Posts Tagged ‘regents’

The Shift: Pro-Israel lawmakers angry over Regents exam question

Pro-Israel activists and lawmakers are up in arms about questions on the NY State Regents exam which discuss the creation of the state of Israel, and acknowledge that the Golan Heights were illegally annexed. Source

Students from across the Universities of California call on regents to divest from Israeli human rights abuses

Yesterday, students, campus workers, and allies from across the University of California system were in Los Angeles to call on the UC Regents to listen to student voices and divest university funds from corporations that profit from human rights abuses against the Palestinian people. Following the UC Regents’ signing of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investments […]

As Brasilia’s Corruption Is Exposed, Lawmakers Try To Criminilize Dissent

Print Friendly Above Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The proposed legislation seeks to criminalize the “filming, photographing or capturing of a person’s voice, without authorization or lawful ends,” punishable by up to two years imprisonment and a fine. If the recording is published on social media, the penalty rises to four to six years. When it was […]

Video: AIPAC attendees slam Netanyahu’s racism when they think it’s Trump’s

Rania Khalek Lobby Watch 23 March 2016 On Monday, thousands of supporters of Israel filed into the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, to watch the Republican presidential candidates address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most influential arm of the Israel lobby. The line to get in spanned an entire block […]

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