Culture & Religion

French president’s Holocaust day speech presages crackdown on Palestine supporters

Image: France’s President François Hollande addresses a Paris ceremony commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, 27 January (Presidency of France)

 

The planned crackdown raises concern that French authorities will use their powers to further censor speech critical of Israel under the guise of combating anti-Semitism

 
 

The Elephant in the Room ….. The Origin of Modern Terror and Crumbling Western Values

  In western countries, under the hard influence of America, a country in turn under the hard influence of the world’s best organized and financed lobby, the Israel Lobby, we have come to regard Israel’s behavior as normal, but it is, of course, not normal, not in any detail. What is normal about holding several million people prisoner for half a century?

 

 
 John Chuckman

Jon Stewart Shocked By Fox News Apology Over Muslim ‘No-Go Zones’ In Europe

 

“What did they say that was so much wronger than usual that it required a network-wide apology?” Stewart asked. “How bad does bullshit have to smell before the odor is detected by people who live on a mountain made out of that substance?”

The Huffington Post  |  By Ed Mazza

On Saturday, Fox News did something that managed to shock Jon Stewart: The network apologized.
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A challenge for the Pope: seize the chance for religious ‘renewal’

During his May 2014 visit to the Holy Land, Christianity’s top man was (presumably) prevented from bearing witness to the human suffering in Gaza. Since then Israel has launched yet another murderous assault slaughtering civilians, including children, on a massive scale and afterwards obstructing humanitarian aid and re-construction. Is it time for the Pope and other religious leaders to mobilise and used their clout?