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In reply to the discussion: Amnesty takes action against official’s tweets [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)34. Amnesty International, MEMO and the Palestinian writer who calls Jews 'kikes'
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100087135/amnesty-international-memo-and-the-palestinian-writer-who-calls-jews-kikes/
Two weeks ago, I pointed out how Amnesty International was due on 23 May to give over its Human Rights Action Centre in London to a discussion of Zionist control of the media co-hosted by Middle East Monitor Online (MEMO), a Hamas-friendly publisher of anti-Semites. I knew then that Id draw a colourful response. I had no idea just how colorful.
In the course of making my case for MEMOs lack of credibility, I cited one of its regular contributors, Khalid Amaryeh, who for good measure has got the front-page story in Mondays edition on Israels mendacious prime minister. In the past, Amaryeh had written in MEMO that Israelis were pathological liars from Eastern Europe.
Amaryeh was quite upset at me for quoting his words back to him and denounced me as a Zionist propagandist and so on. Par for the course. But then he grew less pleasant and slightly more uncorked in the comment thread of a blog run by Richard Millett, who raised the same questions I did about Amnestys lapsed standards for invited guests....
...Amaryeh later apologised for the Kike thing (such are his ethical standards) but insisted that in matters of Zionist appeasement, he remains unbowed.
Amnesty was also made uncomfortable by my intervention. A spokesperson told the Jewish Chronicle shortly after my piece appeared: Providing space for an event does not mean that we necessarily agree with all of the views of participants. The key point is that free debate takes place.
Quite. I eagerly await Amnestys Human Rights Action Centre being turned over to the BNP for a debate on how changing demographics in England are depleting national pride.
Two weeks ago, I pointed out how Amnesty International was due on 23 May to give over its Human Rights Action Centre in London to a discussion of Zionist control of the media co-hosted by Middle East Monitor Online (MEMO), a Hamas-friendly publisher of anti-Semites. I knew then that Id draw a colourful response. I had no idea just how colorful.
In the course of making my case for MEMOs lack of credibility, I cited one of its regular contributors, Khalid Amaryeh, who for good measure has got the front-page story in Mondays edition on Israels mendacious prime minister. In the past, Amaryeh had written in MEMO that Israelis were pathological liars from Eastern Europe.
Amaryeh was quite upset at me for quoting his words back to him and denounced me as a Zionist propagandist and so on. Par for the course. But then he grew less pleasant and slightly more uncorked in the comment thread of a blog run by Richard Millett, who raised the same questions I did about Amnestys lapsed standards for invited guests....
...Amaryeh later apologised for the Kike thing (such are his ethical standards) but insisted that in matters of Zionist appeasement, he remains unbowed.
Amnesty was also made uncomfortable by my intervention. A spokesperson told the Jewish Chronicle shortly after my piece appeared: Providing space for an event does not mean that we necessarily agree with all of the views of participants. The key point is that free debate takes place.
Quite. I eagerly await Amnestys Human Rights Action Centre being turned over to the BNP for a debate on how changing demographics in England are depleting national pride.
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as I told another poster being antiIsrael (really antioccupation) is as related to antisemitism
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#4
Amnesty has vigilantly reported human rights abuses in every Arab and Muslim country.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#57
NOBODY here "secretly smiles about rockets attacks or bus bombers against Israel"
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#56
These organizations seem to show that it is more prevalent than we all previously thought,
King_David
Nov 2012
#7
I have begun to believe, IMvHO, that any information with regards to Israel
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#52
hmmm it seems you are claiming that while it is antisemtic to be antiIsrael's occupation
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#20
okay I'll agree that antisemitism is as much a part of the ProPalestinian movement
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#26
I am sure you would feel terrible if you donated to AI or HRW and some others I've seen listed too n
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#19
so in your opinion that the organiztion took action against her is meaningless
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#24
These groups are absolutely obsessed with Israel and apparrently the Jews too
King_David
Nov 2012
#45
I thought is important that AI took action against one of its members for their actions
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#32
why ever would you say that ? an employee of AI made an antisemtic tweet and AI is taking action
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#38
well I guess that;s your opinion but Amnesty and I found that tweet offensive because
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#44
it was a quote of IDF findings not B'tselems which is why only a fraction of a paragraph is snipped
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#63
Keep deflecting. B'tselem stated as fact Hamas commits war crimes via human shielding.
shira
Nov 2012
#70
that is not in the article anyone who's ever read a Google translation from Arabic to English
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#71