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Why the Lowly Dandelion Is a Better Metaphor for Leaders than the Mighty Banyan
Vivek Bapat
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Banyans are among the world's largest and longest-living trees, and have come to symbolize strong, stable leadership in South East Asian culture. However, Vivek Bapat encourages leaders to act more like the dandelion, a small weed that lives an unremarkable, fleeting life. From conventional reasoning, you'd be hard pressed to find a management guru who would recommend that we lead like dandelions. Yes, dandelions are prolific and fight for territory, but they don't grow large and they do their time in a season and then fade away, giving other species a chance to thrive. So despite its reputation, the dandelion leaves the environment around it a better place. The resilient, flexible, nurturing style of the dandelion might be more emblematically better-suited to today's modern digital world and its constant change than the rigid, inflexible style of leadership reflected by the Banyan. The dandelion challenges leaders to think differently about three critical dimensions across their business: Time, Resources, and People.
Banyans are among the world's largest and longest-living trees — one in India is more than 200 years old and is reported to be the world's largest tree. Bigger than the average Wal-Mart, it has a canopy of more than 19,000 square meters. Not surprisingly, this visual distinctiveness has come to symbolize magnificence, immortality, and stature — attributes typically associated with strong, stable leadership. Particularly, in South East Asia, where it grows, the Banyan also has deep cultural reverence. It is designated as the National Tree of India. Leadership Institutes, conferences, and management gurus reference the mighty banyan in their teachings.
There are good reasons the metaphor is so popular. Like the banyan, many well-regarded leaders get their start by capitalizing on a nascent opportunity. Similar to the branches and roots of the banyan, they flourish by surrounding themselves with like-spirited colleagues, bonding around the core. They successfully expand their span of control outward from the center, gathering more influence over time.
However, the same attributes that spawn initial success also expose some intrinsic flaws. As the banyan's roots grow out from the center, into what resembles a formidable trunk, it completely surrounds and suffocates the original host tree, leaving a hollow core at the center. Correspondingly, leaders who grow their influence like the great banyan can unwittingly smother the initial spark of innovation and disruptive thinking at the core of an organization's ethos — that magic that made it successful in the first place.
As they grow, banyans seek to dominate surrounding trees, discouraging other plants to grow in the dense canopy of their leaves. In the same way, as leaders' influence grows, success can feed into their egos, encouraging them to surround themselves exclusively with executives who constantly validate and reflect their own beliefs. Ultimately, this type of growth masks a lack of diversity and fresh thinking in the core of the management ranks causing many leaders, their teams and organizations to lose their way.
In stark contrast to the banyan is a small weed that lives an unremarkable, fleeting life — the dandelion.
From conventional reasoning, you'd be hard pressed to find a management guru who would recommend that we lead like dandelions. But, just as improbable as it sounds, could the small, frail dandelion — a sworn pest of the suburban yard, in fact, offer a better metaphor for modern day leadership?
Further inspection reveals some interesting characteristics that correlate. Dandelions fall under a class known as beneficial weeds, which help the plants around them. Dandelions do this by sending taproots deep into the ground. These taproots pull nutrients up to the surface, improving the quality of the soil and feeding shallow-rooted plants nearby. Dandelions also attract insects that enable pollination, like bees, which help other flowering plants. Plants that might not otherwise have a chance to germinate or survive get a shot at life because of the nutrients and insects that dandelions send their way. Yes, dandelions are prolific and fight for territory, but they don't grow large and they fade quickly after blooming, giving other species a chance to thrive. They may not be the showiest plants, but they leave the environment a better place.
The resilient, flexible, nurturing style of the dandelion might be more emblematically better suited to today's modern digital world and its constant change than the rigid, inflexible style of leadership reflected by the banyan. Faster than ever before, technology-led disruption is wiping out companies that rest too long on the laurels of their past success. Like the dandelion, which knows its time is short, new leaders now have months, not decades, to succeed. Like the dandelion, leaders should use a faster, agile, flexible mindset to explore and exploit new opportunities presented by constantly challenging the status-quo, even when they are growing.
A dandelion can find a way to grow with the most minimal resources; who hasn't seen one popping up between the cracks in a concrete sidewalk? Similarly, today's most resilient digital companies are lean and dandelion-tough. While in the past, disruptive ideas often starved and died due to lack of capital investments, today, the democratization of technology — in computing, cloud, social, and big-data analytics — let business leaders deploy, test, and scale new ideas more cheaply than before.
The banyan might seem mighty on the outside, but an old banyan has a hollow core. In a fast-changing world, leaders must preserve the personal authenticity, moral compass, and clarity that defines them, especially as their companies grow. Just as the dandelion helps other plants to flourish, leaders must focus not on expanding their own empires (in banyan-like fashion) but on allowing others to thrive. Resilient leaders choose their metaphors carefully, keep their egos in check, and leave their environments richer than they found them, clearing the way for new leaders to take root.
Vivek Bapat is the SVP and Head of Marketing and Communications Strategy at SAP. He partners with senior business leaders and global influencers to develop brand, content, customer and employee engagement strategies with impact. Follow him on Twitter @vivek_bapat.
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George Pell Biography, Age, Career, Family, Net worth, Early Life, Weight, Height
George Pell was born on June 8, 1941, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, to George Arthur and Margaret Lillian Pell, née Burke. His father was a non-practicing Anglican from Leicestershire, England, who had won the heavyweight boxing championship in his youth. His mother was an orthodox Irish Catholic.
Growing up, Pell had a close relationship with his family, particularly his mother. He was the second of five children and had three sisters and one brother. His mother instilled in him a strong sense of faith and commitment to the Catholic Church from a young age.
Pell's father, George Arthur, worked as a gas fitter and had a keen interest in sports, particularly boxing. He passed on this love of sports to his son and they would often train together. Pell, who was a strong and athletic child, would go on to play Australian rules football at a high level.
Despite being raised in a devout Catholic household, George Pell's family was not particularly wealthy. The family lived in a working-class neighborhood and struggled to make ends meet at times. Nevertheless, Pell's parents did their best to provide for their children and instilled in them a strong work ethic and sense of responsibility.
Pell's childhood was not without its challenges, he had to undergo 24 surgeries as a toddler to get rid of an abscess in his throat. Despite the trauma and discomfort, it didn't prevent him from being a strong athlete and succeeding in his academic and religious pursuits.
Overall, George Pell's family played a significant role in shaping his character and his decision to pursue a career in the Catholic Church. His parents instilled in him a strong sense of faith and a commitment to service, which would go on to define his life and career.
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U of L withdrawal of some services from Jewish Hospital puts Louisville's only adult organ transplant center at risk
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"The University of Louisville may soon stop providing important medical services at Jewish Hospital — a move that could jeopardize the only adult organ transplant center in the city" and one of only two in Kentucky, Morgan Watkins reports for the Courier Journal. "All of the physicians who perform lung, kidney, liver, pancreas, heart and dual organ transplants at Jewish Hospital are employed by U of L, according to the university."
U of L President Neeli Bendapudi said last month that the university was starting to move some medical services from Jewish to University of Louisville Hospital and elsewhere because of "the current uncertainty around" Jewish, which is for sale and at risk of closing.
"If the university is no longer providing the surgeons to do transplants, then there's nobody to do the transplants at Jewish Hospital. It's not like you can bring in somebody overnight," colorectal surgeon Wayne Tuckson told Watkins. He works for KentuckyOne Health, the Catholic Health Initiatives subsidiary that owns Jewish. CHI, which has had financial problems, is merging with Dignity Health of San Francisco.
"U of L has been making contingency plans for its solid organ transplant program, but shifting such operations from one hospital to another isn't an easy or quick process, according to Laura Aguiar, principal and managing partner of Transplant Solutions LLC, which works with transplant programs around the country," Watkins reports. The other transplant programs in Kentucky are at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville and the University of Kentucky.
Two big contracts between KentuckyOne and U of L expire at the end of this month, Watkins notes: "Under those agreements, KentuckyOne agreed to provide a minimum of about $35.6 million to the university for 56 medical resident positions at Jewish Hospital and the Frazier Rehab Institute, as well as for a variety of services performed by U of L employees, including heart and brain surgeries. . . . Also, U of L physicians serve as medical directors for the lung and liver transplant programs at Jewish. Even Jewish's chief of surgery works at U of L's school of medicine."
KentuckyOne spokesman David McArthur told Watkins, "An agreement is not required for U of L physicians to practice at Jewish Hospital, and we welcome and encourage their continued service. Our desire and intent is to continue to provide comprehensive services for the community. If the university chooses to relocate their physicians to other area hospitals, it will impact the services available at Jewish Hospital." He said the company and the hospital are still in "productive discussions." Watkins reports KentuckyOne has agreed to fund the 56 U of L residents at Jewish Hospital and the Frazier institute through June 30.
