Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—darling of the far-left and heroine of the anti-Israel lobby—recently canceled an appearance sponsored by far left ‘pro-Israel’ groups, and reportedly is avoiding meeting with mainstream Jewish groups. In this post, I go over the background of how we got here.
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Newton, MA public school officials backtrack on pledge to rid curriculum of anti-Israel bias
In several posts we have described how biased teaching materials about the Arab-Israeli conflict and the history and practice of Islam were used for years in the curriculum of two public high schools in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts:
Anti-Israel Activists: Israel Should Have Planted More Arson-Resistant Trees
Since October 2015, Israelis have endured stabbings, car rammings, and shootings in a wave of Palestinian violence that’s tapered off somewhat but hasn’t really come to an end.
Now it looks like arson can be added to the list.
This past week Israel has been battling massive fires with at least some of...
IDF brings the roof down on Hamas murderer of Rabbi Miki Mark – literally
On July 1, 2016, we covered the murder of Rabbi Michael “Miki” Mark, a father of 10 children, in front of his wife and several of the kids, Palestinian War of Terror – Israeli...
Leading BDS writer courageously condemns Matisyahu ban (then post disappears)
Benjamin Norton is a leading author who favors the boycott movement (BDS) against Israel.
Norton writes for the anti-Zionist Mondoweiss website, as well as a slew of other places on the topic of how bad Israel is. While I don’t agree with most of what Norton says, he certainly is prolific...
Boycott Movement: We only ban Zionist and pro-Israel Jews (i.e. most Jews)
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement suffered one of its worst public relations debacles when it pressured the Spanish Rototom SunSplash festival to ban American Jewish musician Matisyahu.
At so many levels, the...
Spanish reversal of ban on Jewish musician has BDS in panic
American Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu was banned from the Spanish Rototom Sunsplash festival after intense pressure from supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, who demanded that Matisyahu sign a pledge supporting a Palestinian state.
Matisyahu was singled out because he was Jewish. He’s not even Israeli. No other musician, regardless...
Spanish Festival apologizes for BDS-pressured ban on Jewish musician
We wrote the other day about how the Boycott, Divestment and Movement pressured the Spanish Rototom Reggae festival to ban American Jewish musician Matisyahu because he refused to sign a pledge supporting a Palestinian state.
Matishayu’s position was that he’s just a musician and shouldn’t have to take a political pledge, particularly...
Likely British Labour leader’s creepy associations
Jeremy Corbyn likely will be the next leader of the leftist British Labour Party. Elections are underway for party leadership.
The Labour Party has fallen on hard times after being crushed by David Cameron’s Conservative Party in the national elections in May 2015. The Conservative Party now holds an outright majority in...
