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Palestinian journalist Said Arikat at a U.S. State Department press briefing on June 15, 2023. Credit: YouTube screenshot.

Israel a ‘serial bomber of civilian places,’ reporter says at State Department briefing

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Said Arikat, Washington bureau chief of Al-Quds, has a long history of slandering Israel at U.S. State Department press briefings. On June 15, he began by posing a question about Amnesty International calling for the International Criminal Court to...
Amnesty International logo on a flag. Credit: JPstock/Shutterstock.

Dutch government rejects Amnesty’s apartheid report

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The government of the Netherlands has rejected Amnesty International’s report on Feb. 1 accusing Israel of apartheid. “The cabinet does not agree with Amnesty’s conclusion that there is apartheid in Israel or the territories...
Amnesty International's anti-Israel report. Credit: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Amnesty International’s cruel assault on Israel

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“We are opposed to the idea—and this, I think, is an existential part of the debate—that Israel should be preserved as a state for the Jewish people” — Paul O’Brien, Executive Director Amnesty International...
A sign displaying the logo of Amnesty International. Credit: Paintings/Shutterstock.

Republican senators push bill to cut federal funding to Amnesty International

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Republican Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to prevent assistance from the federal government to go to Amnesty International. The human-rights organization has been criticized by lawmakers and...
Secretary-General of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard attends a press conference in eastern Jerusalem on Feb. 1, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

NGO Monitor report debunks Israel apartheid claims, places Amnesty International ‘on the defensive’

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A new report by NGO Monitor debunks the accusation of apartheid against Israel and assesses whether apartheid, as previously defined, is applicable to Israel and territories under its military administration. This new report, titled “Neo-Orientalism: Deconstructing Claims...
A free lunch for Amnesty’s anti-Semitism

A free lunch for Amnesty’s anti-Semitism

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It’s not clear what it will take for critics of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to admit that it wasn’t he who turned support for Israel into a “wedge issue” in the United States...
Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Elaine Luria (D-Va.) and Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) speak at a webinar hosted by the Democratic Majority for Israel, Jan. 2, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Jewish House reps condemn Amnesty USA head for saying Israel ‘shouldn’t exist as a...

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All 25 Jewish members among the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a statement condemning Amnesty International USA Executive Director Paul O’Brien’s recent remarks about how Israel “shouldn’t exist as a Jewish state.” The March 14 statement,...
Arabs and Jews walk by the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, July 5, 2020. photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Amnesty International should be ashamed

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According to a recent Amnesty International report, Israel is apparently “committing the crime of apartheid.” The use of the false term “apartheid” has prompted denunciations far and wide from such figures as U.S. Ambassador to...
National flags at the entrance of U.N European headquarters in Switzerland. The U.N. office was established in Geneva in 1947 and is home to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Credit: Giorgio Caracciolo/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups urge UN not to use ‘false claims’ of Amnesty report against Israel

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The blowback over a biased report by Amnesty International on Israel continues nearly a week after its release as 469 organizations and more than 4,000 individuals signed a strongly-worded letter on Monday urging U.N. Secretary-General António...
Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2022. Credit: State Department Photo by Freddie Everett.

Amnesty International,Apartheid,Palestinian Authority,Sanctions,U.N. General Assembly

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The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said that it rejects the finding of a new report by Amnesty International UK that accuses Israel of apartheid and “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians. “We reject...