Phyllis Chesler's Blog, page 19
July 31, 2014
Israel Condemning Persists Even as UN Official Admits Hamas Uses Their Buildings
A senior UN official, UN OCHA director, John Ging, confirmswhat the IDF and other informed experts have been saying all along, but to little avail. In a television interview yesterday, Ging said that Hamas terrorists "are firing their rockets into Israel
July 30, 2014
Disney Heiress Takes Code Pink Line, Withdraws Investment from Israeli Company over 'Occupation'
Abigail Disney, Walt's great-niece and heiress, has just withdrawn her 12 million dollar investment in the Israeli Company Ahava because, she says, it is "stealing minerals" from an "Occupied West Bank." Ms. Disney believes this violates both the 1970
July 29, 2014
Norman Finkelstein's Sparsely Attended pro-Palestine Rally in NYC Leads to Arrests
Twenty to thirty people were arrested "for Hamas" today at midday in New York City. They lay down in the street opposite the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and blocked traffic for miles around. They chanted nothing and simply lay there in silence.
Incitement to Genocide: How NY Times' Coverage and UN Complicity Breed Anti-Semitism
Are The United Nations and the NY Times Guilty of Incitement to Genocide? Should they be held in any way accountable for the incitement against Jews and Israel that is erupting globally? I am asking this question seriously. Yes, I know, the media has a
July 28, 2014
Ten Thousand Gather Peacefully in Manhattan to Support Israel Against Hamas Terrorism
An estimated ten thousand (busy) people came out in New York today, unable to stay away, needing to be there with each other: with Israel, in public, on record. Our finest and most cherished young men are heroically fighting and dying so that our people
July 25, 2014
No, Supporting Hamas is Not 'Feminist'
It was only a matter of time. Today, Ali Abunimah's Electronic Intifada published a piece titled "Ending Zionism is a feminist issue." I would say just the opposite is true: "Supporting Zionism is a feminist issue." Today must be the day assigned to
July 24, 2014
After Death Sentence and Imprisonment for 'Apostasy,' Sudanese Mother Arrives in Italy
Meriam Yahya Ishag and her family landed safely in Italy last night. She flew on an Italian government plane and was accompanied by Italian Minister, Lapo Pistelli. Upon landing, Meriam was welcomed by Italy's Foreign Minister, Matteo Renzi. Within hours
July 23, 2014
J'accuse: Western Academics Condemning Israel Aid Hamas Terrorists
J'accuse every single Western academic, each intellectual and journalist who has ever circulated and signed a Resolution against Israel and in favor of Hamas is a supporter of Islamist barbarism against Western civilization. They are the West's
July 21, 2014
A Letter To My People
Dearest Friends and Colleagues: I sit here, gazing at the wind-tossed Aegean, but my heart is in Zion--and it is breaking. I know that Israel must do exactly what it is doing but I mourn the high price Jews have always had to pay to survive in this
July 18, 2014
Chesler Facebook Chronicles
JULY 11 Jet-lagged in Spain I am still in Barcelona where the outdoor cafes are very lovely and the weather is soft and perfect. I visited the former Jewish quarter and what is left of the synagogue. I said Kaddish there. And, before jet lagged had its
