This Week Marked The 80th Anniversary Of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. My Whole Life, All I Heard About

This week marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. My whole life, all I heard about was the tremendous Jew hatred in Poland. During our recent visit to Spain, I learned that Poland was one of the most welcoming and tolerant places for Jews…until it was NOT.

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Jew in the City/Dani Ishai Behan

Amnesty's defense of its anti-Israel lies: "Trust us, bro. We have experts."

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

There was a remarkable Twitter exchange between a number of critics of the Amnesty “apartheid” report and Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty UK campaigns manager.

CAMERA created a video showing specific lies in Amnesty’s video supporting the report.

If Amnesty had a good case, why would it need to manipulate viewers? 15 Lies in 15 Minutes: Amnesty International’s ‘Apartheid’ Video":#Israel pic.twitter.com/PFMqfs5T4T

Benedict responded:

Please send this as ‘evidence’ to the chief prosecutor of the ICC..  

David Litman of CAMERA:

Now that we have your attention, perhaps someone from Amnesty could finally address some of those blatant factual errors

I pointed out directly to your colleague, which suggest your organization is knowingly lying or doesn’t actually understand the law.

Kristyan Benedict

Benedict: “Sound like you’ve already made your mind up. Good luck with that.”

Adam Levick (CAMERA-UK): “Why don’t you just respond to the CAMERA video, Kristyan.”

Benedict: “We’ve laid out our findings in a very detailed report and stand by it. We didn’t just put it out without serious review from experts. You however, should make your case to the likes of the ICC chief prosecutor and the COI. Would be a better use of your time in all seriousness.”

Eitan Fischberger: “Who were the experts?”

Benedict: “External experts on international law including those with specialist knowledge of apartheid in international law.”

Fischberger: “No I’m sure, but who? A couple of names for reference would be most appreciated.”

Benedict: “Afraid not. External (and internal) colleagues have many reasons to not be public about such work - one of them being the awful smear campaigns that sometimes occur. Not everyone wants that nastiness in their lives. Hopefully that’s understandable.”

Fischberger: “I can certainly understand the need for privacy. Yet, I can’t help but worry this creates a situation in which Amnesty can issue reports on highly contentious topics, and when confronted with counterarguments, defers to unanswerable experts whose objectivity can’t be verified.”

you don’t talk too much. you aren’t too loud. you aren’t too needy. you aren’t too sensitive. you aren’t too this, or that. you aren’t too much anything. you will never be too much: you are you, and you are allowed to take up space. you are allowed to exist however you choose.

i hope you buy things that bring you joy. i hope you wear clothes that make you feel good. i hope you decorate your home however you like. i hope you don’t wake up dreading going to work. i hope you meet people that make your heart sing. i hope you discover hobbies that fulfill you. i hope you go on fantastic adventures that give you unforgettable memories. i hope you do things just because you want to, and i hope you don’t feel like you have to justify your decisions to anybody. i hope you find happiness. i hope you cultivate a life you love.

On July 11, 1947, the Exodus (formerly the packet steamer SS President Warfield) was intercepted by the British Navy off the coast of Haifa. The ship was carrying 4,500 Jewish men, women and children, virtually all of them Holocaust survivors. The ship was escorted into port, where the exhausted bedraggled passengers were transferred to three other ships, Ocean Vigour, Empire Rival and Runnymede Park and, quite incredibly, returned to Germany (after first docking in France where, on the advice of the Haganah, the passengers refused to disembark). They were then placed in DP (displaced persons) camps. Try to imagine the sheer horror of being returned to Germany after surviving the Holocaust. By the time Israel declared independence, most (by various means) were able to complete the journey they had begun in hope the previous year. The second vessel is one of four new state-of-the-art Sa'ar 6 warships that will patrol Israel's coastline and protect its people for many years to come.

Likud Herut UK