A long read, but well worth the effort if you've got the time:
MARCH 22, 2017
McCarthyite Anti-Semitism Smears and Racism at the Guardian/Observer
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/22/ ... nobserver/
Should Israel be banned from Rugby
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If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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Just a video this time, sorry, but Richard Gere has a few things to say ...
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?
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UK & others still doing business with Apartheid . . .
Israel’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its defense exports had reached $6.5 billion in 2016, returning to 2013 levels on the back of record sales from Europe.
The figures represented a $800 million increase, or 14 percent, in contracts on the previous year, according to Mishel Ben Baruch, director of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at the Israeli Defense Ministry (SIBAT).
"The increase in the volume of new contracts signed expresses a global trend of pulling out of the recession,” he said, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “Especially in Europe and North America, and increased defense budgets in the face of growing security challenges.”
http://www.newsweek.com/israeli-defense ... les-575858
Israel’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its defense exports had reached $6.5 billion in 2016, returning to 2013 levels on the back of record sales from Europe.
The figures represented a $800 million increase, or 14 percent, in contracts on the previous year, according to Mishel Ben Baruch, director of the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at the Israeli Defense Ministry (SIBAT).
"The increase in the volume of new contracts signed expresses a global trend of pulling out of the recession,” he said, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “Especially in Europe and North America, and increased defense budgets in the face of growing security challenges.”
http://www.newsweek.com/israeli-defense ... les-575858
If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?