Posts Tagged: Israel-Palestine conflict
Former US Reps. Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman Encourage Left-Wing Organizations to Push for ‘Palestinian Liberation’
Former US Democratic Reps. Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman praised anti-Israel organizations and encouraged left-wing activists to continue speaking up in favor of "Palestinian liberation"...
US Lawmakers Pen Letter to Wikimedia Foundation Expressing ‘Concern’ Over Anti-Israel Bias
A bipartisan group of 23 US lawmakers sent a letter to the nonprofit that operates the Wikipedia website expressing concern over allegedly explicit and extensive...
‘I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me,’ Antisemitic Assault Survivor Joseph Borgen Tells ‘J100’ Event
Activist Joseph Borgen, who survived a brutal attack at a New York pro-Israel rally this year, spoke of the importance of keeping stories like his...
Israeli Watchdog: European-Funded PA Teachers Training Glorified Terrorist Dalal Mughrabi
A European-funded foundation trained Palestinian teachers with material glorifying notorious PLO terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, according to the Israeli watchdog Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Mughrabi participated in...
University of Manitoba Student Union to Voice ‘Solidarity With Palestinians’ After ‘Contentious’ Debate
On Tuesday, the University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) approved a motion to issue a "Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian Students," following a months-long campaign...
British Jewish Theater Fans Protest Actors’ Group Wading Into Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Over 300 British theatergoers have written an open letter denouncing the UK's largest actors’ union for its advocacy during the May Israel-Hamas war, and its...
Canadian Jewish Group Asks Government to Intervene in University of Toronto Hiring Controversy Over Anti-Israel Academic
B'nai Brith Canada implored several Canadian government agencies on Thursday to deny a work permit to Valentina Azarova, a pro-Palestinian activist who was last year...
Group of ‘Alarmed’ Holocaust Survivors, Descendants Press California Lawmakers on New Ethnic Studies Bill
Over 100 Holocaust survivors and their descendants issued an open letter on Thursday asking the California lawmakers to oppose a bill that would make ethnic...
USC Faculty Group Decries ‘Cruelly Alienating’ Statement on Israel Endorsed by Department
On Sunday, 53 University of Southern California (USC) faculty issued an open letter objecting to a "cruelly alienating" statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shared by...
Scottish Friends of Palestine Seeks ‘Bias-Free’ Schools Curriculum in Parliament Petition
Years after a contentious debate over how children in Scotland are taught about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a nonprofit is petitioning the country's legislators to require...
Franklin and Marshall Alumni Letter Backs Faculty Condemnation of Israel’s ‘Jewish Supremacy’
A volley of community statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resumed Monday at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M), when over 130 alumni endorsed a hotly-debated faculty...
Cornel West Resigns From Harvard, Partly Blaming School’s ‘Hostility to Palestinian Cause’
Activist and scholar Cornel West announced his resignation from Harvard University on Monday, blaming in part what he termed a "cowardly deference to the anti-Palestinian...
Reeling From Gaza War and Lebanon Crisis, Hamas and Hezbollah Chiefs Meet in Beirut
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh met in Beirut on Tuesday to discuss repercussions of last month’s...
Yale Jewish Groups Denounce ‘Betrayal’ of Undergrad Council Resolution Condemning Israel
Jewish groups at Yale rejected on Sunday a resolution narrowly adopted by the university's undergrad student government that condemned the "injustice, genocide, and ethnic cleansing...
