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Jewish groups outraged after Black Lives Matter accuses Israel of genocide
Published time: 5 Aug, 2016 15:57
A Black Lives Matter delegation arrives from the US to Samarian village of Bilin near Ramallah, Palestine Administration, to protest with Palestinian activists against Israeli occupation. © Black Lives Matter / Facebook
The official platform of the Black Lives Matter movement has triggered criticism from Jewish organizations for accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians and calling the country “an apartheid state.”
T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization, has slammed the platform, published earlier this week, expressing dismay at the use of the term ‘genocide.’
“We are extremely dismayed at the decision to refer to the Israeli occupation as genocide,” it said in a statement published Wednesday.
“While we agree that the occupation violates the human rights of Palestinians, and has caused too many deaths, the Israeli government is not carrying out a plan intended to wipe out the Palestinians. There is no basis for comparing this situation to the [other] genocides of the 20th century.”
From The Times of Israel
Seth Klarman backs Clinton for president
Times of Israel board chairman, a Boston-based hedge fund manager, says it would be ‘unthinkable’ for Trump to lead America
The Times of Israel’s chairman of the board, Boston-based hedge fund manager Seth Klarman, said he was supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the presidency and that it would be “unthinkable” for Republican candidate Donald Trump to become president of the United States.
“He is completely unqualified for the highest office in the land,” Klarman said in a statement.
“His words and actions over the last several days are so shockingly unacceptable in our diverse and democratic society that it is simply unthinkable that Donald Trump could become our president,” Klarman, who heads the Baupost Group, said of Trump in the statement, sent to the Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
Trump’s assertion “that the election will be rigged is particularly dangerous,” Klarman added. “I will continue to find ways to support Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump.”
Seth Klarman (Courtesy)
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
German university denies accusations that course promoted anti-Semitism
BERLIN (JTA) – A German university is defending itself against accusations that it promoted anti-Semitism by offering a course whose material offered a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including accusations that it harvested body parts from dead Palestinians.
Dr. Rebecca Seidler, an academic who had been asked to teach a companion course at the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, contacted the Central Council of Jews in Germany after reading the material for a course on the “Social Situation of Young People in Palestine.”
She objected that rather than addressing a variety of social conditions in the West Bank and Gaza, the course readings focused solely on political issues that paint Israel in a negative light.
Defending the course, University President Christiane Dienel said in a statement that “the examination of critical reading material does not imply that a lecturer maintains the views presented as his or her own or promotes them.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
US reiterates concern over ‘unequal treatment’ of Arab Americans at Ben-Gurion Airport
An AirFrance plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, July 22, 2014. (Tsahi Ben Ami/Flash90)
(JTA) — A U.S. official accused Israel of treating some Arab Americans unequally after the Jewish state detained five pro-Palestinian American activists and denied them entry into the country.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday reiterated the United States’ “concern” about “unequal treatment” following reports of the July 17 incident at Ben Gurion Airport.
Upon their arrival on July 17, a U.S. staffer for the organization US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and four other members of the group — all carrying U.S. passports — were “interrogated by Israeli border police about their backgrounds and political involvement,” according to a statement issued by the organization Tuesday.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
To name or not to name: Jewish organizations grapple with the Trump question
Former members of the U.S. military carrying boxes with more than 100,000 signatures requesting that Sen. John McCain and other Republican leaders withdraw their endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump following a press conference in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4, 2016. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — “This condemnation is against you personally,” the Jewish War Veterans said earlier this week, concluding its message to Donald Trump. “You, Mr. Trump, deserve our contempt.”
If the sign-off to the statement condemning the Republican nominee for his attacks on the Muslim parents of a soldier killed in action was cuttingly personal, it was also necessarily personal.
“JWV is an apolitical organization,” the group said in the same statement. “We do not support or oppose candidates or parties.”
