Bernie Farber

Pro-Israel politics make for strange bedfellows.

What to call someone who claims to oppose racism, except for that directed against Palestinians?
Judge someone by what they have done and continue to do. Consider the source. These thoughts ran through my mind as I struggled to write about Bernie Farber’s standing among some Left/liberals.

It is strange how supporters of Israel are responding to Donald Trump’s Muslim and Syrian refugee ban Some have applauded it, effectively acknowledging that Israel cheerleading is a right wing cause. Others have sought to be seen taking the side of anti-racism and religious tolerance, all the while ignoring Israel’s terrible treatment of Palestinian, Syrian and other refugees.

Apology to Warren Kinsella
On February 2, 2017, Dissident Voice published this article by Yves Engler that stated “In 2014 Kinsella applauded Israel’s killing of 2,200 Palestinians in Gaza.”
As soon as Mr. Kinsella informed us that he objected to the wording of this sentence, in consultation with Mr. Engler, we removed it.
We apologize unreservedly to Mr. Kinsella for the original wording of the article.
— Dissident Voice and Yves Engler
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And will the University of Lethbridge ban non-Westerners from its campus? By Kevin Barrett | Veterans Today | September 28, 2016 The holocaust cartoon contest in Iran was attacked in the West, but immensely popular throughout the non-Western world “East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.” – Kipling’s famous […]

By Rafiq | American Herald Tribune | September 28, 2016 In his Now Magazine article “Facebook Removes Anti-Semitic Post after Online Blowback,” Bernie Farber explains that “the Facebook ravings on the social media site of Anthony Hall,” a tenured professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, have been identified as anti-Semitic. This statement might lead […]