A new educational video and fact sheet by the leading Israeli human rights group covering Gaza issues, Gisha. Animator Anna Shevchenko created the video in the style of the “Geva newsreels” from Israeli cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.
Archive for May, 2011
Eight Avenue, Sunday dawn at 5:30 am
Eight Avenue, Sunday dawn at 5:30 am, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Nearly justifies being awake this early.
May 29th, 2011 General 2 Comments
Israeli Arabs on Obama’s speech
This is a statement by the Mossawa Center, one of Israel’s leading legal clinics for the rights of Arab citizens: The Mossawa Center’s Statement on Recent Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu In response to recent remarks by the leaders of the United States and Israel, the Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for [...]
May 26th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
The best speech from Encounter’s benefit: Sami Awad
Just beautiful. You can view the rest and you should make a tax-deductible donation of a million dollars, too.
May 25th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
RE: Haven’t heard from you in a couple of days?
=== This is an automated email reply. === Thank you for your email! I am presently in Heaven with the Lord Almighty Yahweh and all the other believers in Judaism, and unable to get back to you until forever. I’m sorry if this permanently inconveniences you. In all fairness, I could have also been wrong [...]
May 24th, 2011 Humor 0 Comments
B’Tselem’s new report on exploitation of resources in the West Bank
Check the interactive web site, a few videos from which are playlisted here:
May 12th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
First Israeli Arab TV channel approved after a decade of advocacy
This just in, from Israeli Arab advocacy group Mossawa. Congratulations to Israel’s Arab minority, who finally overcome hurdles of discrimination and racism to achieve for their sector what is commonplace in America: freedom of the press. “HALA TV” TO BE FIRST INDEPENDENT ARABIC LANGUAGE STATION IN ISRAEL After 10 Years of Advocacy, Bid Approved for [...]
May 5th, 2011 Israel 1 Comment
Tony Kushner’s letter to the CUNY board on Jeffrey Weisenfeld’s smears
Tony Kushner gave the City University of New York’s board of trustees a stern word after right-wing Trustee Jeffrey S. Weinsenfeld blocked his nomination for an honorary degree (Kushner’s fourteenth, incidentally) without even the dignity of accusing Kushner to his face. In a letter to the board, Kushner wrote that he is not, as Weinsenfeld [...]
May 4th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Osama Bin Laden killed; remarks by the President
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON OSAMA BIN LADEN East Room 11:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder [...]
May 2nd, 2011 Politics 0 Comments