The veterans’ statement encapsulated a dilemma faced by Jewish organizations as they brace for the November election: Many of Trump’s remarks, mouthed by just about anyone else, would draw an immediate rebuke from Jewish groups founded on principles of protecting the vulnerable from ridicule and discrimination.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Email questioning Sanders’ Jewish faith ‘unacceptable,’ Wasserman Schultz says
U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla. 23rd District) and chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) speaking to a reporter before the democratic debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 19, 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who resigned as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee over leaked emails, denounced an exchange between staffers that proposed questioning Bernie Sanders’ belief in God.
“There was one very unfortunate, unacceptable, outrageous email exchange — that I was not a party to — that discussed using Senator Sanders’ faith, a faith which I share,” the Miami Herald quoted Wasserman Schultz as saying Thursday during a public address in Miami.
Wasserman Schultz was referring to an exchange, contained in the leaked emails, initiated by former DNC chief financial officer Brad Marshall. In it he claimed that then-Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who is Jewish, is an atheist. Marshall suggested that this information could be used to undermine his campaign among religious voters like Southern Baptists.
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From The Times of Israel
Clint Eastwood praises anti-PC Trump
Legendary actor-director would choose the Republican nominee over Clinton because ‘she’s gonna follow in Obama’s footsteps’
Clint Eastwood has stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump, but in an interview in Esquire magazine he praised the Republican presidential candidate for being “on to something.”
In the interview posted online Wednesday, the actor-director hailed Trump as a foe of political correctness and lamented what he called “the kiss-ass generation.”
“Everybody’s walking on eggshells,” said Eastwood, 86. “We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist.”
Eastwood, who spoke at the 2012 Republican convention — “that silly thing … talking to the chair” — urged people to “get over it.”
From Ynet News
Since the IDF opened up combat roles to women, the number of female combat soldiers has been steadily increasing. The number rose from 435 female combat soldiers in 2005 to 547 by 2012. The women were only in one battalion: Caracal.
However, 2013 saw an explosion in women combat volunteers with 898 joining combat units. With the opening of another mixed-gender battalion—Lions of Jordan—the number jumped to 1,365 women in combat roles. Finally, 2015 saw the opening of the third mixed-gender battalion—Bardelas—and the number increased to 2,047 female combat soldiers, a number which is expected to increase all the way to 2,100 women in combat roles.
This constitutes a 400 percent increase in female fighters in a single decade. As if that weren’t enough, the IDF is planning on opening up a fourth mixed gender battalion in the near future.
From Ynet News
The Border Police has suspended a soldier who was documented taking a Palestinian girl’s bicycle from her and throwing it into nearby bushes.
Anwar Burqan, an eight year old Palestinian girl, lives in a-Salaimeh neighborhood in Hebron, near the Cave of the Patriarchs.On Monday of last week, she was playing with her siblings on a road not far from her home that is meant for the exclusive use of Jews and that Palestinians are barred from entering.
The Border Policeman is seen in the video running towards the girl, an act that scared her, leading her to get off her bike. He is heard asking her “What are you doing here?” causing the girl to burst out in tears.
The Border Policeman is seen stepping over the bicycle, preventing the girl from taking it. When another Border Policeman arrives, the girl is seen running away in tears, leaving her bicycle behind.
From Ynet News
Jew on death row sues to keep kosher after chicken dinner
EDDYVILLE, Ky. – A Jewish inmate on Kentucky’s death row is suing in federal court, saying he was unfairly removed from a kosher meals program for eating an unlabeled meal of rotisserie chicken.
The Courier-Journal reports that William Harry Meece’s chicken dinner violated a rule requiring people getting special meals to strictly adhere to their religious diets. That’s because Kosher meals cost 72 percent more to prepare.
The Jewish Prisoner Services International ministry estimates that at least 20,000 inmates nationwide falsely identify as Jewish to get these meals.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
11 Israeli victims of ’72 Munich Olympic massacre officially commemorated in Rio
The 11 Israeli Olympians who were murdered during the 1972 Summer Games in Munich. (Danny Ayalon Youtube Channel)
(JTA) — More than four decades after they were held hostage and then murdered, the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre were commemorated in an official International Olympic Committee ceremony on Thursday.