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2 A4 Sheets of JS Stardream Card, I used Opal.
1 A4 Sheet JS Gentle Gloss Photo Paper.
1 A4 Sheet JS Elegance Satin 160gsm Paper.
Sticky Stuff – I used Pinflair Glue gel, Double Sided Tape, Red Liner Tape, Collall All Purpose Glue, and Foam Pads.
Optional – Spellbinders Labels 23 Die Set.
Using Gentle Gloss Photo Paper and the four-leaf clover image from CD1 print out the largest topper and three of the interactive clover sentiments from CD2.
The topper should measure approximately 13cms x 9.5cms and the sentiments should be 5cms diameter.
It explains on the CD how to import toppers into a graphics or word processing programme and re-size them. It also explains how to re-use the interactive facility to personalise your sentiments.
Using the JS 160gsm Elegance Satin Paper, print out the matching backing paper.
Using an A4 sheet of Stardream card, portrait orientation, measure, mark, score and cut as shown. Cut away the green shaded area.
The illustration shows the card after it has been cut, folded and the green shaded area removed.
Stick down the two side panels (marked "A") using either a strong glue or red liner tape.
Mount the topper onto a piece of Stardream card cut to the same size as the topper.
Mount the sentiments onto circles of Stardream card cut to the same size.
To create the front panel for the easel, using the 3rd smallest Spellbinders Labels 23 Die, cut out the shape from a piece of backing paper and a piece of Stardream card. Mount the backing paper onto the Stardream card.
Mount the topper onto the Label 23 die-cut using foam pad.
If you don't have a suitable die, cut a rectangle of card and backing paper 16cms x 13cms, and mount the backing paper onto the card.
For the two side panels, cut two pieces of backing paper 3.5cms x 6.5cms and mount onto gold mirri card 4cms x 7cms.
For the front panel, cut a piece of backing paper 5.5cms x 19.5cms and mount onto gold mirri card 6cms x 20cms.
Attach to the card as illustrated.
If you are using Labels 23 for the easel panel, cut away approximately 1cm (shown in green) from the front of the folded easel, and when attaching the front panel fix so the bottom scalloped edge of the panel overhangs the folded easel by 1cm.
Centre the panel on the front of the folded easel and attach. Use a strong tape such as red liner tape.
Attach a sentiment to each of the side easels and fix the third easel to the centre of the front panel, tilting it at an angle. Pinflair glue gel is ideal for this purpose.


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A multipurpose court is a playing surface that integrates multiple sports into one surface by providing multiple sets of lines for different games. Multipurpose courts can be indoors or outdoors on almost any surface, it is just a matter of what lines are painted on the surface.
The different playing lines normally start with white and are the first sport/main sport and never break. A different line color is chosen for each sport to help distinguish which lines are for which sport. When any other sport crosses the main lines, they break an inch and a half instead of passing over the main sports lines.
It is important to decide which sport you want to be the "main" sport of the court and what other sports' playing lines are going to be featured. The colors that are desired to feature each sport should also be thought out ahead of time.
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Thank you for a great week back from Spring Break! I read a powerful article this week written by Will Daggett. In his research he has found that teachers are the single most powerful influence on instruction. He goes on to state that the instructional culture within the school must be focused on making all teachers more effective. We are on the cusp of having culture at Tidwell. As you meet in your PLCs this week, discuss your reflections on your effectiveness of instruction as a team. What instructional adjustments need to take place? Are you getting the results you planned for?
We are on the brink of greatness! Keep up the good work, Titans!
Please see the administrators who will be on duty at Tidwell on Wed and Thurs. I greatly appreciate their help in supporting our campus in our absence. Give them a big Titan welcome!
PDAS Teacher Self Report Part II and III are due by April 28th. The sooner you get those completed, the sooner we can complete your Summative appraisal. Please email you PDAS appraiser when your TSR is completed in Eduphoria.
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Below is a selection of news items about students who have participated in the Child Advocacy Clinic. Click here for additional information about CAP's Child Advocacy Clinic, including a master list of placements.
Laura Stelianou, J.D. '19, On Learning How to Be an Education Advocate
In "No Matter What It Takes," Laura Stelianou's essay from the 2019 Clinical and Pro Bono Programs Commencement Newsletter, the recent J.D. graduate discusses her clinical training in education equity advocacy, including her placement with a juvenile court judge as part of the Child Advocacy Clinic.
Florence Bryan, J.D. '19, Reflects on Child Advocacy Clinic Placement
In her blog post, Compassion and Commitment in Child Advocacy, Florence Bryan (J.D. '19) writes about the lessons she learned through her CAP Child Advocacy Clinic externship placement with the Children and Family Law Trial Division (CAFL) of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (the public defender agency for Massachusetts) about client relationships and advocacy beyond the courtroom.
*Florence's piece also appeared in the 2019 Clinical and Pro Bono Programs Commencement Newsletter.
Michael Jung '18, CAP Child Advocacy Clinic Alum, in Harvard Law Today
In the May 7, 2018, Harvard Law Today "Student Spotlight," Ha Ryong (Michael) Jung '18 credits his Child Advocacy Clinic placement (at the Massachusetts AG's Office in the Child and Youth Protection Unit) with providing critical tools for the global child advocacy work he plans to pursue after graduation.
Charlotte Robinson '18 Reflects on Child Advocacy Clinic in the Office of Clinical and Pro-Bono Programs (OCP) Commencement Newsletter
In the 2018 OCP Commencement Newsletter, Charlotte Robinson, J.D. '18, writes in "Finding Purpose at the Child Advocacy Clinic" about how her CAP Child Advocacy Clinic externship placement helped her to determine the best path for pursuing her professional goal of legal advocacy for children and youth.
CAP Child Advocacy Clinic Student Among Recipients of David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award
The award honors the late Clinical Professor of Law David Grossman '88. This year, Michael Jung '18, was one of just two students selected to be recognized for their outstanding clinical work. Read more about the achievements of Michael Jung in HLS's 2018 OCP Commencement Newsletter.
CAP Child Advocacy Clinic Students Honored at 2018 HLS Class Day
Ha Ryong Jung and Charlotte Robinson, Child Advocacy Clinic alum, were among the recipients of the 2018 Dean's Award for Community Leadership.
Elisa Hevia, JD '17: Giving Back to My Community Through the Child Advocacy Clinic
Elisa Hevia, JD '17, writes about her work in south Florida for her CAP Child Advocacy Clinic placement which enabled her to strengthen her personal and professional connections to a city she planned to return to after law school. Read more about Elisa's experience here.
Susana Cervantes, JD '17: Reflections from the Child Advocacy Clinic
Susana Cervantes, JD '17, discusses how her Child Advocacy Clinic placement gave her an opportunity to learn how in-house legal counsel can support social change. To read more about Susana's experience, click here.
2016 Skadden Fellowship Awarded to Elizabeth Hadaway, JD '15 and CAP Child Advocacy Clinic Alum
Elizabeth Hadaway, JD '15, Hadaway will work at Public Counsel in Los Angeles on advocacy for California children denied the necessary instruction to achieve basic literacy. Her project will include community-led impact litigation, representation of children in their schools, as well as outreach to share the litigation model.
Lauren Blodgett, JD '16: Three Clinics, One Common Value
Lauren Blodgett cites the Child Advocacy Clinic among the law school experiences that most significantly impacted her passion and preparation for work in public service after graduation. To learn more about Lauren's clinical experiences, click here.
Mickey Belaineh, JD '16: My Experience in the Child Advocacy Clinic
Mickey Belaineh, JD '16, discusses how the CAP Child Advocacy Clinic helped her explore the various alternatives to litigation while "lawyering" for social justice and change at her placement, InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW). For Mickey's article, click here.
Multiple Students Reflect on their Work with the Child Advocacy Clinic
In 2016, the Office of Clinical Programs, asked three CAP Child Advocacy Clinic participants to reflect on their experiences. To read the stories from Lydia Halpern (JD '15), Faye Maison (JD '16), and Mark Hamlin (JD '16) click here.
Seth Packrone, JD '15: Winner of Exemplary Clinical Student Award
Seth Packrone, JD '15, credits the Child Advocacy Clinic with teaching him about the work of public interest law. To read more, click here.
Child Advocacy Clinic Students Honored at 2014 Class Day
Lisa Michelle Lana, CAP Child Advocacy Clinic alum, awarded the Frank Righeimer, Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship, in recognition of her dedication to the HLS community.
