Can Gideon Levy explain why “If Arabs can live in Israel, then why can’t Jews live in the West Bank?”

Posted on December 18, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
According to Israeli Writer, West Bank Jews Have It Coming
by Dexter Van Zile
December 18, 2018

Gideon Levy hates Jews living in the West Bank. He hates them so much that he feels no sympathy for them when they are murdered by Palestinian terrorists. He even blames them for their own murder. He made this perfectly clear in an article published in Haaretz five days after a newborn baby died after being shot in his mother’s womb in a drive-by shooting by a Palestinian terrorist. In the piece, Levy declared that Jews living in the West Bank “brought it on themselves.” READ MORE

HAARETZ Gideon Levy’s Views on Dead Settlers Are Incomprehensible, Inexcusable and Unforgivable It is clearly possible to bear vehement political hostility to the political settlement movement, but not to murdered settlers. That Levy is no longer able to do so indicates he’s lost his humanity

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“It is in the United States’ national security interest” for Israel to maintain sovereignty over #GolanHeights

Posted on December 18, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY WIRE
Cruz, Cotton Submit Resolution Urging Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
by Hank Berrien
December 18, 2018

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have introduced a Senate resolution urging the United States to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights…The resolution states that the leaders of Iran often state their intention to eradicate Israel; Iran and its proxies have repeatedly attacked Israel from within the boundaries of Syria, and that “in December 2014, Congress unanimously resolved that the United States supported the sovereign right of the Government of Israel to defend its territory and its citizens from attacks against Israel by Hamas, which is supported by Iran.” READ MORE

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Airbnb: We’re definitely not into BDS however we do employ some of their tactics

Posted on December 17, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel says Airbnb walking back settlement boycott; company denies it
by Jacob Magid
December 17, 2018

Amid a confusing series of statements and clarifications, Airbnb on Monday rejected an Israeli government assertion that it had agreed to walk back its decision to remove listings from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “The reports issued earlier today are inaccurate,” the company said in a statement issued by its press secretary, Nick Papas. This apparent denial came shortly after the Tourism Ministry issued a statement of its own, saying Airbnb had told officials that it would not be implementing its policy — a move the ministry called “a step in the right direction.” READ MORE

JNS Airbnb officials visit Samaria amid controversy over rentals and settlement homes Delegation led by vice president of short-term rental firm visits Samaria after vowing to delist rentals over opposition to Jewish settlements • Airbnb denies change of heart, as was earlier reported.

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“The cultural establishment has spent years” ignoring author Alice Walker’s antisemitism, on display again in the NYT

Posted on December 17, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAGAZINE
The New York Times Just Published an Unqualified Recommendation for an Insanely Anti-Semitic Book
by Yair Rosenberg
December 17, 2018

Over the weekend, the New York Times Book Review published a full-length interview with Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple. The very first question: “What books are on your nightstand?” Walker replied with four, the second of which was: “And the Truth Shall Set You Free,” by David Icke….”This passed without comment from the New York Times interviewer, and the publication passed it on to the readers without qualification. This is rather remarkable because the book is an unhinged anti-Semitic conspiracy tract written by one of Britain’s most notorious anti-Semites. READ MORE

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison: “Canberra formally recognizes “West Jerusalem” as Israel‘s capital”

Posted on December 17, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Israel Signals Displeasure at Australia’s ‘Mistaken’ West Jerusalem Move
by Reuters and Staff
December 16, 2018

Israel signaled displeasure on Sunday with Australia’s recognition of western Jerusalem as its capital, with a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was a mistake to gainsay Israeli control over the whole city. The premier, for his part, stayed silent on Canberra’s move at a weekly Israeli cabinet meeting that is usually his opportunity to hold forth in public on major diplomatic developments. Israel captured eastern Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it as its capital in a moved not recognized internationally. Palestinians want eastern Jerusalem as capital of the state they hope to found in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. READ MORE

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What was Israel’s Transportation Ministry thinking?

