Institutionalising Zionism in American Academia

by: Dr Sarah Marusek| reposted from Middle East Monitor It is widely known that Israel and its allies spend millions of dollars to promote Zionism on college and university campuses across the US. Zionist organisations fund student groups like Hillel, the largest Jewish campus organisation in the world, as well as sponsor American Jewish students to…

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Anti-Israel Bus Campaign Hits Denver For Jewish National Fund Conference

Reposted from the Jewish Daily Forward October 28, 2013 Advertisements accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” are appearing on Denver-area buses while the Jewish National Fund holds its national conference in the city. The ads, which include the slogan “Want peace? Stop ethnic cleansing in Palestine,” are sponsored by the website Notaxdollarstoisrael.com and the Colorado BDS…

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Silencing the debate on US campuses

by: Dr. Sarah Marusek | reposted from the Middle East Monitor American Zionists are once again up in arms about an event taking place later this week at Brooklyn College in New York City featuring Ben White, a researcher and writer for MEMO. White is currently on a speaking tour of North America to discuss…

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Sponsor a mini-Ark now

and help bring attention to the suffering of children living under the blockade in Gaza reposted from Gaza’s Ark On November 30th, hundreds of Palestinian children will be reaching out to the world from the confines of the ever-tightening Israeli blockade of Gaza. In anticipation of the spring launch of Gaza’s Ark, they will gather on…

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Gaza Power Plant Forced off, Humanitarian Conditions of Approximately 1.7 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Deteriorate

PRESS RELEASE |reposted from: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of humanitarian conditions of the civilian population due to the aggravation of the electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip. On Friday morning, 01 November 2013, the operation of the Gaza power plant was…

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A Lopsided U.S. Visa-Waiver

By Yousef Munayer | reposted from the New York Times It is said that naturalized United States citizens often have a greater appreciation of their adopted country than those born on American soil. As a naturalized U.S. citizen who has traveled extensively, particularly across borders where the very notion of citizenship can be a contentious political…

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