Racism

ZOA’s Morton Klein promotes anti-Semitism in attacking Senator Bernie Sanders.

European policy of pandering to Israel’s ultra-far-right comes home to roost.

Reading Time: 17 minutesFive years ago, on August 9, 2014, a policeman shot an unarmed black man in Ferguson, MO, under circumstances that are still not clear. A grand jury concluded the shooting was justified. This led to more than a week of protests and rioting, with a heavy-handed, militarized response from the police, even when protests were peaceful.

Oppressed peoples have their own insurmountable power: the power to say “no” to the oppressor.

EU embraces Israel’s racist municipalities.

Black anti-Zionist Jew long predicted outcome of hearing.

Hungary’s leader also pushed message that Muslims were country’s enemies.

Newspaper of record rejects correcting its conflation of Israeli military and civilian deaths.

Israel lobby group criticizes Otzma Yehudit yet invites Kahanist party’s enabler to annual conference.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Oman is only the tip of the iceberg.

Justice is impossible, so long as Israel remains committed to a racist ideology.

Government-backed Jewish-only singles mixers aim to prevent miscegenation.

Jewish “nation-state” law a public relations disaster for efforts to market Israel as democratic.

Mayor pledges to preserve “the Zionist, Jewish, secular character” of Galilee town.

Dope Saint Jude rejects link to Israel or the Zionist movement.

After signing a Martin Luther King Jr. proclamation last week, President Donald Trump was asked point blank, “Are you a racist?” The president ignored the question but it is certainly worth asking based on his own divisive statements and actions.Is the US going backwards? Is racism getting worse? Or is it just more visible now?

Emily Thornberry attacks the campaign for Palestinian rights.

Segregation and denial of Palestinian existence is key to Israeli identity.

One headline today read, “Republicans in Despair After Trump’s Disastrous Week.”It brought to mind heated conversations I had years ago with Republican aides on The Hill, folks I have known from when I reported on such things back in the 80s and 90s.Those conversations were sparked by the first signs of trouble: the Tea Party insurgents.

Brussels bureaucrats heard indignation over incitement targeting Palestinians.

Avishai Ivri is the face of EU promotional campaign to win favor of Israelis.

Labour minister once called for "wiping out the aboriginal population" of Palestine.

Extreme racist groups more visible than ever in annual "flag parade."

The use of marijuana has been glorified in pop culture and, thanks in part to legalization efforts in many states, is now widely accepted. However, federal prisons are still packed with non-violent marijuana offenders.While inmates are serving years in prison, celebrities and other high-society individuals openly flaunt their substance use at music festivals like Coachella in California. April 20th (aka 4/20, which is colloquial for cannabis) has evolved into a holiday for this counterculture in the US.

Surging left-wing candidate backs sanctions against Israel.

Security forces pay little consequence for their crimes.

Under Netanyahu, Israel is living in a gilded age that barely conceals the racist rot below the surface.

Planned visit by PEGIDA UK leaders highlights Israel’s appeal to anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic bigots.

Why does far-right firebrand and Trump backer keep getting away with anti-Semitic outbursts?

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog unmasks the racism of Israel’s allegedly center-left Zionist Union.

"This is the real Israel," say supporters of soldier who executed Palestinian on video.

Some people will defend any violent demagoguery as long it comes from the mouths of Israeli leaders.

Hostility to Palestinian rights at Northbrook synagogue reminiscent of racist whites in the Jim Crow South, activist says.

Jews For Cruz presidential campaign run by convicted terrorist.

First days of 2016 see no let up as five Palestinians and three Israelis are slain.

Lawyers detail torture of suspects in fatal firebombing of Dawabsha family home.

Lawyers detail torture of suspects in fatal firebombing of Dawabsha family home.

Incident shows levels of open incitement and harassment against Palestinians by Israeli settlers, with the full collusion of the army.

Early in September, Shaquandra Ratliff was killed in Chicago. The young mother was shot when a fight broke out at a “death remembrance party” for a gang member slain a year ago. But police say Ratliff had no gang affiliation and simply was at the wrong place at the wrong time. In other words, this is a story about yet another innocent black person shot to death.A report on the killing was posted on Yahoo!