Posts Tagged ‘Freedom of Speech’

How to Become an Israeli Journalist

This item was filled under [ Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Israel, Media, Palestine ]

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A year ago I applied for the job of Occupied Territories correspondent at Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper. I speak Arabic and have taught in Palestinian schools and taken part [...]

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French freedom of speech: Long live!

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French official sacked for anti-Israeli diatribe
PARIS (AFP) — A French senior civil servant has been sacked for publishing a violent anti-Israeli diatribe on a web site, the interior ministry said.
Bruno Guigue, deputy prefect of the southwestern town of Saintes, wrote in an online column this month that Israel was “the only state where snipers shoot [...]

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Silence Day for Fouad Alfarhan

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Today is a ‘Blog Silence Day‘ to protest the imprisonment of Fouad Alfarhan.
Fouad Alfarhan is a Saudi blogger who uses his blog, alfarhan.org, to promote political reform and greater freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia. He was forced to stop blogging at the beginning of 2007 after being harassed by government officials, but then resumed [...]

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Desperate to Censorship Facebook! (Updated)

“You know you are doing well when Zionists and their alike are desperately trying to silence you.”

Image by: Carlos Latuff

This is exactly what is happening to me on Facebook for two consecutive days now.
As you know, beside Sabbah’s Blog, I also run the aggregator, Palestine Blogs - The Gazette.
Yesterday I received an email from Facebook [...]

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Employees Expose FOX NEWS Distortions

This item was filled under [ Censorship, Failures, Freedom of Speech, Media, USA, Videos ]

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Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007

It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality - at least from my experiences [...]

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St. Thomas University president reverses ban on Tutu

This item was filled under [ Education, Freedom of Speech, USA, Zionism ]

We commend the president of St. Thomas University in reversing his decision and inviting Bishop Desmond Tutu to speak (Israel apologists lost this round). Bishop Tutu is a Nobel Peace Laureate who suffered for his work against South African apartheid now speaks eloquently, with humility and passion, on Israeli apartheid. Thanks to many people (including [...]

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“Family Guy” sued for anti-Semitic lyrics; no one dare sue MEMRI for anti-Palestinian lies

Image by: Carlos Latuff

So here we go again:
[Via: CNN] NEW YORK - In the 67 years since its debut, “When You Wish Upon a Star” has been recorded by more than 100 artists and orchestras.
But the song’s owner is irate about what it calls an unseemly spoof of the familiar tune, saying the dreamy classic [...]

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Cowardice asks the question…

This item was filled under [ Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Israel, Terrorism, USA, War, War Crimes, Zionism ]

Image by: Carlos Latuff

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
“Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor [...]

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Archbishop Tutu banned in a USA University, tagged as Anti-Semitic

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Now this is NOT a satire post!

Archbishop Tutu barred by U. of St Thomas because of criticism of Israel [via: Muzzle Watch]
Rumors have been circulating for some time that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was banned by the University of St Thomas in Minnesota because of statements he made that some consider anti-Semitic. Now it’s official: winning [...]

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Playboy Magazine, goes Anti-Semitic!?

This item was filled under [ Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Israel, Media, Zionism ]

Image by: Carlos Latuff

What does Playboy Magazine have in common with all those people, newspapers, magazines, editors, journalists, etc. listed by the infamous Zionist CAMERA as anti-Semite?
The answer is simple:
Playboy magazine, the racy but popular men’s magazine, has published in its October 2007 issue an article comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa. - CAMERA
There you [...]

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Pluto Press Under Attack by Israel Lobby

This item was filled under [ Censorship, Education, Freedom of Speech, USA, Zionism ]

Pressure Builds on University of Michigan
Pluto Press Under Attack by Israel Lobby
By ROGER van ZWANENBERG
About three weeks ago Pluto books and the University of Michigan Press - our US distributor - came under attack by Stand With Us (a Zionist lobby group) who were objecting to the publication of Overcoming Zionism by Joel Kovel which [...]

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British Zionist group cancels Ha’aretz columnist after ‘apartheid’ comment

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And I thought someone said they have ‘freedom of speech’, ‘free media’ and its the ‘oasis of democracy’ and, blah blah blah..
The British Zionist Federation canceled a London appearance by Ha’aretz columnist Danny Rubinstein the day after he called Israel an “apartheid state” at a United Nations conference on Palestinians.
Story here!

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Wikipedia and Israeli lobbyists

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This is very revealing of how the Israeli PR machine bends Wikipedia…

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Google Bow to Zionists & Hijacked “Freedom of Speech”, Again!

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(By Latuff)

The following letter is self explanatory. Please read and act:
Dear Reader,
We @ thepeoplesvoice.org need your help! Anti-democratic forces have succeeded in making Google take us off its news list. It is important for web sites like ours to be listed there, so that more people will have access to alternative points of view, not [...]

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Update - Daily Kos: Quote IOF, you are peace maker; Quote Palestinian, you are a terrorist

False! Well, not everywhere, but at Daily Kos it sure is.

It has been nearly a month since I decided to start cross-posting most of what I write in my blog to my diary at Daily Kos. The diaries at Daily Kos are more or less make for a personal blog, where members can publish their [...]

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US Campaign advertisements in Washington metro is drawing Zionist ire

This item was filled under [ Action, Freedom of Speech, Good News, Palestine, USA, Zionism ]

On the 40th anniversary of Israel’s illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, join the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice in Washington, DC, June 10-11, 2007 for a protest, teach-in, and lobby day.
The campaign starts underground - into the Washington subway [...]

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The U.S. State Department’s “Digital Outreach Team,” watching Arab Blogs

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Well, now it is official!
I wanted to post about this a week ago, but the technical problems kept me away from doing my daily business - blogging - which seems to be disturbing the U.S. State Department to a level that forced them to form a team to fight blogs speaking the truth about them [...]

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Anti Israel sentiment rising; wondering why?

[by Carlos Latuff]
As I expected, the last post hit some nerves and I received tens of hate emails (also love ones) beside the conservative comments that followed the post (especially of Mark and Anna, both of which I highly respect).
Anyway, the stuff about anti Semitism is garbage, since anyone who says the word Israel without [...]

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Did you know?

[by Carlos Latuff]
Did you know that last August, a US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, was suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months. Last month, the Washington Post reported that the sailor was accused for spying and pleaded guilty, but guess what? They say he is accused [...]

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