile critics of Israel from appearing at universities in recent months.

Norman Finkelstein's sharp criticism of the Zionist occupation of Palestinian lands has left him without tenure in the DePaul University in Chicago despite his exemplary academic record.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to deliver a speech and participate in a question and answer session at the Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland, but the event was cancelled following pressure from the Israeli lobby.

Tel Aviv's latest military incursion into Gaza killed nearly 1,400 Palestinians, most of whom were civilians. The attack inflicted over $1.6 billion in damages on the Gazan economy.

The United States, which claims to be a supporter of human rights but is plagued by the overwhelming grip of the Zionist lobby on politics, has failed to even condemn the aggression. link

Jewish Professor~Jewish Holocaust=Gaza Genocide

They should give this Jewish professor an award for speaking out (report below). Instead, the Nazi Zionist Student lobby are attempting to remove him as they have done with others. You can read about these groups HERE, they are on almost every campus, in almost every country, they are like the "borg" and they have a handbook on how to organise and attack, as well as how to use "hasbara" and they are supported by the Israeli government. Free Speech is only allowed if you support the Israeli Holocaust on Gaza. Story below on Jewish Professor:

A Jewish sociology professor undergoes investigation over drawing an analogy between Nazi atrocities and the Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.

The probe by the University of California, Santa Barbara, will look into allegations of improper conduct and anti-Semitism against William I. Robinson, who compared Israel's three-week-long onslaught against Gazans to the Holocaust.

Robinson in January sent an e-mail to 80 of his students, in which he juxtaposed photos of Jews killed by the Nazis and similar photos of Palestinians killed in Israeli incursions.

"Gaza is Israel's Warsaw - a vast concentration camp that confined and blockaded Palestinians," Israeli Ynet news quoted the e-mail entitled "Parallel images of Nazis and Israelis."

The email said Israel is subjecting Palestinians "to the slow death of malnutrition, disease and despair, nearly two years before their subjection to the quick death of Israeli bombs."

"We are witness to a slow-motion process of genocide...," Robinson wrote in his e-mail.

The move drew sharp criticism from Jewish groups and two students who quit the class and filed complaints, leading to formation of an ad hoc committee by the university's Academic senate.

The committee is to investigate if Robinson has violated university policy that bans professors from intimidating students and using campus resources for personal, political reasons unrelated to their classes.

Robinson, however, has rejected the allegations, arguing that it was within his rights of academic freedom to challenge students with controversial topics.

He called the investigation a "violation of academic freedom," saying that the students have formed a support committee and outside academics, including noted sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky, have publicly sided with Robinson. source

Finkelstein Will Speak

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Clark University President John Bassett fails in his efforts to cancel a lecture by Norman Finkelstein on the Israeli massacre of Gazans.

Basset sparked student fury earlier this month after he nixed the appearance of Finkelstein -- an outspoken critic of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians -- for fear that any support would undermine a university-sponsored conference on the Holocaust.

The Students for Palestinian Rights and other organizations responded by circulating petitions and organizing a protest rally in criticism of what they believed to be a violation of the right of freedom of speech granted under the First Amendment.

The American Civil Liberties Union also wrote a letter Basset, reprimanding him for infringing upon academic freedom.

In the face of the angry outburst, Basset revoked the cancellation and rescheduled Finkelstein's appearance for Monday, after the conference MORE HERE

JEWISH LOBBY AT IT AGAIN

What is it with these people? They want to censor the world, let me remind everyone that this same group, the ADL (Anti_Defamation League)were the ones behind the ban on George Galloway in Canada. Now, they are going after Desmond Tutu who is to speak at a Michigan University. well, I can understand Israel's problem with Tutu. After all, Israel supported the apartheid government in South Africa and continues it's own version of Apartheid in Israel against Palestinians. Once a racists, always a racist. Please, America, get these Zionist Israeli agents out of your politics and country, next they will start censoring the Internet, Oh sorry, forgot, my bad, they already ARE doing that HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE!! Story on Tutu below:

Anti-Defamation League asks MSU to reconsider Tutu

In a letter sent last week, the Anti-Defamation League asked Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon to reconsider the invitation extended to Archbishop Desmond Tutu to give the university’s commencement address next month.

