Defamation, a documentary researched and presented by the Israeli journalist Yoav Shamir, was part of More4’s True Stories slot and was on Tuesday night. The idea that anti-Semitism was somewhat overhyped and used to muzzle criticism of Israel is not new, but what many people don’t know is how obsessed the media and state […]
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BBC News - Romanian workers reveal true cost of beauty
This is a story about Romanian workers who were tricked into coming to the UK to sell cosmetics on a “commission-only”, “self-employed” basis. This involved selling the products in a department store and being paid only for what they sold, not for the time they […]
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Judge Goldstone and the pollution of argument | Comment is free | The Guardian
Antony Lerman in today’s Guardian on the ongoing smear campaign against human rights activists who criticise the state of Israel, particularly in regard to the Israeli army campaign against Gaza last winter. Among the people smeared has been Marc Garlasco, the […]
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Gambling with peace: how US bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements — The Guardian
Revealing how money raised from a casino frequented mostly by Latinos in California is funding Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and Jerusalem:
Over the past 20 years, the bingo hall has funnelled tens of millions of dollars in to […]
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