Human rights and freedom of speech but only if you support Israel?
/Another interesting article on the Israeli-Palestine War. One thing to remember it is PR-wise to separate Hamas from Palestinians so you can do whatever you want ie eradicate the threat but Hamas is Palestine. Waging a war on Hamas is the same as waging a war on Palestinians. And before you scream obscenities and threats do remember that Israel was founded by terrorism and war… facts, not emotions please.
Additionally we often talk about election interference from Russia and China but we never really address the interference by Israel or American zionists on Israel’s behalf. This is not about taking sides - it is about fact, and a standard, a moral core to work for all humans to have the right to live in peace. More thoughts after the article below.
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL.
In any event, here is another interesting article by Chris McGreal from the Guardian.:
Pro-Palestinian views face suppression in US amid Israel-Hamas war
Conferences have been abruptly cancelled, media appearances suppressed and demands made to fire critics of Israeli policies
Widespread attempts to suppress pro-Palestinian views in the US after the Hamas attack on Israel have forced the cancellation of major conferences, prompted demands for the dismissal of workers who express support for Palestinians and led to intimidation campaigns against Arab American voices critical of Israeli policies.
Earlier this week, a leading US Jewish group forced the cancellation of a major Palestinian campaign organisation’s national conference by alleging it was a front for Hamas, which killed more than 1,400 Israelis and abducted about 200 people in its attack from Gaza.
Sports reporter in Philadelphia loses job over pro-Palestinian comments
Palestinian American activists say television networks also have censored or cancelled interviews. NPR and the BBC pulled advertising for a widely praised new book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after a campaign of “listener complaints”.
The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce has declared a “victory” after pressuring Hilton hotels into cancelling the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights event in Houston later this month at which the congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was to be the main speaker.
Duvi Honig, the chamber’s founder and CEO, publicly denounced the USCPR meeting as “a conference for Hamas supporters” and called Tlaib and other speakers “notoriously proud Jew-haters”. Honig’s message was reposted repeatedly on social media – with contact details for Hilton’s president, Christopher Nassetta – where it gained traction, with the USPCR being falsely accused of supporting statements by more marginal groups praising the Hamas attack.
Ahmad Abuznaid, director of the USCPR, a coalition of more than 300 groups opposed to the occupation, said the conference venue was booked months ago and that Hilton contacted him shortly after the Hamas attack to discuss security.
“They said they were receiving a lot of calls to cancel, people pressuring them, but that the hotel takes no position on politics and just wants to put a security plan in place,” he said.
Abuznaid said Hilton presented a $100,000 bill for security and gave the group 48 hours to pay.
“Obviously that’s an enormous amount for an organisation like ours but we were not deterred. And then the next day we got the email that they were cancelling. They just said that security was the reason. There was no conversation. They just unilaterally decided to cancel,” he said.
Abuznaid called the move unjust and discriminatory.
The chamber of commerce, based in New York, said the cancellation demonstrated the power of Jewish community groups “standing united against terrorism”.
“By raising awareness and mobilizing public opinion, they effectively conveyed the potential harm associated with hosting a group that supports terror,” it said.
The hotel did not respond to a request for comment.
The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, threw his support behind the cancellation.
“Texas has no room for hate & antisemitism like that supported by Hamas. No location in Texas should host or sponsor USCPR,” he posted on X.
The chamber is also campaigning to have Starbucks close stores and dismiss thousands of workers “who support Hamas” after their union posted a statement on X saying “Solidarity with Palestine”. The chamber has launched a boycott of the coffee chain under the slogan: “Drinking a cup of Starbucks Is Drinking a Cup of Jewish Blood.”
The entire article here - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/21/israel-hamas-conflict-palestinian-voices-censored
Private businesses have every right to hire whomever they want - not sure about judges per se but here is a very partial list of companies who do not want people to exercise their constitutional rights. Is this cancel culture or is it accountability?
If only people actually believed in human rights for all… but they don’t… to them Israeli lives seem more important than Palestinian lives or probably even the lives of Americans… US Constitution - who cares?
Some interesting reading on War Crimes:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/19/international-humanitarian-law-applies-all-states
DAVIS POLK LAW FIRM
BILL ACKMAN PERSHING SQUARE
JONATHAN NEMAN SWEETGREEN
WINSTON & STRAWN LAW FIRM
MICHAEL BROUKHIM FABFITFUN
DAVID DUEL EASYHEALTH
JUDGE MATTHEW SOLOMSON U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
LESLIE WEXNER WEXNER FOUNDATION — FORMER CEO OF VICTORIA’S SECRET
First Amendment
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
Some details and case histories can be found here - some great stuff:
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-1/