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McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy

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Administrators at McGill University in Montreal are demanding that the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) take “remedial action” after the passage of a Palestine Solidarity Policy earlier this week. Saying that the policy “calls for several...
U.N. Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk. Credit: U.N. Photo/Kim Haughton.

UN Human Rights Council report accuses Israel of apartheid

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A report by U.N. Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council accused Israel of apartheid. “The Special Rapporteur recommends that the international community accepts and adopts the findings … that apartheid...
Students at Montreal's McGill University. Credit: EQRoy/Shutterstock.

Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities

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Jewish students and community groups are decrying the passage this week of anti-Israel measures at two Montreal schools of higher education, Concordia University and McGill University. “We strongly condemn discriminatory votes targeting Israel at Concordia...
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...
Vanderbilt Hall and courtyard from Chapel Street, Yale University, via WikiMedia Commons

A double standard for free speech at Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt’s Chabad hosted a speaking event on Feb. 23 by Rudy Rochman, who describes himself as a “Jewish and Israel rights activist” who has “the intention,” as Chabad put it, “of creating a productive conversation around...
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...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Source: Rashida Tlaib/U.S. House of Represenatives.

Tlaib paid $170,000 to firm run by activist who accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing

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The campaign of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has given $170,000 to a political consulting and advocacy firm run by an anti-Israel activist who called Israel an “apartheid state,” reported Fox News. Unbought Power LLC is led...
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...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas heads for a meeting of the P.A. leadership in Ramallah. May 7, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

In wake of Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report, Palestinians urge UN to sanction Israel

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The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday night welcomed Amnesty International UK’s report accusing Israel of apartheid, and also urged the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. The P.A. also called...