The Jewish advocacy organization said the South African cleric, whose opposition to Apartheid earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, had made statements about Israel that “conveyed outright bigotry against the Jewish homeland and the Jewish people.”

It said he supports a cultural and academic boycott of Israel “based on ideas that are anti-Semitic and should be anathema to any institution of higher learning truly committed to academic freedom.”

Simon responded earlier this week. She said no.

While noting that university leaders had publicly opposed such a boycott, she wrote in a letter dated Monday, “Michigan State University rejects the notion that free intellectual exchange and scholarly activities should be casualties of political disagreement.”

UNBELIEVABLE~Israel Targets Haaretz!!!

The JOKE of Israel being a "democracy" becomes even more ridiculous. Israel cannot stand any criticism what so ever. They have hundreds of organisations who work to silence, censor and shut down any forms of media that dares to criticize Israel or its genocidal actions. Now they are coming for one of their own that dared to question Israel, the leftist paper Haaretz is the next target of Israel's right wingnut neocon racists. Just like they target youtube, wiki, message boards, television, British MP's, Charles Freeman and forms of critisizm, now they will "teach Haaretz a lesson"

Reservists Call to Investigate Haaretz

(IsraelNN.com) Forty-six IDF reservists who fought in Operation Cast Lead in Gaza have sent a letter to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz asking him to investigate the Hebrew-language daily Haaretz for slander. The reservists have accused the paper of publishing serious accusations against IDF soldiers without taking the time to examine the claims.

Haaretz published testimony from two reservists who fought in Gaza who claimed to have witnessed war crimes, including the shooting of an innocent woman and her children. However, after the claims had gained worldwide media coverage, the two clarified that they had not witnessed the incidents in question, but rather had heard about them from others

The soldiers clarified that they are not against the publication of articles criticizing IDF actions or policies. “We believe that public discourse is critical to our society... We believe that whenever soldiers are found to have violated orders or behaved immorally, in Cast Lead or any other operation, the problem should be given public exposure and dealt with,” they wrote.

"However, this does not justify or permit the serious and sweeping accusations against IDF combat soldiers as a group as they appeared in Haaretz,” the letter continued.

The purpose of investigating Haaretz for slander would be to show the media as a whole “that not everything is permitted... that one cannot spread falsehoods, slander and lies in the name of free speech; that in Israel in 2009 blood libels are not allowed,” the group concluded.

Canada Will Need Thousands More Customs Officers

I like this take on the Galloway decision. If Canada,(or any country for that matter) is going to start the habit of banning anyone who holds different views in order to censor them, then they better start hiring thousands more Customs officers LOL, Too true!

British MP George Galloway is no more a threat to Canada’s national security than was deported racist Ernst Zundel.

If Canada is going to bar all prominent visitors who are obnoxious, or who spout political views we don’t agree with, then we had better start hiring thousands more customs personnel LINK

CENSORSHIP LIVES~Galloway Ban Upheld~Thanks to Jewish Lobby Who Run Canada

Well it appears that the ADL of Canada controls the Government in the same way the ADL and AIPAC do in the USA. I find it stunning that a foreign country has this much of a grip on both Canada and the USA. Why should Americans, or Canadians for that matter bother to even vote as Israel is the real power in both countries.Note there is an update at the end as this story continues to develop

British MP banned from Canada
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3/30/2009

Controversial British MP George Galloway's request for an injunction to enter Canada has been denied by a Federal Court judge.

The decision prevents Galloway from appearing in person at an event in Toronto this evening, the first of three scheduled events in Canada.

The federal government has told Galloway he could not enter Canada because he allegedly engaged in terrorist activities.

In a letter to Galloway, the government says the MP delivered humanitarian goods to war-torn Gaza and gave $45,000 to Hamas, which is a banned terrorist organization in Canada.

On Sunday, one of the lawyers who made the injunction bid said Galloway gave money to the head of the government in Gaza, not to the head of Hamas, even though they are the same person.