Posted on December 16, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
U.S. Navy may stop docking in Haifa after Chinese take over port
by Michael Wilner
December 15, 2018

The US Navy has acknowledged that its longstanding operations in Haifa may change once a Chinese firm takes over the civilian port in 2021, prompting Israel’s national security cabinet to revisit the arrangement, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Haifa, the nation’s largest port city, regularly hosts joint US-Israeli naval drills and visits from American vessels. But a 2015 agreement between Israel’s Transportation Ministry and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) – a company in which the Chinese government has a majority stake – has raised intelligence and security concerns that are only now prompting an interagency review. READ MORE

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Says the former anarchist: “The ideology and norms of radicalism have evolved to produce toxic, paranoid, depressed subjects”

Posted on December 16, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

QUILLETTE
Sad Radicals
by Conor Barnes
December 11, 2018

When I became an anarchist I was 18, depressed, anxious, and ready to save the world. I moved in with other anarchists and worked at a vegetarian co-op cafe. I protested against student tuition, prison privatization, and pipeline extensions. I had lawyer’s numbers sharpied on my ankle and I assisted friends who were pepper-sprayed at demos. I tabled zines, lived with my “chosen family,” and performed slam poems about the end of the world. While my radical community was deconstructing gender, monogamy, and mental health, we lived and breathed concepts and tools like call-outs, intersectionality, cultural appropriation, trigger warnings, safe spaces, privilege theory, and rape culture. READ MORE

What is the utility of free speech when it comes to a college education ? Brown and Yale have failed but University of Chicago seems to get it.

 

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The Airbnb IPO: “Airbnb might find exploiting hatred for financial gain to be a terrible financial as well as moral miscalculation”

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

FORBES
Airbnb Boycotted And Sued For Discrimination Following Israel Settlement Ban
by Biz Carson
December 11, 2018

Airbnb’s decision to remove 200 listings from Israeli settlements in the West Bank is creating a growing headache for a company that’s no stranger to wading into politics with its rental listings. Several U.S. states are now researching whether the global travel company has broken state laws by prohibiting the listings. Some U.S. cities are calling for a boycott…Last week, a prominent rabbi took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post, titled “Airbnb: Anti-Semitic Bed & Breakfast.” READ MORE

WASHINGTON TIMES How a hospitality service wages war against Israel As those who follow financial markets know, Airbnb has a highly likely public offering headed for those markets in 2019, despite giving mixed signals about it. In order to make the offering more acceptable to Arab regimes and the anti-Israel-obsessed U.N. Human Rights Commission, Airbnb has probably decided to sacrifice Jewish business and sensitivities while overlooking its anti-Semitism for financial gain.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Illinois investment board says Airbnb West Bank ban is illegal Illinois officials say that Airbnb’s ban on lodging listings in the disputed West Bank violates state law. The Investment Policy Board’s vote Wednesday followed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s request last month. He sought a review of Airbnb’s decision to remove 200 participating properties in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The board decision means Illinois could ban investment in Airbnb if it offers public stock.

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It appears few in Europe understand–or care–that Iran’s intercontinental missiles will be capable of striking European capitals

Posted on December 15, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

BLOOMBERG
As Europe Dithers, Iran’s Arsenal Gets More Deadly
by Behnam Ben Taleblu
December 13, 2018

This week Iran confirmed that it recently test-fired a missile, which the U.S. categorized as a medium-range ballistic missile “capable of carrying multiple warheads,” a transgression of a 2015 United Nations Security Council resolution. Unfortunately, this was hardly news: Iran has made a habit out of testing, using and even transferring ballistic missiles across the Middle East. The U.S. has reacted strongly with sanctions both before and after it pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. And while European officials have condemned such behavior – even at the UN – they have yet to take any serious action to dissuade Iran from continued missile tests. READ MORE

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Australian rock musician Nick Cave “flatly rejected appeals from Eno and other musicians to cancel appearances in Israel, accusing the BDS movement of trying to “silence artists”

Posted on December 14, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Australian Rock Legend Nick Cave Blasts His ‘Hero’ Brian Eno for Supporting Israel Boycott
by Ben Cohen
December 12, 2018

In a personal email made public on Wednesday, acclaimed Australian rock musician Nick Cave condemned Brian Eno — the legendary British musical artist he lauded as “my hero” — over the latter’s continuing support for a cultural boycott of Israel…Wrote Cave: “[C]ertain questions need to be asked. How far must we have strayed from the transformative nature of music to feel justified in weaponizing music and using it to punish ordinary Israeli citizens for the actions of their government?” READ MORE

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