Arvind Sohoni, who also participated in the Child Advocacy Clinic, was among the students awarded the Dean's Award for Community Leadership. To read more about the 2014 Class Day awards click here.
Two CAP Child Advocacy Clinic Students Awarded 2014 Skadden Fellowships
Alice Abrokwa, JD '12, and Melissa Friedman, JD '14, were among the recipients of the prestigious two-year post-graduate fellowships that support students who wish to pursue public interest law. Alice will work at the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C. and Melissa will be at the Legal Aid Society in New York. To read more about the Skadden Fellowship and our Child Advocacy Clinic alum, click here.


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Downtown adds apartments, other projects despite coronavirus
Mark Ferenchik
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Five months after the governor shut down the Arnold Classic and two months after protests over the death of George Floyd roiled Downtown, new apartments and other developments continue to rise in the heart of the city.
Work is underway on at least three new apartment complexes, in addition to six that have recently opened, adding more than 1,000 apartments to the city's core.
Most of the projects began before the virus took hold. For them, the die had been cast.
But while the virus has halted some proposed projects, a few new ones have been announced, including a proposed 30-story tower on North High Street near Long Street and a four-story apartment building at 530 E. Rich St., both by Schiff Capital Group.
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"We're still seeing projects announced, and those that started or were about to start are continuing," Columbus Development Director Mike Stevens said.
Stevens noted that several new projects have come before the Downtown Development Commission since it resumed meeting in May after taking two months off because of COVID-19.
"The investments already made in Downtown still is attracting interest for new investment," he said. "These are challenging times, but some of the fundamentals of Downtown Columbus remain strong."
On North 3rd and Long streets, work continues on @150 N. 3rd St.,. a 79-unit apartment, parking and retail project developed by Schottenstein Property Group.
"We're still excited about Downtown Columbus," said Dirk Greene, a senior vice president with Schottenstein Property Group. "We believe there's still runway down there, and we love the location and architecture of this project."
Near the Columbus Metropolitan Library's main branch, the development company Pizzuti is moving forward on its Library Park project, which will include nearly 300 apartments in three phases.
"In light of COVID, we're still very bullish on Downtown Columbus and the Discovery District in particular," said Jon Riewald, Pizzuti's director of development. "We really haven't missed a beat."
Also moving ahead are four projects poised to dramatically change the Downtown landscape: the new Crew SC stadium and surrounding Confluence Village development in the Arena District, and the 28-story Hilton hotel tower next to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, both well underway before the pandemic; the first five buildings of a planned 20-building development on the Scioto Peninsula near COSI; and the second, and largest, phase of the Gravity development on West Broad Street in Franklinton.
In addition, work is continuing on two new center-city corporate office buildings: the $240 million CoverMyMeds headquarters in Franklinton and a new Arena District office building to be anchored by Chipotle office staffers.
The future is unclear for at least one project: the 92-apartment Residences at Topiary Park, which were badly burned in a fire in May. The developer, Encova Insurance, said it is still assessing the damage.
Other developments have been put on hold, and more especially those that include offices and hotels are being examined closely.
"I do think projects will be scrutinized more than before," said Michael Copella, managing director of the Columbus office of the commercial real estate firm CBRE.
According to CBRE, 13.9% of Downtown offices weren't leased at the end of June, slightly higher than during the first quarter but below the 14.8% vacancy rate in central Ohio.
Countless other offices remain empty as tenants continue to work from home. For developers, the big question is how many companies will keep workers home even after the pandemic ends. Copella said he believes Downtown offices with new and flexible space and attractive amenities should be fine.
The absence of office workers has given Downtown the atmosphere of a ghost town this summer. The effect is heightened by the plywood that continues to cover many Downtown windows damaged during protests over Memorial Day weekend.
Brad DeHays of Connect Realty said seven of his properties were damaged during the protests.
But DeHays is pressing on with plans to renovate the six-story Standard Building at 174 E. Long St. The $12 million project includes first-floor retail, a "co-working" second floor and 36 apartments on the top four floors.
"There's still a market for that," he said. "It should be stabilized a year and a half, two years from now."
Challenges remain in leasing some units, such as apartments owned by Connect that cater to students at Franklin University, which has suspended Downtown classes. But DeHays said 37 micro-apartments he developed at North Front and West Long streets are starting to lease, and he is moving ahead on the long-awaited redevelopment of the old Trolley Barn complex just south of Franklin Park on the Near East Side.
"We understand there are bigger forces out there. We're taking it as it comes," DeHays said.
Michael Tomko, who owns five buildings Downtown, including the renovated Hayden Building at 20 E. Broad St., which has just opened, has tenants and is attracting interest.
But he wonders what the future holds for Downtown in general in this environment.
"I think we really have to see how it plays out the next two years," he said. "So many great Downtown projects have been announced; some won't go forward. How does the supply and demand dynamic play out?"
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Dozens of Arab families who were planning to build homes in the Jewish city of Afula have lost their leases to the land after an Israeli judge said that they illegally coordinated their bids.
"It's so unjust," "If this is not racism, so what is?"
Israeli Judge Says No to Arabs Building in Jewish Town — Cites Bidding Woes
Naomi Zeveloff
Last November, hundreds of Jewish residents of Afula protested the prospect of Arab neighbors after Arab families won tenders to build 47 houses in the northern Israeli city. Demonstrators demanded Afula mayor Yitzhak Meron revoke the tenders, calling him a "traitor" and a "terrorist."
A group of Jewish families who bid and lost tenders for the land first complained to the Israel Land Authority, contending that the Arab bidders had been in coordination with one another. The ILA rejected the complaint saying that it was natural for bidders with personal connections to exchange information, said Haaretz.
The Jewish families then took their petition to a Nazareth court.
On Sunday April 24, a Nazareth judge ruled in favor of the Jewish families. He said that the Arab families had organized their bids so they weren't competing against each other and coordinated prices in a manner that "upset the market's natural balance," according to Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper.
Their coordination "seriously harmed the principle of equality, a principle that is at the foundation of tender law," the judge said.
Itai Cohen, a representative of the Jewish families told Maariv: "This is a day of celebration for Afula, and particularly for those who were concerned about the the fate of the city's Jewish makeup."
According to Abdullah Zoabi, a lawyer representing four Arab families, the judge did not rule that the Arab families were disqualified from trying to bid on the land again. Abdullah said he was waiting to learn whether the state would intervene and limit the bidding to Afula's Jewish residents.
Arab lawmakers are calling foul on the Nazareth court, saying the decision was driven by racism. Knesset Member Basel Ghattas told Maariv that the court's decision reflected the "spirit of racism that has been sweeping the country. These state institutions have always used planning and construction laws to deprive Arabs of their lands and rights, and the Nazareth District Court's decision gave a seal of approval to a petition that was lodged exclusively out of racist motives."
The Nazareth judge invalidated the entire group of tenders, saying that the entire bidding process was "defective" and there was no way to exempt those who did not coordinate. Zoabi's four clients were found not to have coordinated, but they lost their right to build anyway. He said he that the four families will appeal the decision to the Israeli High Court.
Iman Sharary told the Forward she was extremely disappointed to learn that the Nazareth judge disqualified her family building in Afula. She wanted to lease the land in Afula for her sons and their families, since land is at a premium in Yafia, the village where they grew up. She believes that the judge's decision was racially motivated.
"It's so unjust," she said. "If this is not racism, so what is?"
She said that she and her husband, Riad Sharary, did not coordinate their bid and that she had no idea who the other Arab bidders were. Now, she is looking for a new place for her sons to settle down.
"I'll find other places. It's not Afula or nothing," she said. "There are other places that are much less aggressive and much less humiliating and much less threatening."
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TOOSDAY'S TOONS ~~ A LOOK AT ISRAEL TODAY
April 26, 2016 at 07:15	(Associate Post, Cartoons, Corrupt Politics, Humour, Israel, Israel's Shame)
Who's REALLY inciting hatred?
As right-wing incitement spreads in Israel, Bibi looks to extinguish fire he stoked for years
"Justice" Denied Access to Records on Arms Sales to Rwanda During Genocide
MONDAY'S TOON ~~ THE CRIMINAL LANGUAGE
April 25, 2016 at 09:47	(Associate Post, Cartoons, Flashback.... from the archives)
Image by Carlos Latuff
When speaking Arabic may sound like a crime
The above reminded me of a post from the archives …. I guess I'm a criminal as well for refusing to hate.
'THERE'S A GUY IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT LOVES ARABS'
OMG! Can you believe that???