Organizers of Galloway's speaking tour have said the Toronto speech, scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, would go ahead - either in person if he wins the court injunction, or via video if he loses.

Don't belive the Jewish Jobby had anything to do with this decision? See here:

Galloway speech will aid Hamas, group alleges

A Federal Court judge in Toronto has upheld a Canadian travel ban for outspoken British MP and antiwar activist George Galloway.

George Galloway's planned visit to Canada is not just a speaking junket, but a fundraising tour that would benefit the outlawed terrorist group Hamas, the Canadian wing of the Jewish Defence League alleged yesterday.

The controversial Zionist group cited a press release from Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, one of Mr. Galloway's hosts, that said a Montreal event on Wednesday "will aim to raise additional funds for Galloway's Gaza aid caravan."

Meir Weinstein, national director of JDL, said he did not know if it was his March 16 letter, citing Mr. Galloway's own promotional material, that tipped the Conservative government to the visit.

Mr. Weinstein said he is primarily concerned with the fundraising, not the famously bombastic content of Mr. Galloway's speeches.

He said concerns over free speech made him feel "damned if you do, and damned if you don't." But he said he "can't accept being relegated to second rate status, that we don't have a right to object."

"We would oppose him speaking anywhere and we would oppose any apologist or supporter of Hamas," he said. "But whether or not the government would prevent that, I don't know. We're not taking a stand on the issue of free speech here... It's extremely dangerous what this individual represents."

Laith Marouf, branches coordinator for Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights in Montreal, said that for the JDL to accuse others of supporting terrorism "is like the pot calling the kettle black."

He referred to the FBI's description of JDL as "a violent extremist Jewish organization." Among other critics, the Southern Poverty Law Center calls it a "hate group," and denounces its "long history of bombing, assaulting and threatening its perceived enemies."

JDL's Canada wing was recently reformed under Mr. Weinstein after a period of inactivity.

Mr. Marouf said Mr. Galloway's aid caravan brought humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza, and did not support terrorism.

"That is what we are aiming to raise funds for," Mr. Marouf said, adding that the money would be given as a donation to the British charity Viva Palestina.

This charity, backed by Mr. Galloway, has said it raised around $2-million, largely as a result of public outcry at Israel's offensive there in January.

I find it rich that the ADL has the audacity to cite "terrorist" activity when people are making charitable donations for humanitarian aid to people who just suffered a holocaust committed by Nazi Israelis. This when the ADL has a legacy of being a terrorist group. They are just terrorists in suits, without balaclavas!

see HERE form the FBI website!

"Investigation by the Los Angeles JTTF revealed that Irving Rubin and Earl Krugel were active members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a known violent extremist Jewish Organization. A Cooperating Witness reported statements made by Rubin and Krugel indicating a plan to attack the Islamic Muslim Public Affairs Council (IMPAC) office in Los Angeles or possibly the California office of United States Congressman Darrell Issa. Statements made by Kruger indicated the motivation for the attack was to serve as a "wake up call" to the Muslim Community. Rubin and Krugel were arrested by members of the Los Angeles JTTF for conspiring to build and place an improvised explosive device at the IMPAC office. Irving Rubin committed suicide and Earl Krugel's charges are pending."

Who's the real "terrorists"
So, it appears the Israeli terrorists are allowed to grow and flourish, however, those who want to help collect humanitarian aid for the victims of those terrorists are now considered the terrorists. Yes, perhaps in Bizarro Land

UPDATED X1

Travel ban upheld for outspoken British MP Galloway
Ruling leaves open the possibility that there could be a full hearing on whether Mr. Galloway can enter Canada at a later date. Barbara Jackman, who represented Mr. Galloway and his supporters, said she was disappointed with the decision.

"The court was asked to do something courageous, to defend free speech," said Ms. Jackman, who added that she is not aware of any other British MP ever being denied entry to Canada.

She indicated there may be a full hearing at a later date to decide if Mr. Galloway can enter the country in the future.

