The BDS halo is slipping as its critics grow louder, by Robert Fulford (National Post)
Jun. 15, 2019 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robert-fulford-the-bds-halo-is-slipping-as-its-critics-grow-louder On many of the university campuses in North America, the letters BDS carry an almost magical quality. They stand for “boycott, divestment and sanctions,” but they also convey something else, a self-righteous stance that’s freely available to all students who care to take advantage of it. They can join their campus anti-Israel organization, […]
Read More →Covering Up Our Culture to ‘Avoid Giving Offense’ by Giulio Meotti (Gatestone Inst.)
Jun. 16, 2019 Recently, some major conservative intellectuals have been sacked in the UK. One is the peerless philosopher Roger Scruton, who was fired from a governmental committee… Then it was the turn of the great Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, whose visiting fellowship at Cambridge University was rescinded… By refusing to confront the speech police, […]
Read More →Arabs’ Nightmare: Absorbing Palestinians by Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Inst.)
Arabs’ Nightmare: Absorbing Palestinians by Khaled Abu Toameh, Jun. 12, 2019 Lebanon says it fully supports the Palestinians in their fight against Israel — but would like to see them leave the country as soon as possible. This is the modern-day version of Arab “solidarity” with their Palestinian brothers: discrimination and apartheid — no jobs, no […]
Read More →Is Anti-Semitism Becoming Mainstream? – Josh Hasten (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Jun. 14, 2019 Is Anti-Semitism Becoming Mainstream? – Josh Hasten At a panel in Jerusalem this week on “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, said, “What you are seeing on campuses is only a thin slice of the anti-Semitic beast that has emerged in our public life around the […]
Read More →Non-Jewish British Soldier Who Fought for Israel in 1948 Dies at 97 – Stephen Oryszczuk (Jewish News-UK via Daily Alert)
Jun. 14, 2019 Non-Jewish British Soldier Who Fought for Israel in 1948 Dies at 97 – Stephen Oryszczuk (Jewish News-UK) Tom Derek Bowden, a non-Jewish soldier from Britain who died on Monday aged 97, was one of 5,000 foreigners who volunteered to fight for the State of Israel in the 1948 War of Independence. These volunteers […]
Read More →Jewish-Arab Relations in the Jordan Valley – Alan Rosenbaum (J. Post via Daily
Jun. 14, 2019 Jewish-Arab Relations in the Jordan Valley – Alan Rosenbaum David Elhaiini heads the Jordan Valley Regional Council, comprised of 21 Jewish communities, whose growth rate is an annual 6%, among the highest in the country. Elhaiini reports excellent relations between the Jewish communities and their Arab neighbors. “The only source of income for […]
Read More →Palestinian Arabs Who Fought the Nazis – Maya Margit (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Jun. 14, 2019 Palestinian Arabs Who Fought the Nazis – Maya Margit Jerusalem Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini’s ties with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy are well-documented. Less known is the story of 12,000 Palestinian Arabs who volunteered to serve in the British army during World War II in North Africa and Europe, often fighting side-by-side […]
Read More →2019 election might be Canada’s last chance, by Salim Mansur (Rebel Media)
Jun. 12, 2019 …..”On receiving the electoral mandate in October 2015, Justin Trudeau spoke glibly about the return of “sunny ways” in Canada. It did not take long for the “sunny ways” to turn grim. Canadians are now more dissatisfied and frustrated with the divisive policies of the Trudeau Liberals than they were with the […]
Read More →Video: Google Seeks to Block Anti-Semitic Websites, Takes Down Holocaust Education as Well – Tom Gross (Tom Gross Media via Daily Alert)
Jun. 14, 2019 Video: Google Seeks to Block Anti-Semitic Websites, Takes Down Holocaust Education as Well – Tom Gross British investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr called attention two years ago on BBC to how Google would direct users to anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial websites. She said: How does Google Search work? I started playing around with search terms and […]
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