That is what I was told the other morning by a neighbour who recently visited a small town near Tel Aviv …
He went further to identify the 'guy' as Steve. OMG! C'est Moi!!!
My cover has been blown …. what to do??
It seems that for most of my adult life I have been accused of many things by a wide mixture of both zionists and Islamophobes, but this 'accusation' takes the cake. I have always taken pride in the fact that I consider myself a hate free person. The only people I have a problem with are those that hate, so call me an anti hate person. Does that make me an Arab lover? Yes, I have Arab friends and neighbours that I love, but I also have Jewish neighbours and friends that I love. Why then was I not labeled 'the guy in your neighbourhood that loves Jews'? Perhaps because it is a known fact by all who know me that I am a supporter of Palestinian rights and support the creation of a Palestinian State on the lands that were stolen from them by the zionists. If that makes me an Arab lover, then I guess I am guilty as charged.
But why the accusation in the first place??? Simple explanation …. it's an accusation based on ignorance. One of my favourite quotes comes from a non person, Yoda of Star Wars fame … Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." I have seen enough suffering in my lifetime and refuse to be a part of seeing it continue, so I will continue refusing to hate.
April 25, 2016 at 09:25	(Associate Post, Israel, Palestine)
It's a Mad, Mad World … and Getting Madder
We have a choice of trains: greed and self-interest train
taking us over the cliff OR the train of collective work towards a
sustainable future.
TRAINS AND MADNESS
By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
When we watch the way the world currently works, we can get extremely
depressed. Just the last few days we saw Israelis in their thousands
celebrate the release of a murdering occupation soldier who was videotaped
executing a wounded Palestinian. While 12-year old Dima Al-Wawi was
just released from 3 months of Israeli gulags, hundreds of Palestinian
children are still imprisoned unjustly by an occupation that has gone on
far too long. We noted the vote rigging and rigged "election process" that
will ensure Americans have a choice between apartheid-supporting,
war-mongering and corporate-backed liar (Hillary Clinton) and an
apartheid-supporting, war-mongering, women-bashing, racist cheater (Donald
Trump). Both of those very wealthy individuals would tighten the noose on
Americans and Palestinians as they lick the boots of the Israel lobby. Both
would continue the wrecking process of the US economy that ensures the
elimination of the Middle Class and making the rich richer and the poor
poorer.
As I am in Italy now, I noted many people speaking out about the murder of
Giolio Regeni and the hypocritical western backing of genocidal governments
of Egypt, "Saudi Arabia", and "Israel". But the train of oppression
continues thanks in part to "mental occupation" of many people's minds who
refuse to see the reality. Thousands are still drowning as they try to flee
the conflicts that are generated by Western Governments (it turn in
compliance with their Zionist lobbies). The American-Israeli- Wahhabi/Saudi
alliance is still hoping to "win" against local resistance in places like
Yemen and Syria. A whole generation of young people are lost and even if
peace would come soon (unlikely considering the array of greedy
billionaires getting enriched and the pervasive apathy of millions), it
will take many decades to recover from the devastation. Seven million of us
Palestinians are still refugees or displaced people and the number rises
weekly as Israel commits more ethnic cleansing. Our history of the past
seven decades is a history of accumulating atrocities by a racist genocidal
entity relentlessly focusing on transforming Palestine from a
multi-religious and multicultural society to a "Jewish state of Israel".
As those elites divert energy of people towards fear of the other, endless
"manageable conflicts", and basically begging for jobs that are essentially
slavery, the rich get richer while the earth is being pillaged at an
accelerated pace. I am reminded of the latter on earth day (April 22). On
April 22, 1970 over 20 million demonstrated in the US for a healthy,
sustainable environment. For 46 years, the people held events marking
"earth day". However, greenhouse gas emissions have increased
uncontrollably and the Paris summit on Climate Change recently acted as a
feel good for governments that wanted to relieve the pressure via PR
efforts.  Occasionally lazy politicians utter words. Mahmoud Abbas for
example said that settlements damage the Palestinian environment. He was
challenged on it and his office seems reluctant to find environmentalists
and ask their opinions. His is actually an understatement of colonial
settlement impact on our environment.
Madness could come to any who contemplate this Orwellian world we came to
live in. Madness did come to many people we know and others decided to take
action. Some decided to take their own lives in striking back at the system
(in the 1960s it used to be "sticking it to the man"). Others took more
modest symbolic actions. Nearly five years ago, we were arrested as we
engaged in riding the bus: Palestine freedom riders. Push back is
coming in many shapes and forms against the neo-liberal, no-colonial world
order. Literary stars learned what is going on and are now writing more on
the occupation. Truth is coming out as more and more books are written
that expose Israeli crimes against humanity (even by Israeli authors)[8].
The BDS (boycotts, divestment, sanctions) movement is picking up steam even
as Israeli apologists and lobbyists try to stifle it in Western Countries
British Doctors Demand Israel's Expulsion From World Medical
Association.  Truth is coming out even in unexpected corners like
Israel's use of LGBT communities to pink-wash the occupation/colonization.
I guess one can summarize many things by saying that there is some pushback
from humans against the unfeeling and powerful machine that is grinding
humans and bringing humanity to the brink of collapse. Yes this struggle
(between greed and humanity, war and peace etc) has existed since the dawn
of human civilization. But never in our history were the stakes so high:
our own continued existence on this planet. That is why the pressure is
building and it stretches our resources and our abilities. Yet, humanity
must rise to this existential challenge. Indeed "you can't be neutral on a
moving train" (Zinn). Many people are joining the struggle, millions more
are needed. The sane action we can do is to join the larger struggle. The
insane thing to do would be to be so focused on our own immediate needs
that we become like "consumerist robot slaves" while the elites lead us
like lemmings to the edge of the cliff.
BTW, my trip to Siena was very productive developing new partnerships for
peace and justice. As I prepare to go back to Palestine (last talk I give
is Tuesday), I am more determined than ever to pursue the course of
speaking truth to power and thinking globally while acting locally. While
we occasionally have pressures, occasionally see the betrayal of
individuals who decide to go over to that dark side (greed, selfish
interest etc), we are sustained by those who stay the course and the many
who join it. I see this even in the small scale projects that we do like
the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Botanical garden. Rare
people come and go thinking they need to watch their own interests
(actually damaging their long term interests) but more and more people
commit to join a bigger cause that actually helps all have a sustainable
future. Thus we have a choice of trains: greed and self-interest train
sustainable future. The choice has never been clearer and never been more
consequential. Please email us if you would like to switch trains. All
aboard!
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#InIsrael ~~ WHERE MURDERERS GO FREE FOR THE FESTIVAL OF FREEDOM
April 24, 2016 at 09:19	(Assassinations, Corrupt Politics, Israel's Shame, Palestine, Videos)
Notably, on the same day as the rally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged leniency for Azarya.
See the following ….
Hebron shooter Azaria released from detention for Passover
Hero's welcome for a murderer
Inside Tel Aviv's "Death to the Arabs" rally
Dan Cohen and David Sheen FOR
Thousands converged on Tel Aviv's city hall this week to register their support for an Israeli soldier who wasfilmed last month executing a Palestinian youth as he lay on the ground, wounded and immobile, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
From across the country, Israelis descended upon Rabin Square, Tel Aviv's premier venue for large public protests, to express their indignation over the army's charges of manslaughter against the soldier, 19-year-old Sergeant Elor Azarya.
The rally featured speeches by Azarya's mother, father and sister and a number of musical performances by popular Israeli artists.
At another rally which we filmed in the soldier's home town of Ramle, rally-goers voiced harsh criticism for those who do not support Azarya's action and for those who helped expose his deed – especially the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
They also expressed hostility for his victim, 21-year-old Palestinian Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, as well as for the Palestinian people in general.
Although he gave Azarya his full-throated endorsement, event organizer and former lawmaker for the hard-right Yisrael Beiteinu party Sharon Gal could scarcely contain the rage of some of the rally's attendees and their anger boiled over into bursts of violence.
Although one of us was attacked by the crowd and removed from the area by police, the other still managed to film some of the event's most poignant and frightening moments.
Israeli media reported on Friday that Azarya has been released from custody for the Jewish holiday of Passover, which began at sundown.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ONE WAR CRIMINAL TO ANOTHER
April 22, 2016 at 13:00	(Britain, Cartoons, Corrupt Politics, Humour)
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres wishes Queen Elizabeth happy 90th birthday
Carlos Latuff adds ….
Happy Birthday Your Majesty from Ireland and Scotland
The Queen's views on retirement ….
