CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, points out: CAMERA SnapShot (Blog): http://blog.camera.org/archives/2018/01/_wheres_the_coverage_palestini_2.html January 25, 2018 Where’s the Coverage? Palestinian Leader Buys $50 Million Private Jet The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, has bought […]
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Updates: 1) Bill Stewart again; 2) Clive Lipchin event; 3) Ruth Anne Faust My View; 4) Federation Super Sunday; 5) Next SFMEW meeting; 6) TBS Israel at 70; 7) AIPAC Policy Conference
A lot to catch up on – please read through the entire post for news and to respond… 1. Bill Stewart – another nonsense column. Let’s see, Iranians are protesting, Yemen has fallen apart (along with Syria), the Palestinians have […]
Read more(1) More on Jerusalem, (2) Clive Lipchin tickets, (3) Donate to SFMEW
Jerusalem The “street” reaction to President Trump’s December 6 U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has been mostly underwhelming compared with the dire predictions made by pundits. We’d strongly recommend that anyone who cares about this issue – whether […]
Read moreBill Stewart – at least 20 years past his prime.
Once again Bill Stewart misunderstands the Middle East (“Middle East inches toward disaster” Santa Fe New Mexican December 9, 2017 or click Bill Stewart 12-9-17 Middle East inches toward disaster for a pdf version). It doesn’t matter how many times we […]
Read moreMore on the Haas’ My View, Jerusalem
It’s been a busy week for pro- and anti-Israel writings in the New Mexico media. Yasher Koach to Ruth Moss (“Israel not to blame for Palestinian suffering”), Berel Levertov (“Community Celebrates Chanukah Together”), Zach Benjamin (“Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Period”), for […]
Read moreSteve Goldstein’s response to Haas “laughable” My View
Yasher Koach to Steve Goldstein for quickly responding to the Jeffrey Haas My View from December 2. Steve wrote (published December 7, 2017; we added the picture for this post): Laughable, yet not Jeffrey Haas’ My View is so one-sided it […]
Read moreTrump Announces Move of Embassy to Jerusalem
In case you missed it, here is a link to watch the Trump statement on directing the State Dept. to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (about 12 minutes long): Trump: US Recognizes Jerusalem As […]
Read moreTake Action: Refute Inaccurate Haas Op-Ed in the New Mexican
Reproduced below is a highly biased, misleading, and propagandistic article, “Learn about the children of Gaza,” published in the New Mexican on December 2, 2017. The article decries the current conditions in Gaza. Such conditions may be difficult, yet the article doesn’t […]
Read moreDid you miss Ambassador Yoram Ettinger’s talk November 1?
If you missed Ambassador Ettinger’s talk on “The Myth about Palestinian-Israeli Demographics,” presented by SFMEW in Santa Fe on November 1, click on this link to the video of his presentation: The Myth about Palestinian-Israeli Demographics – Ambassador Yoram Ettinger […]
Read moreWas John Kerry Right? Yoram Ettinger on Israel Demographics
You may have heard John Kerry’s December 28, 2016 speech wherein he attempted to justify the US abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that condemned new Israeli villages in Judea and Samaria (since 1967 known as the West Bank). He […]
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