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Activist to talk on Obama’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict

Posted on November 19, 2013 by admin

http://www.wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11140 Activist to talk on Obama’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict by Mark Schwerin November 19, 2013 | WMU News   Ruebner (Photo credit: joshruebner.com) KALAMAZOO—An activist and author will speak at Western Michigan University this month to explain why … Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary of Kennedy Assassination Remembered

Posted on November 18, 2013 by admin

John Quinlan, host of A Public Affair on WORT Madison, 89.9 FM, interviews Josh about his book Shattered Hopes and his upcoming talk at the University of Wisconsin. Click here and forward to the last ten minutes of the program.

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Josh Ruebner pens piece for Mondoweiss, responds to accusations of anti-Semitism and condoning terrorism

Posted on November 18, 2013 by admin

http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1458-josh-ruebner-pens-piece-for-mondoweiss-responds-to-accusations-of-anti-semitism-and-condoning-terrorism Josh Ruebner pens piece for Mondoweiss, responds to accusations of anti-Semitism and condoning terrorism By Marianna Reis / 18 November 2013 In recent months, Brooklyn College has been a site of heated debate surrounding freedom of speech and Boycott, Divestment, and … Continue reading →

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Smear Job

Posted on November 16, 2013 by admin

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013, 4:21 AM Washington: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin baselessly asserts in her Op-Ed “Anti-Semitism, academic freedom and Brooklyn College” (Nov. 14) that I support “anti-Semitic” policies, “condone terrorism” and “advocate the elimination of the Jewish … Continue reading →

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Israel and its apologists can no longer defend the country on its merits, instead they must try to suppress debate

Posted on November 15, 2013 by admin

Josh Ruebner on November 15, 2013 In yesterday’s New York Daily News, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin scurrilously attacks Brooklyn College President Karen Gould and the university’s Political Science Department for encouraging an open debate on campus about Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians. She … Continue reading →

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Ethan Bronner’s Palestinian goodbye party

Posted on November 15, 2013 by admin

Philip Weiss on November 15, 2013 Today The New York Times publishes a valentine to Artists4Israel, a group that paints pretty pictures in the occupation. Jodi Rudoren’s report from the occupied Golan Heights is yet another example of the Times’s deep fascination … Continue reading →

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SJP speaker discusses Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Posted on November 14, 2013 by admin

The Johns Hopkins News-Letter http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2013/11/14/sjp-speaker-discusses-israeli-palestinian-conflict-65254/ News & Features SJP speaker discusses Israeli-Palestinian conflict By OLIVIA DE RAADT Published: November 14th, 2013 On Thursday evening, the Hopkins chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted a talk with Josh Ruebner, … Continue reading →

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ADL Troubled by Planned Appearance of Anti-Israel Activists at Brooklyn College

Posted on November 13, 2013 by admin

http://newyork.adl.org/news/adl-troubled-by-planned-appearance-of-anti-israel-activists-at-brooklyn-college/ AUTHOR’S COMMENT: Note how the ADL seeks to discredit me by charging that I believe the Israel lobby “controls” the U.S. government, that I “legitimize” terrorism, and I use “Holocaust analogies to demonize Israel,” yet produces no evidence to … Continue reading →

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Free speech 101

Posted on November 13, 2013 by admin

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/free-speech-101-article-1.1514797 Once again, Brooklyn College is ensnared in an anti-Israel mess NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013, 4:10 AM Brooklyn College President Karen Gould has a lot to learn about transparency and fairness. Brooklyn College President Karen Gould … Continue reading →

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Ruebner says boycott is essential because ‘we’d be mad to leave this to politicians’

Posted on November 13, 2013 by admin

Susie Kneedler on November 13, 2013 Josh Ruebner with students of the Committee for Justice in Palestine at OSU, Sami Mubaric, President Sarah Almusbahi, and Fairuz Ali. Josh Ruebner, author of the new book on Obama’s failure to make peace, Shattered … Continue reading →

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