A POEM FOR THE SEASON ~~ A QUESTION YOUR CHILD WILL ASK FOR PASSOVER
April 22, 2016 at 10:42	(Holidays, Oppression, Poetry)
First, let me wish all of my Jewish readers, family and friends a Happy and Kosher Passover.
Photo:Marko Djurica/Reuters
"Your Child Will Ask"
By Rabbi Brant Rosen
why do we observe this festival?
And you will answer
it is because of what God did for us
when we were set free from the land of Egypt.
were we set free from the land of Egypt
that we might hold tightly
to the pain of our enslavement
with a mighty hand?
we were set free from Egypt
that we might release our pain
by reaching with an outstretched arm
to all who struggle for freedom.
because we are God's chosen people?
we were set free from the land of Egypt
so that we will finally come to learn
all who are oppressed
are God's chosen.
that we might conquer and settle
a land inhabited by others?
that we might open wide the doors
to proclaim:
Let all who are dispossessed return home.
Let all who wander find welcome at the table.
Let all who hunger for liberation
come and eat.
Rabbi Rosen blogs at Shalom Rav
Now enjoy the following ….
How Passover would be reported in today's media
ADL Vs. JEWS OF CONSCIENCE
April 21, 2016 at 12:53	(Activism, ADL Hatemongering, International Solidarity, Israel's Shame, Occupation, zionist harassment)
Police arrested seventeen activists denouncing the "Jewish establishment's support of the occupation of Palestine" on April 20 in the lobby of the Anti-Defamation League during one of a series of Passover protests organized by anti-occupation group If Not Now.
Gili Getz
17 Jewish Activists Protesting Israeli Occupation Arrested at ADL Headquarters
Sam Kestenbaum
Before they were cuffed and shuffled into New York Police Department vans, the young activists had sat cross-legged on the lobby floor, leading a larger crowd in their version of a Passover Seder.
They banged on the floor, danced in circles and sang familiar Hebrew songs. The Seder's ten plagues included "subjecting Palestinians to daily humiliation" and "destroying the Palestinian economy." A hand-drawn cardboard Seder plate rested next to a sculpted tinfoil goblet, reserved for Elijah.
"We act now to build a Jewish community that recognizes that we cannot be free absent the freedom for Palestinians," the text of one handout read.
Passersby paused, snapping photos on their cameras, to take in the unusual scene — around 100 Jewish activists singing and dancing in the glass-walled lobby of a midtown office. One young woman turned to the assembled crowd as she was led away by police, so that her shirt was in full view. "No liberation with occupation," it read.
If Not Now, which formed two years ago to protest the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict and Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, staged several other Passover-themed events this week.
Six were arrested in Boston, where they rallied outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. In Washington D.C., activists gathered outside Hillel.
But the New York protest took on another layer of significance as one prominent New York activist has been at the center of national controversy.
Simone Zimmerman, an If Not Now co-founder, made headlines last week when she was named Jewish outreach coordinator for Bernie Sanders' campaign. Her peers celebrated. But, just days later, she was suspended from that position after an old Facebook post resurfaced, in which Zimmerman had used profanity and insulted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Abe Foxman, former head of the Anti-Defamation League, denounced Zimmerman and the Zionist Organization of America followed suit.
"She is entitled to say what she wants, but there is something bizarre about making her the liaison for the Jewish community," Foxman said in a Wednesday interview with the Forward. "Either she wasn't vetted — or worse, she was."
Foxman said he took issue with Zimmerman's criticism of Israel during the 2014 Gaza conflict. Her comments "go to the essence of questioning and challenging Israel's credibility."
Foxman declined to comment about the 17 activists' arrest, deferring to the ADL, which did not respond to requests for comment.
Zimmerman stood in the background at Wednesday's protest. She declined to speak with the Forward, but her friends rallied around her, posing for photos and intoning her name during the rally.
"Simone speaks for my kind of Judaism," said Gabrielle Egan, an If Not Now activist from Canada.
If Not Now first took shape online in 2014, as a rallying hash tag on social media during the latest Israel-Gaza conflict. Many participants had been involved in J Street, but had become dissatisfied with that organization's position on the conflict. Several activists describe their involvement with If Not Now as a sort of Jewish homecoming.
"These are people who grew up in a post-peace process environment," said Peter Beinart, a mentor to Zimmerman and a leading voice in liberal Zionism. "If you look at If Not Now, there is a deep alienation, a dissatisfaction with the Jewish community's lack of discussion."
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BELLA CIAO FROM FIDEL?
April 20, 2016 at 09:08	(Cuba)
Fidel Castro bade farewell to Cuba's Communist Party on Tuesday, telling party members that he would soon die and urging them to fulfill his communist vision.
Fidel Castro, left, with his brother, President Raúl Castro, addressed Cuba's Communist Party at the party congress in Havana on Tuesday. Credit Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate, via Associated Press
In Farewell, Fidel Castro Urges Party to Fulfill His Vision
By VICTORIA BURNETT
MEXICO CITY — Fidel Castro bade farewell to Cuba's Communist Party on Tuesday, telling party members that he would soon die and urging them to fulfill his communist vision.
"Soon, I will be 90," said Mr. Castro, 89, who spoke in a strong but rasping voice at the close of a four-day party congress in Havana, according to official press reports. Mr. Castro's birthday is on Aug. 13.
"Our turn comes to us all," added Mr. Castro, who made his longest public address in years clad in a blue track jacket, "but the ideas of Cuban communism will endure."
While Mr. Castro seemed to take his leave on Tuesday, others in his cohort signaled their intentions to stay put. The Communist Party announced that Mr. Castro's brother, President Raúl Castro, 84, and the president's hard-line second-in-command, José Ramón Machado Ventura, 85, would continue to lead the party for at least part of another five-year term.
Their re-election indicates that despite a dramatic shift in relations with the United States and tentative economic changes, the leaders of the Castros' generation are in no hurry to make room for new blood. It is a blow to younger Cubans who are eager for a more pluralistic system led by people closer to their own ages and unencumbered by socialist orthodoxies.
Cubans are leaving the island in record numbers, tired of waiting for change and worried that better relations with the United States, while creating new economic opportunities, will end the privileges that make it easier to migrate.
Even among those who support the socialist system, there is a sense that younger leaders, like Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the country's first vice president, who turns 56 on Wednesday, are being passed over.
"We need deep change in the party," said Harold Cárdenas Lema, founder of the blog La Joven Cuba, over the weekend.
President Castro has for years talked of the need to prepare younger people to take the helm. But Mr. Cárdenas, who spoke by Skype from Havana, said that young leaders already existed but just had no public profile.
"It's not a question of preparing people or creating them," he said. "It's a question of making them visible."
Carlos Alberto Pérez, who writes under the name La Chiringa de Cuba, said on Tuesday, also by Skype, that he was not surprised by the party's decision to keep President Castro and Mr. Machado in place.
"The transition is planned for 2018 when Raúl steps down," said Mr. Pérez, referring to President Castro's pledge to give up the presidency, although he is likely to remain in charge of the Communist Party, a position just as powerful.
"Anyone who thought there would be a change now was dreaming," he said.
Fidel Castro's speech capped the party congress, during which the Communist leadership railed against the threat of introducing other political parties, acknowledged the need for nimbler economic management and accused the United States of using the private sector as a Trojan horse intended to undermine Cuba's government.
In a speech on Saturday, Raúl Castro warned that a multiparty system "would be the beginning of the end," and blamed "unscrupulous" middlemen for the high prices of basic goods.
But the Cuban president also noted, with approval, that the state sector employed 70 percent of the country's work force in 2015, down from 81 percent five years earlier, and the party agreed to expand pilot projects to further liberalize the economy.
And while the party leadership remained the same, some protégés of Mr. Díaz-Canel were appointed to senior Communist Party positions.
The tone of the congress — with the party clinging to the political status quo but accepting more economic liberalization — was a sign that changes would continue but were unlikely to gather speed, said Arturo López Levy, a lecturer at the University of Texas who worked for the Cuban Interior Ministry in the 1990s.
"They are going to remain with one foot on the accelerator and one foot on the brake," he said.
Bella Ciao dear Comrade
SOME 2,000 ISRAELIS GLORIFY MURDER IN COLD BLOOD
April 20, 2016 at 08:21	(Hate crimes, Israel's Shame, Palestine)
The actual murder caught on tape …
And changes to Israeli currency as well …
Israeli extremists stamp on the notes racist slogans "Death to the Arabs".
About 2,000 Israelis rallied in central Tel Aviv on Tuesday night in support of soldier Elor Azaria, who shot dead a neutralized terrorist in Hebron.
