In a panel discussion at the University of Leicester earlier this year, hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and chaired by Ismail Patel of Friends of Al Aqsa, on the topic "Is Israel an apartheid state?", Professor Johnson spoke spiritedly in support of Israel, demolishing the canard that Israeli policies resemble those of Apartheid-era South Africa:
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ReplyDeleteIsi Leibler make an interesting point regarding Labor turn against Israel.
Candidly Speaking: A friendlier Australian government
It is also ironic that, whereas the former Labor government abandoned Israel in order to procure Arab support for its candidature to the UN Security Council, the Arabs will have effectively guaranteed the appointment of what will in all likelihood be the most pro-Israel government on the council.
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Candidly-Speaking-A-friendlier-Australian-government-325556
Great article by IJL as usual!
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ReplyDeleteMeet the Technion’s new valedictorian in medicine
You’ll find Israeli-Arab physicians on staff at every Israeli hospital. But only Carmel Medical Center in Haifa can boast that its newest Israeli-Arab obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Mais Ali Saleh, recently graduated No. 1 in her class at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, one of the country’s top medical schools.
http://israel21c.org/headlines/meet-the-technions-new-valedictorian-in-medicine/
Thks!
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