Letter published in Tikkun Magazine July 1, 2009 Protesting Israeli policies, The Yes Men have withdrawn their highly acclaimed new film from the Jerusalem Film Festival where it was scheduled to be shown. “For Once, the Yes Men Say No” Dear Friends at the Jerusalem Film Festival, We regret to say that we have taken…
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email #1 – Scottish PSC to Nick Joseph of Holocaust Memorial Day, morning of 22 January 2007 (followed an extensive phone conversation) “The Jewish leaders in Hungary, though knowing the truth, the detailed facts about Auschwitz, did nothing…Had they spoken, they might have changed the history books which record mournfully that 400,000 Jews were transported to…
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The Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regime during World War 2. In 1933 approximately nine million Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that would be occupied by Germany during the war. By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had been killed. The European Jews…
Source: Occupations website This page is just for university responses that have been made public and that we have access to – there have been many responses to the occupations and we have tried to summerise that process on the more pages. We wanted a specific page for public statements – so we could keep…
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ADL local leader fired on Armenian issue Genocide question sparked bitter debate Andrew H. Tarsy’s firing sparked a backlash, by Keith O’Brien The national Anti-Defamation League fired its New England regional director yesterday, one day after he broke ranks with national ADL leadership and said the human rights organization should acknowledge the Armenian genocide that began…
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This branch / Region / District notes: Israel’s latest massacres of Palestinians in Gaza Israel’s ongoing bulldozing of Palestinian homes and killings of peaceful demonstrators Desmond Tutu’s description of Israel’s long-term treatment of the Palestinian people as “an abomination”. Ex-President Jimmy Carter’s statement that Palestinians ‘are treated like animals’ and his description of the Israel occupation…