NEWS

• • Washtenaw Jewish News - page 2, Letter to the Editor, Oct '20

  • Federal lawsuit filed over anti-Israel protests in Ann Arbor, Dec '19

  • Protest during Hanukkah outside the Beth Israel Congregation

• • Tensions high as Ann Arbor considers Israel-Palestine issue, Jul '19

  • Anti-Israel protesters convince Ann Arbor to take up issue, Jul '19

  • Nearly 4,000 Palestinians killed in Syria's brutal war, Mar '18

  • Ann Arbor organization labeled hate group by SPLC, Feb '17

  • Behind Stark Political Divisions, a More Complex Map of Sunnis and Shiites, Jan '16

  • Southern Poverty Law Center declares BIGots a hate group.

  • SPME Congratulates University of Michigan’s CSG on Defeating a BDS Resolution, But is Alarmed at the Virulent Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism Surrounding the Divestment Resolution Debate, Mar '14

  • SPME and APT applaud Northeastern University's decision to suspend Students for Justice in Palestine, Mar '14

  • N.Y. Senate passes bill penalizing schools for boycotting Israel, Jan '14

  • 500 Days of Protest in Ann Arbor, Sep '13

  • Beth Israel congregants reflect on 10 years of protests at synagogue: 'We certainly didn't ask for this', Aug '13

  • AATA rejects anti-Israel ad on buses for second time, Jan '13

  • Jon Stewart - Park Slope co-op (NYC) boycott attempt, Apr '12

  • AATA Board Affirms Ad Rejection, Nov. '11

  • Washtenaw Jewish News, Mar '10; see: "False Witnesses create own Newspeak" - page 1; 'It's the "witness", not the name, that's false' - page 2

  • Washtenaw Jewish News, Feb '10 see: "The Few and the Just" - page 1; 'More on 'False Witnesses' - page 2; "False Witnesses II: The devil's in the details (or vice versa)" - page 9

  • "False Witnesses" - Washtenaw Jewish News, Dec '09 Since September 2003, the congregation of Ann Arbor's most visible synagogue has been subjected to the display of signs and the people who hold them.

  • People's Food Co-op Election Results, Ann Arbor Update, Jun '09

  • People's Food Co-op Election, Ann Arbor Update, May '09

  • Proposed boycott of Israeli goods divides co-op, Ann Arbor News, Aug '07

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ARTICLES

• Comparison of Israel's population and area with surrounding Muslim countries

• Take A Pen!

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• The Lunatic Left, AIPAC Policy Conference Speech in Washington, DC

  • "...I am not Jewish. Ideologically I lean to the left, and I am a journalist. Why have I not adopted an anti-Israel stance like the majority of my European colleagues?...."

• Jews with six arms

  • Speech delivered by Pilar Rahola at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, December 12, 2009.

• Writings by Khaled Abu Toameh

  • an Arab Muslim, is a veteran award-winning journalist who has been covering Palestinian affairs for nearly three decades.