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Category Archives: The Media
Friday LIVESTREAM: “Reframing the Discourse on Israel/Palestine”
Friday April 5th is an opportunity to learn and be challenged via a major symposium — hosted by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, chaired by award-winning journalist Sandy Tolan, and assembling a wide-ranging slate of scholars, journalists … Continue reading
The Hijacking of America: An Engaging but Impossible Tale
WHAT IS IT about dystopian political thrillers that we find so compelling? You know, the stories depicting the descent of civilized, democratic societies into darkness, laced with themes of brainwashing, thought police, and the suppression of individual freedoms… Could it … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Politics, The Media, The Occupation
Tagged ADL, AIPAC, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Angela DAvis, Anti-BDS legislation, Bahia Amawi, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Boycott Divestment & Sanctions, Fordham University, free speech, Jeremy Corbin, Marc Lamont Hill, Military Aid to Israel, U.S. Congress, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
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Palestine’s Joan of Arc, the Gaza Shooting Gallery & the Stupidity of Occupation
A Song is Born by URI AVNERY / 06 APR 2018 A FRIEND from overseas sent me the recording of a song. An Arab song, with a soft Arab melody, sung by an Arab girls’ choir, accompanied by a flute. … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, Politics, The Media, The Occupation, West Bank
Tagged Ahed al-Tamimi, Gaza, Uri Avnery
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Navigating the Treacherous Cross-Currents of Blogging (about Israel-Palestine)
Commentator Robert Cohen grapples with the unintended fallout of publishing his views about what goes on in this tiny, yet troubled, corner of the globe. He’s especially bothered by the unwelcome, hateful, and sometimes downright scary reader comments that seem … Continue reading
Posted in Israel-Palestine Scene, Racism, The Media
Tagged anti-Semitism, blogging, Holocaust denial, media, Racism, Robert Cohen
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Straight Talk on Gaza
With the carnage of Gaza still fresh in our minds — and, indeed, the hostilities now flaring up once again — journalist and writer Sandy Tolan has done us all a huge favor: A few days ago he posted the … Continue reading
Tom Powers -- VIEW FROM JERUSALEM 