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Thursday, August 17, 2006

ADL Headlines: A Bi-Weekly News Bulletin from the Anti-Defamation League

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August 17, 2006   

 

ADL Rally’s Support for Israel through Television, Internet and Print Ad Campaign
Events in the Middle East have triggered an intense cross media campaign at ADL. All around the globe, in print, on television and on the Internet, ADL is hitting hard to expose Hezbollah’s targeting of both Israeli and Lebanese civilians. With global reach, the ads tell audiences in the U.S., Europe, Middle East and Asia why Hezbollah must be stopped. Ads appeared in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, L.A .Times, among other papers during the week of August 14. Television spots aired on CNN and Fox News starting on August 12 and are still running, as are ads on nytimes.com which began August 14.

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Anti-Semitism In The Arab World
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  • Groups Behind Anti-Israel Rallies Provide Platform To Extremist View
    The sponsors of anti-Israel rallies that took place on August 12 in Washington, D.C., with related rallies taking place in San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles, have a history of providing a platform to an array of extremist views.   More >>

  • Kofi Annan's Statements on Israel 'Blatantly One-Sided'
    ADL expressed deep disappointment with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan for his "continued blatant one-sided statements" regarding Israel's actions in Lebanon.   More >>

    In the News: (Ha’aretz)


  • UN Human Rights Council Resolution Accuses Israel
    ADL denounced the UN Human Rights Council for passing a resolution which falsely accuses Israel of massacring thousands of civilians in Lebanon while ignoring Hezbollah's barrage of rocket attacks against Israeli cities and use of civilian shields.   More >>

  • Biased Report Rushes to Judge Israel
    Human Rights Watch’s report, "Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon," ignores Hezbollah's indiscriminate targeting of civilians in Israel while focusing on casualties in Lebanon. ADL criticized the report for its "irrational rush to judgment" against Israel for its military actions in south Lebanon.   More >>

  • ADL Denounces Iran's Exhibition of Cartoons Deriding the Holocaust
    The Iranian staging of an exhibition of cartoons deriding the Holocaust is "outrageous, hateful and cynical".  More >>

  • Arab Press Uses Cartoons in War of Incitement Against Jews, Israel
    The fighting in the Middle East unleashed a fusillade of virulently anti-Israel and anti-Semitic cartoons in the Arab/Muslim Press, according to a new report issued by the League.  More >>

    View the Report: "Flashpoint Lebanon: The Arab Media's War of Incitement"

  • Campus Newspaper Editors Visit Israel and Poland
    A group of campus newspaper editors from the U.S. is on the ground in Israel witnessing the immediate impact of the current cease-fire with Hezbollah.   More >>

    In the News Jerusalem Post

  • Hugo Chavez 'Needs A Reality Check'
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez compared the state of Israel to the Nazis.  More >>

    In the News: Miami Herald

  • Massachusetts: Bill Prohibiting Life Insurance Discrimination Passes
    ADL applauded the Massachusetts state legislature and Governor Mitt Romney for passing legislation that prevents insurers from unfairly discriminating against travelers to Israel and other lawful destinations.   More >>

  • Atlanta: Racist, Anti-Semitic Tirades At Rep. Cynthia Mckinney's Concession Speech
    ADL expressed outrage over the incident in which members of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's security entourage, including individuals associated with the New Black Panther Party, physically and verbally attacked members of the media, spewing racist and anti-Semitic epithets.  More >>

  • Media Watch
    Op-Eds:
    Speakout: Using Stereotypes Damages Us All (Rocky Mountain News)
    We are concerned about the recent uses of stereotypes in public debate, whether in the context of immigration reform, suggestions on improving educational performance or comments by inebriated celebrities.  

    Gibson Must Confront Disease Of Bigotry (New York Jewish)
    Mel Gibson's behavior serves to illuminate many of the unanswered issues and questions that arose during the whole controversy surrounding his film "The Passion of the Christ."

    Letters:
    Condemnation of Israel Hollow (Sun-Sentinel) 08/14/06

    Israel isn't Fighting Against Lebanon (Sun-Sentinel) 08/07/06

    Editorial Undermines Consensus on Israel (Forward) 08/11/06

    Writer Casts Aspersion on Israel (IHT) 08/08/06

    Shock and Awe (NYTimes) 08/04/06


    Editor's Note: The next edition of ADL Headlines will appear on August 31, 2006.

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