Category Archives: In the News

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

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

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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Ethan Bronner’s Palestinian goodbye party

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

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

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

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’

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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Author prompts Israeli-Palestinian conflict discussion

http://www.udreview.com/author-prompts-israeli-palestinian-conflict-discussion-1.3116891 Author prompts Israeli-Palestinian conflict discussion By NICOLE RODRIGUEZ City News Editor Published: Monday, November 11, 2013 NICOLE RODRIGUEZ Josh Ruebner, a political activist and author of ‘Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace’ spoke at Delaware on the conflict. … Continue reading

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Josh Ruebner will anatomize Obama’s Mid East failure in Columbus tomorrow night

Josh Ruebner will anatomize Obama’s Mid East failure in Columbus tomorrow night Susie Kneedler on October 29, 2013 Shattered Hopes The Committee for Justice in Palestine (CJP) at Ohio State University (of which I’m a member) is happy to invite all … Continue reading

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Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions: On Shunning Israel

AUTHOR’S NOTE: In this article, Josef Avesar misstates my position on a one-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I don’t publicly advocate for any particular resolution, but point out that the one-state resolution is the alternative paradigm to the increasingly … Continue reading

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