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First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Israel blocks UNESCO fact-finding mission to investigate assaults on holy places in Jerusalem

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement UNESCO visit to Jerusalem canceled by Israel Times of Israel 20 May by Gavriel Fiske -- Palestinian ‘politicization’ of UN mission cited as reason for decision to block ... [Published Mondoweiss - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Israel, Jerusalem, Nablus (Palestine), Hebron (West Bank), Mohammed Sheikh

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Jewish philanthropies stay away from org dedicated to Yiddish culture because it doesn’t focus on Israel or the Holocaust

Yiddishkayt is a cultural and educational center in Los Angeles that runs programs focused on Yiddish culture. It looks like they do interesting work, including the Helix project which sends young people to Eastern Europe to learn about the history ... [Published Mondoweiss - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Allan Nadler, Israel, Judaism

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Joseph Biden

Biden says Jewish ‘influence’ behind American cultural politics is ‘immense… immense’

Joe Biden gave a speech to a Jewish group Tuesday night at which he said that the Jewish influence "behind" American culture is "immense." Praising a Jewish audience, he spoke of the prominent roles Jews had played in transforming American attitudes toward ... [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Joseph Biden, Gay, Civil Rights, Betty Friedan, Hollywood

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

‘Forward’ piece on destruction of Palestinian neighborhood fronting Western Wall is not embraced by all ‘Forward’ readers

Here you will find a fabulous piece of reporting by the Forward's Ben Lynfield on the destruction of the Mughrabi Quarter of Jerusalem on the last day of the Six Day War in 1967 so as to create a plaza for Jews to go to the Western Wall. "Palestinians ... [Published Mondoweiss - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Jerusalem, Israel, David Rubinger, Religion

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Palestinian National Authority

Israel cracks down on American travel to West Bank by requiring tourists to obtain military permit

Ben Gurion Airport Israeli authorities have implemented another way to impede free access to the occupied Palestinian territories for American travelers. Haaretz’s Amira Hass reported over the weekend that Israel is now forbidding “tourists from the ... [Published Mondoweiss - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Amira Hass, Israel, Palestinian National Authority, Deportation, Military/Armed Forces

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Reporters Sans Frontières

Reporters Without Borders on the Israeli al-Dura investigation: ‘the nature and substance of this report are questionable and give the impression of a smear operation’

Reporters Without Borders just released the following statement on recently released Israeli investigation into the death of Muhammad al-Dura : The Israeli government has just published a repor t of its investigation into French TV station France ... [Published Mondoweiss - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Charles Enderlin, Muhammad Al-Durrah, Reporters Sans Frontières

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama’s secret wars in Muslim world make Americans vulnerable

Obama is giving a speech on drones tomorrow. He ought to address David Bromwich's piece for Huffpo , which asks of Obama's enthusiasm for drones, "Is America at war with Islam?" Eight days after the Boston explosions, President Obama exploded another ... [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Drone, United States, Islam

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

‘Al Jazeera’ reposts Massad piece, after censoring it

Al Jazeera has apologized for censoring Joseph Massad's controversial piece equating Zionism with anti-Semitism, and put the piece back up . It was down for a couple of days, stirring a firestorm (to which Marc Ellis and David Shasha contributed ... [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Censorship, Marc Ellis, Anti-Semitism, Zionists

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

The etymology of anti-Semitism

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Entities: Anti-Semitism

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Exile and the Prophetic: My name is the Church of Scotland and I am a recovering…..

This post is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page . I don’t know whether they’re voting today or tomorrow on the final revised document -“The Inheritance of Abraham? ... [Published Mondoweiss - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Church of Scotland, Israel, Israel Christian

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Video: Paterson, NJ raises the Palestinian flag over city hall for Palestinian-American Day

Exciting news. One day after the Palestinian flag reached the top of the world , a flag raising ceremony was held in Paterson, New Jersey (video 3:12) accompanied by the Palestinian national anthem and cheers of "Long Live Palestine". It's probable ... [Published Mondoweiss - May 21 2013]

Entities: Paterson (United States), Riyad Mansour, Arab-Americans

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Princeton students ‘come out’ for Palestine to overcome shame attached to issue in U.S.

Beautiful video out of Princeton. A bunch of students from diverse backgrounds "come out for Palestine," so as to remove the stigma that the issue has in the U.S. These students speak of human rights, the end of the occupation and the blockade, and ... [Published Mondoweiss - May 21 2013]

Entities: United States, Human Rights, LGBT, Tumblr Inc

Quotes

...of the Mughrabi Quarter of Jerusalem on the last day of the Six Day War in 1967 so as to create a plaza for Jews to go to the Western Wall. "Palestinians Mourn Neighborhood Razed by Israel in Shadow of Western Wall." A 50-year-old woman was killed inside her home by a bulldozer; 135 houses were destroyed-- and the Forward honors this legendary historical narrative...

‘Forward’ piece on destruction of Palestinian neighborhood fronting Western Wall is not embraced ... [Published Mondoweiss - 7 hours ago]

...to Judaism through Israel," said Aaron Paley, who founded Yiddishkayt in 1995 and whose family is providing the seed money for the Helix program. "This is a different way to connect with who you are."

Jewish philanthropies stay away from org dedicated to Yiddish culture because it doesn’t focus on ... [Published Mondoweiss - 9 hours ago]

"My mind was racing and my heart was torn. I was torn between the great country that I know and love and the drone above my head that could not differentiate between me and some AQAP militant. It was one of the most divisive and difficult feelings I have ever encountered. That feeling, multiplied by the highest number mathematicians have, gripped me when my village was droned just days ago. It is the worst feeling I have ever had. I was devastated for days because I knew that the bombing in my village by the United States would empower militants."

Obama’s secret wars in Muslim world make Americans vulnerable [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago]

...He published a note from Massad saying that Al Jazeera censored the piece so as to mimic the "highly restrictive political line of the mainstream American media, especially on Israel" in order to gain a footing in the U S market:

‘Al Jazeera’ reposts Massad piece, after censoring it [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago]

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‘Forward’ piece on destruction of Palestinian n... [Published Mondoweiss - 7 hours ago] Here you will find a fabulous piece of reporting by the Forward's Ben Lynfield on the destruction of the Mughrabi Quarter of Jerusalem on the last day of the Six Day War in 1967 so as to create a plaza for Jews to go to the Western Wall. "Palestinians ...
Israel cracks down on American travel to West B... [Published Mondoweiss - 7 hours ago] Ben Gurion Airport Israeli authorities have implemented another way to impede free access to the occupied Palestinian territories for American travelers. Haaretz’s Amira Hass reported over the weekend that Israel is now forbidding “tourists from the ...
Jewish philanthropies stay away from org dedica... [Published Mondoweiss - 9 hours ago] Yiddishkayt is a cultural and educational center in Los Angeles that runs programs focused on Yiddish culture. It looks like they do interesting work, including the Helix project which sends young people to Eastern Europe to learn about the history ...
Reporters Without Borders on the Israeli al-Dur... [Published Mondoweiss - 9 hours ago] Reporters Without Borders just released the following statement on recently released Israeli investigation into the death of Muhammad al-Dura : The Israeli government has just published a repor t of its investigation into French TV station France ...
Obama’s secret wars in Muslim world make Americ... [Published Mondoweiss - 10 hours ago] Obama is giving a speech on drones tomorrow. He ought to address David Bromwich's piece for Huffpo , which asks of Obama's enthusiasm for drones, "Is America at war with Islam?" Eight days after the Boston explosions, President Obama exploded another ...