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Andrew Cuomo and Other Democrats Launch Severe Attack on Free Speech to Protect Israel

One of the greatest free speech threats in the West is the growing, multi-nation campaign literally to outlaw advocacy of boycotting Israel. People get arrested in Paris — the site of the 2015 “free speech” (for Muslim critics) rally — for wearing pro-boycott T-shirts. Pro-boycott students on U.S. campuses — where the 1980s boycott of apartheid South Africa flourished — are routinely sanctioned for violating anti-discrimination policies. Canadian officials have threatened to criminally prosecute boycott advocates. British government bodies have legally barred certain types of boycott advocacy. Israel itself has outright criminalized advocacy of such boycotts. Notably, all of this has been undertaken with barely a peep from those who styled themselves free speech crusaders when it came time to defend anti-Muslim cartoons.
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/06/andrew-cuomo-and-other-democrats-launch-severe-attack-on-free-speech-to-protect-israel/

Pro-Israel groups vow to “eliminate” BDS

As the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement grows across the US, Israel’s supporters are cranking up hatred against Palestine solidarity activism in both rhetoric and tactics.

The general anxiety about BDS was on full display last week, when an estimated 1,500 people gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the first international #StopBDS conference.

The event was organized by the Israeli mission to the UN and the World Jewish Congress in partnership with such Israel lobby groups as StandWithUs, the Zionist Organization of America, CAMERA, the Anti-Defamation League and Hillel.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/rania-khalek/pro-israel-groups-vow-eliminate-bds

Pro-Israel “Sugar Mama” Offers $500 Student Bounty to Attend Anti-BDS Conference

At least one campus Hillel (and likely many more) offered students $500 each and lodging to travel to New York to attend the anti-BDS conference held at the UN under the auspices of the Israeli government. Stanford Hillel Rabbi Serena Eisenberg sent a blast e-mail to students on the Hillel list containing the offer. The message indicated the special donor would offer students accommodation at her home.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2016/06/08/pro-israel-sugar-mama-offers-500-student-bounty-to-attend-anti-bds-conference/

Attacks on BDS websites linked to Israel

New evidence indicates Israel may be directly involved in attacks on the websites of the Palestinian BDS National Committee and other organizations supporting Palestinian rights.

The report came just days after a senior Israel lobby official indicated that Israel’s previously announced plans to fight the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions movement online were already being implemented.

The online security service eQualit.ie analzyed six major attacks on the bdsmovement.net website in February and March this year.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/attacks-bds-websites-linked-israel

U.S. Military Aid and the Israel/Palestine Conflict

The U.S. provides Israel $10.2 million* in military aid each day,
while it gives the Palestinians $0** in military aid.
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stat/usaid.html

83 US-amerikanische Hohlköpfe ermöglichen Zerstörung durch Israel

Die 83 US-Senatoren, die den Präsidenten drängten, die Militärhilfe für Israel zu erhöhen, sind Ignoranten und ihr Brief ist eine Schande. Israel über alles ? Militärhilfe über alle Bedürfnisse ?

Eine erhöhte Militärhilfe wird Israel, das bis an die Zähne bewaffnet ist, um kein Jota sicherer machen. Es wird Israel schaden. Diese 83 von 100 Senatoren gründen ihre außerordentliche Forderung auf „ dramatisch die anwachsenden Herausforderungen für Israels Verteidigung“.
http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=17898