The ceremony was held at a memorial site in the Olympic Village in Rio, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Called the Place of Mourning, the Olympic Village memorial site honors the memory of the Israelis as well as four other people who were killed during Olympic Games. The others are the German policeman who was killed in a failed rescue attempt in Munich; two victims of a bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a Georgian athlete who died in an accident at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Natalie Portman teams up with ‘Homeland,’ ‘Friends’ producers on HBO miniseries
Natalie Portman at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Natalie Portman will star in and executive produce an HBO miniseries adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler’s 2014 novel “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.”
The Israeli-born actress is working together with “Friends” producer Marta Kaufmann and Kaufman’s production company Okay Goodnight, IndieWire reported Friday. Gideon Raff, the Israeli producer of the hit show “Homeland,” adapted from the Israeli series “Prisoners of War,” will be an executive producer.
Okay Goodnight is also adapting the Israeli TV series about haredi Orthodox Jews, “Shtisel,” into a series for Amazon, Business2Community reported.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Donald Trump supporters launch push for American ‘swing state’ votes in Israel
Donald Trump speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, March 21, 2016. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM (JTA) – On behalf of Donald Trump, Republicans this week launched a get-out-the-vote campaign geared to Americans living in Israel. The initiative, which began Wednesday, has unprecedented funding and local strategic support.
The effort by Republicans Overseas Israel, the main group supporting the party here, reflects it leaders’ conviction that American Israelis overwhelmingly back the GOP presidential nominee — and that their votes could even tip the election in his favor.
The group will target Americans here who hail from pivotal “swing states,” such as Florida and Pennsylvania. There are approximately 30,000 eligible voters in Israel from states that are likely to be close on Election Day, according to the Republicans, who say those votes could be instrumental in selecting the 45th president of the United States.
“This election promises to be close, and the many conservative Americans from swing states who are living in Israel could make the difference,” Marc Zell, the co-chairman of the group and vice president of the parent Republican Overseas, told JTA. “[President George W.] Bush won the 2000 election based on 537 votes in a few southern Florida districts, if I’m not mistaken.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Memphis Jewish lawyer David Kustoff wins GOP primary in Tennessee
(JTA) — Memphis attorney David Kustoff won the crowded Republican primary race for the 8th Congressional District seat in Tennessee.
Kustoff, who is Jewish, came out on top Thursday in a race that had 13 candidates all vying to replace incumbent Stephen Fincher, The Associated Press reported. Fincher, a Republican from Frog Jump, announced earlier this year that he would retire.
Kustoff is a former U.S. attorney who oversaw most of the prosecutions in the Tennessee Waltz case, which convicted five former state lawmakers on bribery charges. He faces Democrat Rickey Hobson in the heavily Republican district.
Hobson had just one opponent in the Democratic primary, Gregory Alan Fry.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Not just anti-Semitism: ADL boss seeks to broaden group’s reach
Jonathan Greenblatt (Courtesy of the ADL)
NEW YORK (JTA) — For more than a century, the Anti-Defamation League has been known as a group that combats anti-Semitism. But one year after taking the group’s helm, Jonathan Greenblatt wants it to focus on more than just the Jews.
Greenblatt’s predecessor as ADL national director, Abraham Foxman, became known during his decades at ADL’s helm as an arbiter of what was and was not anti-Semitic, as well as a pro-Israel advocate who did not hesitate to criticize Jewish groups he saw as damaging Israel. Upon his retirement in July 2015, some called him “The Jewish Pope.”
But to woo millennials to the ADL, Greenblatt wants to stress the group’s work among other minority communities, which has long been a part of its agenda. This emphasis comes as the Jewish community’s relations with minority groups has become strained by anti-Israel sentiment among many left-wing activists. Just this week, the main movement opposing police violence against black communities, Black Lives Matter, released a platform accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians.
While the ADL focuses on many issues Black Lives Matter addresses, it has not collaborated with Black Lives Matter, and called the genocide accusation “repellent and completely inaccurate” in a blog post on Medium Thursday.
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From PressTV
Australia suspends aid to NGO over Israel claims of ‘Hamas links’
