The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
Following the leaders’ joint statement below, Canada is issuing an advisory to Canadian businesses regarding the legal, financial, and reputational risks associated with commercial activities linked to Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
Canada advises businesses not to participate in activities that directly or indirectly support or facilitate illegal Israeli settlements and associated violence.
Canada’s longstanding position has been that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law. Businesses should align their operations with responsible business conduct standards, and refrain from engaging in economic and financial activities associated with these settlements.
Read more: https://t.co/4s5WF2RDt1
We strongly condemn the Israeli military prosecutor’s account of the deaths of our seven colleagues on April 1, 2024. And we fundamentally disagree with their decision about criminal investigations into the IDF airstrikes that killed our team.
Read our full statement here: https://t.co/yqCUHjnvSK
Canada has called Israel’s decision not to criminally investigate the 2024 killing of Canadian aid worker Jacob Flickinger and six others “unacceptable,” saying it leaves families without answers.
Israel has murdered at least 593 aid workers, 259 journalists, and over 20,000 children since October 7, 2023.
Ben-Gvir is showing off the facility for executions of Palestinians that is being built in Israel where people will be hung to death and there will be “viewing booths” for the enjoyment of the public.
If you think about it for a moment, it really is mind boggling how stories like the “Hamas mass rape” and the “40 beheaded babies” spread unchecked like wildfire… your mind would have to be primed by so much racism to believe such crazy things without a lick of scrutiny
Cenk Uygur just read the testimonies that the media refuses to report. A 42-year-old Palestinian woman was bound naked to a metal table and raped by Israeli soldiers for two days. A 35-year-old Palestinian man was forced to strip, had dogs urinate on him, and then a dog penetrated his anus. There are dozens of such testimonies.
Cenk argues that the media does not report these because they do not view Muslim lives as important. They have internalized the propaganda that Muslims are terrorists who deserve what they get.
This is the reality of Israeli detention and Western media complicity
People are rightly appalled by this, but it's interesting to see it shared by journalists who've been silent about this mounting repression, or parroted copaganda about "skyrocketing hate crimes" and "violent protesters", which inevitably paved the way for this kind of impunity
This image was posted by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon. Israeli soldiers have been posting imagines of their war crimes and cultural desecration for two and a half years straight without interruption.
Following this foiled terrorist plot, I assume all of my fellow Jews will have to answer the questions “Do you condemn the Jewish Defense League” and “Do you condemn Jewish terrorism” just like every Muslim was asked about Hamas, right?