Sergeant Azaria, 20, from Ramla, was charged on Monday with manslaughter for killing Abed al Fatah a-Sharif, who was lying on the ground seriously wounded after he and another Palestinian attacked IDF soldiers.
Signs at Rabin Square in support of Sgt. Azaria (Photo: Motti Kimchi)
Some 2,000 come out in support of Hebron soldier
Protesters wave signs of support and flags, calling 'Elor the hero' and 'Terrorists shouldn't be neutralized – they should be killed,' as Sgt. Elor Azaria's parents and sister address the crowd.
The protesters waved support signs and flags, some wrapping the Israeli flag around themselves. Many called for Azaria's release, while some made racist jeers.
Among the slogans chanted by rally attendees were "Elor the Hero," "Terrorists shouldn't be neutralized – they should be killed," and "Kill or be killed."
Azaria's parents, Charlie and Oshra, and his sister Etti, spoke at the rally, as well as journalist Sharon Gal, who was one of the rally's organizers.
Family members of terror victims also spoke at the rally, including Dvora Gonen, who lost her son Danny Gonen, and Ruit Hasano, who lost her husband Avraham Asher Hasano.
Several musicians are scheduled to appear at the rally and perform, including singers Moshik Afia, Maor Edri and Amos Elgali, and rapper Subliminal.
Singers Eyal Golan and David Doar, who initially agreed to perform, withdrew at the last minute in the wake of public outrage.
"I would have liked to come to perform at the assembly in the name of art, and personally as a performer and as a human being. However, I'm sorry to say that there are those who will use this as a political spectacle," Golan said.
Doar also decided against performing at the square, saying "I wanted to show my sympathy to the family of the soldier – not to say anything against the IDF or the IDF Chief of Staff, God forbid."
He then went on to add that he didn't know that "this was going to be an event with a political orientation."
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the issue on Tuesday, saying that "As the father of a soldier and as prime minister, I would like to reiterate: The IDF backs its soldiers. I am convinced that an examination of the event in Hebron will be done responsibly and sagaciously."
The prime minister also expressed his trust in the courts, saying "in my familiarity with the military justice system, I am convinced that the court will consider all circumstances regarding the incident. Our soldiers are not murderers. They act against murderers and I hope that a way will be found to balance between the action and the overall context of the event. In the meantime I suggest that everyone lower the flames."
Due to the event, Ibn Gvirol Street will be closed to vehicular traffic between Shaul HaMelech and Arlozorov streets. Frishman Street will be closed to traffic between Masaryc Square and Ibn Gvirol Street, David HaMelech Blvd will be closed to traffic between Weitzman Street and Ibn Gvirol Street, Gordon Street will be closed to traffic between Shlomo Hamelech Street to Malchei Israel, and the eastern side of Malchei Yisrael itself will be closed to traffic between Sderot Chen to Ben Gurion Boulevard.
Source and more photos AT
ISRAEL NEEDS A GOOD CLEANSING
April 19, 2016 at 17:08	(DesertPeace Editorial, Flashback.... from the archives, Holidays, Israel, Palestine)
Not this kind ….
Jewish mothers used to go into a cleaning frenzy a week or so before the Festival of Passover. All traces of leaven (chametz) had to be removed from the home before the onset of the holiday.
Modern folk have determined that dust is not chametz, so there is less madness involved in the cleaning process, but Israel has added a new dimension to the situation; Arabs must be removed as well as the leaven.
CLEANSING THE LAND OF BREAD AND ARABS
My maternal grandmother was a simple Shtetel Jew. She came from a place not much different than the small town portrayed in Fiddler on The Roof.
Traditionally the womenfolk from those areas were uneducated in matters of anything other than home making and child raising, while the menfolk studied their Holy Books for hours on end. Life was simple for them, and they themselves were basically a very simple folk.
I remember my grandmother going through the frenzie of cleaning the house this time of year…. the traditional Passover cleaning. All traces of leaven had to be removed from the home before the start of the Holiday. To her, that process included the removal of any trace of dust or smears on the window panes. The house sparkled when she was finished. Most of our non Jewish neighbours were going through the same process, but simply called it 'spring cleaning', ridding the house of all unwanted matter, including broken furniture and junk.
I remember asking my grandmother why she was going through such a frenzie…. her answer was simple and to the point…. "If a Jew eats bread during Passover he will die!" That was what she was taught, that's what she taught us….
In Israel today, things are not much different than life in the Shtetel when it comes to Passover preparations. But today there is a growing number of non observant Jews as well as a growing number of non Jews. This is a threat to the lifestyle of the self imposed Shtetel Jew living here today.
Christian Pilgrims from abroad, as well as local Christians are denied access to their Holy Sites. Where is the uproar against this?
Where is the uproar against the Neanderthal rabbis that have recently called for the expulsion or the genocide of the Palestinians? WHERE??? As in previous years, the Palestinians living on the 'other side' of the great wall of apartheid will be sealed in for the duration of the Holiday (8 days), literally making the State of Israel Arabrein for that period of time. Where is the uproar against this? WHERE???
Israel does need a cleansing… a good one; not only of bread during the Holiday season but also of hatred. Both are violations of the Holy Teachings.
The above is a repost from the archives
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MONDAY'S TOONS ~~ #ImpeachmentDay IN BRAZIL
April 18, 2016 at 07:55	(Associate Post, Brazil, Cartoons, Corrupt Politics)
Message from Carlos Latuff ….
Sorry my friends abroad, but today I devote my art and time to my homeland.
Click on the following …
Brazilian congress votes to impeach president
All images by Carlos Latuff
Also see the Hashtag #ImpeachmentDay HERE
(In Portuguese)
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IF YOU THINK G M O's ARE BAD …. LOOK AT THIS
April 17, 2016 at 10:12	(Health Crisis)
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques (i.e., a genetically engineered organism). GMOsare the source of medicines and genetically modified foods and are widely used in scientific research and to produce other goods.
The following might be even worse …
A product designed and developed by an Israeli student that can prolong the life of fruit and vegetables for months will soon be launched onto the market.
"Strawberries, for example, usually go bad after three days, and yet we can keep them good for consumption for another four or five days. At the other extreme, there are things like eggplant and potatoes that last weeks.
Israeli-Owned Innovation to Keep Fruit and Vegetables Fresher for Longer
20-year-old Amit Gal-Or from Ra'anana, who now lives in Shanghai, established Phresh, which has developed a powder composed of essential oils which can preserve produce for 3 times longer than usual.
Twenty-year-old Amit Gal-Or from Ra'anana, who now lives in Shanghai, established his Phresh company in 2015 when he decided to use old technology and Israeli research to benefit individual households.
The technology originated in research from over a decade ago at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev when an Israeli scientist sought ways to use oils to create organic preservative properties, Gal-Or explained to Tazpit Press Service (TPS)
"These oils have been known about for thousands of years, but they are very volatile and evaporate very rapidly so their effectiveness disappears very quickly. The researchers wanted to transform the preservative properties into a liquid or powder and then release it very slowly and therefore multiply its effectiveness," he said.
Gal-Or and his team then set about combining past research to create a powder that does not need to be sprayed or applied to the produce to provide protection. Instead, the powder dissolves piecemeal and can preserve the produce for up to three times longer than usual. Using these powders for the household simply "made sense," Gal-Or said.
"Strawberries, for example, usually go bad after three days, and yet we can keep them good for consumption for another four or five days. At the other extreme, there are things like eggplant and potatoes that last weeks. We can expand their life by months. Then you have everything in between," he added.
Gal-Or said that Phresh will soon be launching an intensive e-commerce campaign and that the product is already expanding from China, where Gal-Or lives, into the United States, Europe, Japan, and Israel.
Phresh is raising funds to complete the building and delivery of a healthy organic solution that prevents fruits and vegetables at home from spoiling. Phresh's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign is at . At this stage, the first Food Protectors items are only available through Kickstarter till March 23, 2016.
GOING BEYOND CHUTZPAH
April 17, 2016 at 07:43	(Associate Post, Chutzpah, Hasbara, Israel, Occupation, Oppression, Palestine)
Does Israel want the Palestinians to thank her for not exterminating them once and for all?
Needless to say, this is a classical example of "going beyond Chutzpah"
By Khalid Amayreh in Jerusalem
Khalid Amayreh challenges Jews to abide by the tenets of their religion:
Like apartheid South Africa did to Justify its repulsive approach toward its majority black citizens, Israel is making all sorts of similarly despicable arguments to justify its decades-old evil occupation and systematic persecution of Palestinians.