UPDATE~Galloway Decision & Caravan

Caravan to meet British MP George Galloway at border cancelled

TORONTO - A Federal Court judge will rule today on an injunction asking that British MP George Galloway be allowed into Canada to deliver anti-war speeches.

A caravan of his supporters was scheduled to meet him at the Canada-U.S. border at Lacolle, Que. today in anticipation of the court decision. But because the ruling isn't expected until about 2 p.m. ET, caravan organizers have decided to cancel the border event.

Organizers of Galloway's speaking tour say a speech scheduled for 7 p.m. ET in Toronto will go ahead - either in person if he wins the court injunction, or via video if he loses.

Lawyers representing groups trying to bring Galloway to Canada say an injunction should be granted allowing Galloway to enter Canada for four days pending a judicial review.

Galloway is also scheduled to deliver speeches in Mississauga, Ont., Montreal and Ottawa.

Team Galloway~How YOU Can Help

From Team Galloway, how YOU can help:

The scale of the correspondence we’ve received means that it will take some time to respond properly to all who’ve emailed in.

Perhaps Jason Kenney hoped to silence George by banning him from the country. The opposite has happened. Not only has George begun a packed tour of the US, speaking on Palestine and the war, but he is getting coast to coast coverage in Canada itself. Pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its decision.

As George says, “What is happening is a sinister attempt to criminalise efforts to build solidarity for the besieged people of Palestine their right to choose their own government.” It is also a dangerous attack on the principle of free speech.

Below is a step by step guide from Canadian campaigners over how to register your anger at the ban. Please take a couple of moments to email off your response.

The legal challenge to the ban has been submitted and more and more people are booking for the tour dates. Whatever happens, George will be addressing those theatres by one means or another.

We are also asking people to show their support financially. Click this link to donate to the special fund to fight Kenney’s political ban and to support Viva Palestina’s political campaigning work to lift the siege of Gaza. If you’re sick of illiberal, pro-war policies – help fund opposition to them.

Thank you again for your support. Do check out the Viva Palestina site – www.vivapalestina.org and George’s own site www.georgegalloway.com

With best wishes,

George Galloway campaign team

Jason Kenney:
Defend free speech.
Let George Galloway into Canada. Stop the attacks on civil liberties.

Please contact immediately the offices of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney to demand that he reverse his ban on British MP George Galloway. Jason Kenney must stop his attacks on civil liberties and support the right to free speech.

Please also include the entire Conservative caucus in your e-mail (or as much of it as you can). Conservative MPs must take responsibility for their party’s decision to attack free speech in Canada. Make sure they know that their position is indefensible, and that they must join the call to reverse the ban on George Galloway.

E-mailing is the fastest and easiest way to contact Jason Kenney and Conservative MPs. Just follow these steps:

Step 1:
Cut and paste Jason Kenney’s e-mail addresses into your address line:

KenneJ@parl.gc.ca; Kennej7@parl.gc.ca; minister@cic.gc.ca

Step 2:
Cut and paste the e-mail addresses of the entire Conservative caucus into your CC line (If your e-mail account can’t e-mail this many addresses at once, try sending your e-mail to a smaller block of addresses one at a time. You may have to send several e-mails in order to reach the entire caucus.). Please note that this list includes Conservative staffers.

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Step 3:
Don¹t forget to fill out your subject line:

Let Galloway into Canada. Defend free speech.

Step 4:
Cut and paste the message below. Feel free to personalize it with your own words. And don’t forget to include your name at the bottom.

Dear Mr. Kenney:

Your decision to ban British MP George Galloway represents an unprecedented attack on free speech and on civil liberties in Canada.
Regardless of Mr. Galloway’s opinions on the war in Afghanistan or the Middle East, you have no right to silence his views. Canada is now the only country in the world to ban a sitting Member of the British Parliament, someone who has been elected five times and who has no criminal record.

I am demanding that you reverse this decision immediately and make provisions to guarantee Mr. Galloway’s entry into Canada. In addition, I am demanding that you cease immediately any further attacks on free speech and civil liberties in Canada.

I look forward to your prompt reply.

Sincerely,

Step 5: Press send!