“The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel said it would “exclude” those in UAE from call to ban Israeli economic and diplomatic partnerships”

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
As Israel-UAE ties deepen, BDS advocates ‘give up’ on efforts to boycott Jewish state
January 15, 2021

Amid expanding ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the Abraham Accords, a leading Palestinian BDS organization is giving up on efforts to boycott the Jewish state inside of the Arab Gulf country. In a statement, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)—a member of the Palestinian BDS National Committee—announced that it would “exclude” those residing in the UAE from its call to ban UAE-Israeli economic and diplomatic partnerships…Previously, the PACBI had called on Emiratis to boycott several major UAE companies and institutions that had established ties with Israel, including the First Dhabi Bank, Emirates Policy Center and Dubai Expo. READ MORE

ALGEMEINER BDS Continues to Fizzle Out It has always been farcical that people thousands of miles away would claim to speak for Palestinians who want nothing to do with them. Palestinians prefer jobs in settlements that allow them to feed their families to pretentious pseudo-intellectual claptrap spouted by professors about colonialism and intersectionality.

ALL ISRAEL NEWS Al Jazeera retracts ‘fake news’ story related to Israel – but damage was already done A story which appeared on the website of Al Jazeera’s English channel’s website about a United Arab Emirates pilot who resigned in protest against being suspended by the airline for refusing to fly to Tel Aviv was false. Al Jazeera retracted the story on Wednesday…An “Editor’s Note” on the Al Jazeera website admitted that the story was based on a Facebook post by a person who had, on further investigation, proved to be nonexistent…

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Congressmen Gottheimer, Mast Re-Introduce Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

INSIDER NJ
Gottheimer, Mast Re-Introduce Bill to Sanction Financial Supporters of Hamas
January 14, 2021

U.S. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Brian Mast (FL-18) today re-introduced the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act. The bipartisan bill imposes sanctions on foreign persons, agencies and governments that assist Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad or their affiliates…“Following my service in the Army, I chose to volunteer alongside the Israeli Defense Forces because our countries share the common ideals of freedom, democracy and mutual respect for all people. Hamas preaches destruction to Israel and death to the values we hold dear in the United States,” Rep. Mast said. “The United States must not tolerate anybody who provides support to these radical Islamic terrorists.” READ MORE

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Lebanese social media user comments: “If you love Iran so bad, why don’t you go there and leave us the f*** alone?”

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Lebanon Wants an End to Iranian Occupation
by Khaled Abu Toameh
January 15, 2021

Iran’s recent announcement that it intends to use Lebanon as a “forefront” for waging war on Israel has enraged many Lebanese, who say that the time has come to end the Iranian occupation of their country. The Lebanese are worried that their country will meet the fate endured by Iraq, Syria and Yemen, where the Iranians and their militia proxies are playing a major role in the civil wars currently plaguing these countries. The Lebanese were reacting to statements by the chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, who was quoted as saying that Lebanon is at the forefront of Iran’s battle against Israel. READ MORE

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#Canceling Senators #Cruz and #Hawley: “Whether one supports or opposes their decision to formally raise questions about the Electoral College vote count, the indisputable fact is that their actions were both legal and widely supported by their constituents”

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSWEEK
Goebbels and the New American Terror
by Caroline Glick
January 15, 2021

What purpose did it serve for President-elect Joe Biden to liken Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) to Adolf Hitler’s top propagandist Joseph Goebbels? In response to a question about the two Republican lawmakers following remarks on January 8, Biden said, “I was being reminded by a friend of mine…when we’re told [about] Goebbels and the great lie, you keep repeating the lie, repeating the lie.” Although Biden’s comparison was imperfectly stated, it was clear enough to follow. He was saying that the lawmakers’ efforts to challenge the Electoral College votes from disputed states was a Nazi-like effort. READ MORE

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Illinois’s controversial, sweeping criminal justice reform bill more than 700 pages in length — eliminating cash bail was just one piece — flew through the House and Senate during a lame duck session”

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Policing and outrage at a rushed criminal justice reform bill
Editorial Board
January 15, 2021

…The Senate voted on the bill in the middle of the night, and House Democrats cut off questions from Republicans minutes before a new General Assembly was sworn in Wednesday. The bill, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker has indicated he supports despite the lack of transparency, will eliminate across Illinois the system of cash bail that attempts to ensure defendants return to court. The bill allows for the release of anyone charged with an offense, including those charged with felonies, while they await the conclusion of their cases — no detention at all…In only a few sections does the bill address crime victims and their rights to be notified when an accused defendant is released under the no bail system. READ MORE

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“The old order is dead. What comes next?”

