Tag: anti-Israel Bias
Arab Knesset member sparks fury with map of Israel drawn as Palestinian flag
Joint Arab List Party Knesset member Jamal Zahalka drew ire on Tuesday for a Facebook post in which he called for the “entire Palestinian nation” to stage a general strike in the coming days...
NY Democratic Socialist candidate slams Israel, though says she’s not versed on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who made headlines last month when she upset incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), one of the highest-ranking Democrats in the House, expressed confusion over the facts regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while...
Jordanian Columnist: ‘Recent earthquakes in region may be due to testing of Israeli weapons...
Following a series of low-magnitude earthquakes felt in Israel and neighboring countries in early July, Kamal Zakarneh, a columnist for the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour, wrote that the quakes may have been caused by the underground...
Palestinian soccer chief’s bid for FIFA to net Israel backfires
The soccer’s world governing body rejected a demand on Wednesday presented by Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub to impose sanctions on and suspend countries that “violate citizens’ rights.”
The bid, which clearly targeted Israel,...
Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America on the rise
Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America, specifically in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, have grown in recent years.
For decades, Latin American governments generally had strong ties with Israel, but this shifted during the 2000s when...
Jewish Federation of Durham responds to criticism with national implications for hiring decisions
Following critiques by the media and by activists of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill’s and local synagogues’ “light” response to the employment of anti-Israel activists within their organizations, the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel...
AFP captions call Jerusalem parade-goers Jewish ‘settlers’
Numerous Agence France-Presse photo captions generalized all participants in Sunday’s Jerusalem flag parade as “settlers,” despite the fact that the crowd hailed from across Israel, within the Green Line, as well as outside. A...
Women’s March leader blames Muslim ban, Mexican wall proposals on Netanyahu
One of the leaders of the Women’s March movement, Tamika Mallory, blamed U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to ban travel for Muslims into America and to build a wall along the Mexican border on...
Fox News airs Geraldo Rivera’s anti-Israel disinformation
When Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera discusses Israel, typically he poses as a friend of while adhering to his longtime theme that Israel is at fault in the conflict, victimizing the Palestinians. This is...
Tunisia denies Israel entry to Taekwondo championships
Israel’s Taekwondo Junior National Team was essentially banned from participating in the 2018 World Junior Championships, as well as trials for the upcoming Youth Olympic Games to be held in Argentina in October, after...