As some of us remember, the apartheid South African regime had argued that black South Africans ought to be grateful to the White regime for giving them employment and enabling them to have a semblance of decent life.
The White regime's PR machine would shamelessly argue that "Our black citizens have a higher standard of living than other fellow black people anywhere in the continent."
When I was studying in the states in the 1980s, I remember a visiting high ranking official from the apartheid regime boasting about the high living conditions enjoyed by blacks in South Africa in comparison to the rest of the continent.
"Ask them (South African black majority): would they prefer to live in South Africa or in Zimbabwe," the official said.
What is wrong with this argument is that it doesn't really distinguish between humans and animals. In the final analysis, humans, unlike animals, don't live by bread alone. They are also entitled to freedom and dignity. This is the crux of the matter which fascist and racist regimes love to ignore.
Today, apartheid Israel is making virtually the same arguments to justify and defend its manifestly criminal treatment of the Palestinians.
Thus, whenever Israel's sinister occupation is criticized, we see that big-mouthed Israeli officials and professional hasbara liars try to make black look white and the white look black by claiming that Palestinians are better off than most other Arabs.
Now, as the BDS movement is gaining momentum to the chagrin of the Israeli establishment, Israeli officials and other hasbara mouthpieces are becoming more brazen in their defensive but mendacious discourse.
And, yes, as usual, lying is their modus operandi.
They are saying the Palestinians ought to be thankful to Israel for not treating them like Bashar Assad or Abdul Fattah Sissi are treating their own peoples.
One Zionist pundit wrote recently that were Israel to follow Arab rules, all Palestinians would have been expelled from "the Land of Israel along time ago."
After all, since when the Hitler of Damascus, who murdered half a million of his own people, and the virulent tyrant of Cairo, who usurped power from the only truly democratically elected regime in Egypt's history, were role models for the world to be followed or emulated?
So, Israel, "the purported light upon humanity" wants the Palestinians to thank Israel for murdering their children on the spot in the West Bank, and not burning them alive by way of dropping barrel bombs on their homes and schools as Assad is doing in Syria.
Yes, Israel would like to see the Palestinians "thank" her for conducting slow-motion genocide whereas "human-rights unfriendly states" would pursue fast-motion genocide" and get rid of the problem once and for all.
But it is only sick and depraved minds that are capable of making such nefarious arguments.
Otherwise, we should thank the Iberians Catholics for not playing by the rules of Old Testament and exterminating every Jewish man, woman and child during the inquisition!! (Israelis are embarrassed when explaining the Tsfarad Geroush" (the Spanish inquisition" because it reminds them of something they don't like to remember, namely the golden age Jews had undergone in Islamic Spain!!!
According to the morbid logic we hear from some Israeli officials, we should also thank the Nazis for building the concentration camps relatively later in the course of the Second World War, because had these death camps been established earlier, a greater number of Jews would have perished.
Yes, sickening arguments are only the product of sick minds.
Today, in its rabid reaction to the non-violent BDS movement, Israel and its hasbara shipyard dogs, from Sydney to California, are arguing that it is the BDS campaign, not the malignant occupation, that is hurting the Palestinians. That it is the BDS movement that is impeding the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, not the ubiquitous proliferation of settlements, inhabited by fanatic cutthroats who believe spilling more innocent blood would expedite and accelerate redemption and salvation!!
I don't what sort of Torah are those people reading and following: The Torah of Moses or the Torah of Satan?
Well, in the Torah of Moses, Jeremiah 7:6, the God of Israel equated oppressing strangers living amongst Israelites with the greatest sin ever in Judaism, namely the unforgivable sin associating gods with God.
And in Exodus 22:21: The Almighty commands the Israelites, telling them in straightforward manner" Do not mistreat or oppress a stranger, for you were foreigners in Egypt."
Don't tell me I am being selective or quoting things out of context. For even the Talmud, who Orthodox Jews consider the verbal Torah, states that true Jews are not supposed to oppress non-Jews living in their midst:
Let us consider the following Talmudic story which sums up the point I am trying to make: A heathen came to Shammai with the request to be accepted as a convert to Judaism on condition that he would be taught the whole of the Torah while he stood on one foot. The Rabbi drove him away with a yard-stick he was holding. The heathen then went to Hillel with the same request. Hillel said to the man what is hateful to yourself, don't do to your fellow man. That is the whole of the Torah and the remainder is but commentary. "Go, learn it."
VIDEO ~~ SANDERS A NO GO IN ISRAEL
April 15, 2016 at 13:37	(Israel, U.S. Election, Videos)
Israelis are not feeling the Bern in Jerusalem
By Dan Cohen For Mondoweiss
On Monday, April 11, 2016, I went to Jerusalem's Zion Square to ask Israelis for their thoughts on Bernie Sanders, the Jewish-American presidential candidate.
No anti-Zionist himself, Sanders said this week that he would take a "more balanced position" while guaranteeing Israel's security. Last week, he called Israel's use of force in the 2014 assault on Gaza "disproportionate" and said that "a lot of innocent people were killed who should not have been killed."
Last week, Sanders confused the number of Palestinians injured with those killed in Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, saying, "I happen to believe … anybody help me out here, because I don't remember the figures, but my recollection is over 10,000 innocent people were killed in Gaza. Does that sound right?"
Despite qualifying his estimate, which was quickly corrected by his interviewer, Sanders was attacked by prominent Israel supporters and Hillary Clinton. Israeli Member of Knesset and former American accused Sanders Michael Oren of advancing a "blood libel," and by MK Yair Lapid said he is promoting Hamas "propaganda and deception." The Anti-Defamation League demanded that Sanders correct his misstatement.
Nearly all of the Israelis I spoke to had strong dislike for Sanders, and many disparaged him, even disqualifying him as a Jew.
Interestingly, that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had less support than Sanders, despite her pandering to American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) where she pledged to take the US-Israel relationship to the "next level." Still polls show that Israelis prefer Clinton to Sanders and that Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the race for president.
Yet they they feel the love for Trump …
On Monday, April 11, 2016, Dan Cohen went to Jerusalem's Zion Square to ask Israelis for their thoughts on the US presidential race and most Israelis he spoke to spoke fondly of Donald Trump. Trump's brash speaking style resonated with them, and few seemed phased by his statements that he would be neutral on Israel/Palestine. Those who did preferred Ted Cruz, the Texas senator who has promised to be more pro-Israel than any other candidate.
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April 15, 2016 at 11:14	(Associate Post, Cartoons, Corrupt Politics, Cover Up, Israel)
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UPDATED POST ~~ VIDEO ~~ A JEW AND AN ARAB WALK INTO A BAR … AND THE REALITY IN ISRAEL TODAY
April 14, 2016 at 07:17	(Corrupt Politics, DesertPeace Exclusive, Human Interest, Israel, Palestine, Videos)
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From yesterday …..
We went out dressed in an Arab/Muslim and Jewish traditional outfit, walked hand to hand in public to see how people react.
The results are telling.
Four ways Jews and Arabs live apart in Israeli society
The two communities have separate societies, attending different schools, living in different cities and espousing different political ideals
BY BEN SALES
Bezalel Smotrich, perhaps the most right-wing member of the current Knesset, caused a storm when he endorsed the idea that Arabs and Jew should be segregated in Israel's maternity rooms.
Smotrich was responding to a report on the Israel Broadcast Authority that several hospitals practice de facto segregation of maternity rooms — placing Jews with Jews and Arabs with Arabs. Such segregation is prohibited by law.
"There are mental gaps, and it's more comfortable for both sides to be with themselves," Smotrich, a member of the religious Zionist Jewish Home party, tweeted on April 5. "It's really not racism."
In a subsequent tweet he wrote that it's "natural that my wife wouldn't want to lie next to someone who just gave birth to a baby, who may want to kill her baby 20 years from now."
Smotrich's remarks were panned by lawmakers from left and right, including Naftali Bennett, the leader of Jewish Home. Responding to Smotrich, Bennett tweeted a rabbinic passage about man being created in God's image, adding, "Every man. Jew or Arab."
Jews and Arabs are afforded equal rights under Israeli law. But in many ways, the two sectors live in separate societies — attending different schools, living in different cities, reading different newspapers and espousing different political ideals.
Unlike the prescribed, top-down segregation supported by Smotrich, much of this separation stems from longstanding structural factors like language, culture and religion.
"In most places, there's no problem. The Arab population lives in totally Arab villages," said Nachum Blass, a senior researcher at the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.
But the divisions between Israeli Jews and Arabs, who represent 20 percent of the population, have also contributed to economic disparities between them. And despite laws meant to prevent discrimination, Arabs point to studies showing persistent disparities in education, social services, income and political participation.