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

BARI WEISS BLOG
The Great Unraveling
January 12, 2021

…It’s not that Trump was permanently banned from Twitter. I’d be happy to never hear that voice or see those CAPS again. It’s that Twitter can ban whoever it wants whenever it wants for whatever reason. It’s that all the real town squares have been shuttered and that the only one left is pixelated and controlled by a few oligarchs in Silicon Valley. We were promised the Internet would be better than democracy. But then it got privatized. Corporations own it. There is no online bill of rights. There is only the frenzy of the mob and fickle choices of a few billionaires. READ MORE

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SUNDAY EVENING VIRTUAL EVENT: Surviving the Big Tech Purge

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

LEGAL INSURRECTION
Emergency Event: Surviving the Big Tech Purge
Sunday, January 17, 2021
7:00 PM EST – 8:30 PM EST

Join Parler’s Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff, Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson, and Tech Security Enthusiast Michelle Ray as we discuss strategies for navigating big tech censorship and maintaining personal privacy. We will be taking questions !

FREE SIGNUP HERE

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Adelson “became one of America’s most influential political megadonors, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to Republican candidates and conservative PACs over the past two decades”

Posted on January 10, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas convention visionary and philanthropist, dies at 87
by Peter G. Johnson
January 12, 2021

Sheldon Adelson, who rose from selling newspapers on Boston street corners at age 12 to one of the most successful luxury resort developers, philanthropists and political influencers of his generation, died Monday night at his home in Malibu, California. He was 87…Adelson shared that wealth as a generous philanthropist. Along with his wife, he underwrote medical research, a private school, drug rehabilitation clinics and numerous other causes. Adelson’s conservative values, love for the United States and Israel, and his desire to preserve the strongest diplomatic and cultural ties possible between the nations compelled him to embrace and support Jewish causes. READ MORE

ISRAEL HAYOM Boaz Bismuth:Sheldon Adelson has a special place in the golden book of Zionism and the Jewish people We first met in 2008, and our last meeting was a month ago. Our first and last conversations focused on Israel. Sometimes I felt that the genius businessman was born to serve the great philanthropist, who was an expert at giving in secret.

ALGEMEINER Israel Critics Celebrate Death of Sheldon Adelson on Social Media News of the death of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to Jewish charities and political causes in the US and Israel, was celebrated Tuesday by some progressive Twitter users. “A present for my birthday,” tweeted Rebecca Vilkomerson, the former executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace from 2009 to 2019, while linking to a Haaretz article on Adelson’s death. The group’s official account retweeted a thread of articles from +972 Magazine on his “damaging legacy.”

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“In addition to prohibiting any negotiations over Iran’s military power or regional ambitions, the legislation would oblige the government to work toward evicting the United States from the Middle East and destroying Israel within twenty years”

Posted on January 10, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY
New Iranian Bill Aims to Officialize a Policy of Avenging Soleimani and Destroying Israel
by Farzin Nadimi
Jan 12, 2021

On December 30, hardline politicians in Iran introduced a new parliamentary bill mapping out the country’s response to the killing of Qods Force commander Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike one year earlier. Centered around Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s July 21 directive to avenge Soleimani’s death, the legislation includes four main goals: (1) initiate a “decisive act of revenge” by weakening the United States and evicting it from the region; (2) counter Israel’s actions and follow through on Soleimani’s objective of destroying that country; (3) counter America’s economic “terrorism” against Iran; and (4) pursue an “honorable” (meaning defiant) foreign policy…Article 5 of the bill officially tasks the Iranian government with destroying the “aggressor Zionist regime” by the year 2041. READ MORE

JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser: Iran Is Projecting Its Power to Pressure Biden Into a Deal. But Iran Is Actually in Distress, and That Needs to Be Exploited Iran has begun enriching uranium to a level of 20%, in further flagrant violation of its commitments under the nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). At the same time, Iran has emphasized that its action is reversible, and it is ready to return to its obligations if the United States returns to the agreement and lifts sanctions.

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“House Republicans criticized Tlaib last year after describing the “calm feeling” she experienced when thinking about the Holocaust”

Posted on January 10, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Congresswoman vows to fly Israeli flag outside Rashida Tlaib’s office
by Gadi Zaig
January 8, 2021

Newly-appointed Florida congresswoman Kat Cammack drew widespread attention when she stated that she would place an Israeli flag outside her office as a symbol of opposition to the political views of fellow congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, Fox News reported on Thursday. “Rep. Tlaib, who has an office right next to mine in DC, has some strong opinions about Israel that [100%] I disagree with, so I’ve made a pledge to plant Israel’s flag outside my door right next to the American flag. I think it’ll be very helpful as she walks past both every day,” Cammack tweeted on Wednesday.  READ MORE

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