"There's definitely discrimination in every aspect" of Israel's education system, Taub said.
Nongovernmental organizations and government bodies have worked to promote a "shared society" in economic development, higher education and the labor market.
Here are four ways Jews and Arabs live apart in Israeli society.
Jews and Arabs attend separate schools.
Israel's schools are separated by both religion and race. Jewish students attend either secular, religious or ultra-Orthodox schools, while the Arabs attend separate Muslim, Christian and Druze systems taught in Arabic. Of the 1.6 million total students in grades 1 through 12 last year, fewer than 2,000 attended the handful of joint Jewish-Arab schools.
The split education system, where students are taught in their own language and according to their own cultural norms, according to Blass, "answers the [Arab] community's needs." But it has also led to lower educational achievement among Arab Israelis.
In 2012, two-thirds of non ultra-Orthodox Jews qualified for university, as opposed to less than half of Arab students. Israel's universities are more integrated, but Arabs make up a low proportion of students. In 2012, Arabs made up only 12 percent of bachelor's degree students, and 4 percent of doctoral students, according to Sikkuy, an organization that aims to foster Jewish-Arab coexistence.
Jews and Arabs live in separate towns.
In addition to studying separately, Israeli Jews and Arabs mostly live in separate cities. Two of the country's largest cities, Jerusalem and Haifa, have substantial Arab populations, but even those cities are often separated by neighborhood. Nearly all of Jerusalem's Arab residents live in the eastern half of the city.
Aside from a handful of other mixed Israeli towns, most of the country's cities are more than 90 percent Jewish or Arab. Though Arabs make up nearly 20 percent of Israel's citizenry, the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, Israel's largest, is nearly 95 percent Jewish.
The Jewish-Arab division is also marked by economic gaps. Arab cities have higher poverty rates and, in general, worse municipal services than their Jewish counterparts. Eight of Israel's 10 poorest towns are Arab. The richest 30 are Jewish.
"It's not a problem in principle to live in different places," said Rawnak Natour, co-director of Sikkuy. "There needs to be a possibility to live together, that there will be [cultural] symbols and the ability to encompass the different cultures."
Their political leaders rarely work together.
Israel often points to its Arab-Israeli lawmakers as proof of the country's democratic chops. Arabs hold 16 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, and the body's third-largest party, the Joint List, is Arab. Arabs have also risen to the top of other branches of government, including sitting on Israel's Supreme Court.
But Israeli Arabs' political leadership perpetually sits in the Knesset's opposition, and few politicians in the government are Arab, such that the two communities' agendas rarely align. The only Arab in Israel's political leadership is the deputy minister of regional cooperation, Ayoub Kara, who is part of the Druze minority.
Arabs are barely present in Israel's mainstream media.
Lucy Aharish, the young Arab co-host of a morning show on a leading Israeli TV station, speaks accent-less Hebrew, has gained admirers for her forthrightness and was even honored with a role at the country's official torch-lighting ceremony on Independence Day.
But she's one of the few Arab faces and voices Israelis will see and hear on their TVs and radios. Israeli Arabs have their own active press, but they are vastly underrepresented in mainstream Israeli media, comprising fewer than 3 percent of total interviews on leading Israel stations in January and February, according to a study by Sikkuy and the Seventh Eye, a media watchdog.
The number drops even lower when it comes to news segments not directly related to Israeli Arabs. Aharish's Channel 2, for example, spoke to only 11 Arabs out of more than 5,500 total such interviews in January.
"You have low representation, and the moment you have it, it's about specific topics and a very specific framing, which is crime and the conflict," Natour said. "The way they're interviewed is a negative framework that perpetuates the stigmas about the Arab population in the state."
THURSDAY'S TOON ~~ GOLDMAN SACHS FUNDS HEBRON SETTLERS
April 14, 2016 at 07:01	(Associate Post, Cartoons, Corporate Crime, Illegal Settlements, Israel, Occupied West Bank, Palestine)
Haaretz reports that Goldman Sachs has a "clear pattern" of giving to Israeli settler and rightwing groups through their Charitable Gift Fund. And Hillary Clinton hasn't criticized the banking firm that helped propel the 2007 collapse.
Goldman Sachs is funding Hebron settlers
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins FOR
For years American taxpayers have been bankrolling Jewish-only illegal settlements in the West Bank with hundreds of millions of dollars funneled through tax-exempt non-profit organizations (we've covered the issue on Mondoweiss since 2009). One of the organizations which is a frequent recipient of these donations is the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund which supports Hebron's settler community.
Haaretz reports that Goldman Sachs has a "clear pattern" of giving to Israeli rightwing groups through their Charitable Gift Fund, including the notorious Jewish zealots in Hebron.
From the article "Why Is Goldman Sachs Funding the Violent, Racist Jewish Settlers of Hebron?":
So why did Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, a foundation connected to the world's most powerful investment bank and run by Goldman Sachs' top executives, donate $18,000 to the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund that bankrolls this humanitarian nightmare?
On their IRS tax records, Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund declared the purpose of the gift was "International Humanitarian Program" to needy Hebron families. With revenues of $2,250,000 the Hebron Fund can deliver from hunger quite a few of the 700 Jewish settlers of the city.
Grants to the Hebron Fund are not an isolated occurrence. There is a clear pattern in the Fund's giving to Israel rightwing groups or their American fronts. In 2012-2013 they gave $708,000 to the American-Israel Education Foundation, AIPAC's educational arm; $15,000 to the American Jewish International Relations Institute, a right wing organization which "monitors, tracks, and combats anti-Israel voting patterns at the United Nations"; and $6,100 to the American Friends of the Likud Party.
Though the case of granting money to the Jewish community of Hebron is particularly striking, we should see the funding of the Hebron settlement as only one example in the context of hundreds of millions of dollars backing the full range of West Bank settlements.
Of course, Hebron settlers aren't the only ones experiencing Goldman largesse. Bernie Sanders has made an issue of the $675,000 Clinton received in speaking fees from the investment house just in 2013. And no wonder. Simon Head writes at the New York Review of Books that the connection raises important questions about potential corruption:
These long-running ties with Goldman have paid off for the Clintons. According to a July 2014 analysis in the Wall Street Journal, from 1992 to the present Goldman has been the Clintons' number one Wall Street contributor, based on speaking fees, charitable donations, and campaign contributions, the three pillars of what I've called the Clinton System. As early as 2000, Goldman was the second most generous funder—after Citigroup—of Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, with a contribution of $711,000. In the early 2000s, Bill Clinton was also a Goldman beneficiary, receiving $650,000 from Goldman for four speeches delivered between December 2004 and June 2005. (The transcripts of these speeches do not appear to be currently available.)
By the winter of 2006–2007, however, Goldman and its CEO Lloyd Blankfein were becoming deeply involved in the collapsing housing bubble—and engaging in the practices that have since resulted in years of investigations and lawsuits….
As long as Clinton refuses to reveal the content of her Goldman speeches, the suspicion will remain that she has cast a blind eye on Goldman's dark years and that her campaign pledge to "rein in Wall Street" cannot be taken seriously.
VIDEO ~~ A JEW AND AN ARAB WALK INTO A BAR …
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October 21, 2020 • By Cara Griffin & Bob McGee
This week, Rockport launched the "Powering Your Vote" campaign, which aims to provide a comfortable and stylish pair of shoes to those working or heading to the polls on Election Day. For five days, from October 19-23, Rockport is giving away 270 pairs of shoes — one pair to represent each winning electoral vote — in an effort to support active citizenship and encourage voting across the country. Learn more about Rockport's Powering Your Vote initiative on the brand's website: https://www.rockport.com/power-your-vote.
Weinbrenner Shoe Company, the manufacturer of Thorogood brand footwear, has tapped The Evans Group as its new sales representatives for the Outdoor sales division as of November 1. The Evans Group will oversee sales operations for the Outdoor sales division in all states except Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Southeast New York. All quotes and sales will be coordinated through The Evans Group directly.
Foot Solutions, the international foot wellness retailer, strikes a 10-year partnership with the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA). The retailer makes its debut as the association's official foot wellness provider tomorrow at a Las Vegas tournament.
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NPD's Matt Powell is predicting disappointing Black Friday in-store sales for footwear. He also expects athletic footwear sales will dip in the low single-digits in the fourth quarter, in part due to a lack of new products. But running shoes should outperform the market, he says adding more mainstream styles are better-suited for beginning runners than higher-priced models. Also, the analyst cautions brands to be careful not to oversature the sport lifestyle category that has performed "fairly well" during the pandemic to date.
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