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by Adalah-NY
Thursday, Sep. 04, 2014 at 11:39 AM
info@adalahny.org
On August 23, the Los Angeles group Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) released a widely reported on statement in Billboard Magazine - “200 Hollywood Heavyweights Support Israel.” What was not reported is that CCFP is a “creative” front group for the right-wing, pro Israeli settler nonprofit StandWithUs, that has a close relationship with the Israeli government. Though CCFP carefully avoids explaining this on their website and materials, CCFP is the same legally-registered nonprofit as StandWithUs (SWU), and, as of October 2013, operated from within SWU’s LA office.
ADALAH-NY: THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN FOR THE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Did LA pro-Israel group conceal right-wing identity from Hollywood celebs and media? CONTACT: info@adalahny.org New York, NY, September 2, 2014 - On August 23, the Los Angeles group Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) released a widely reported on statement in Billboard Magazine - “200 Hollywood Heavyweights Support Israel.” What was not reported is that CCFP is a “creative” front group for the right-wing, pro Israeli settler nonprofit StandWithUs, that has a close relationship with the Israeli government. Though CCFP carefully avoids explaining this on their website and materials, CCFP is the same legally-registered nonprofit as StandWithUs (SWU), and, as of October 2013, operated from within SWU’s LA office. Felice Gelman from Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel commented, “We wonder if CCFP explained to the Hollywood luminaries who signed its statement, like Ziggy Marley and Sarah Silverman, that its apolitical message of ‘art building bridges for peace’ is actually a sanitizing front for the right-wing, pro-settler organization StandWithUs, that has deep ties to the Israeli government? We are also concerned that US media covering the statement did not report on who CCFP really is.” The statement on Gaza is as misleading as its hidden identity and the politics of its sponsor SWU. Nerdeen Kiswani, a student activist with Students for Justice in Palestine, explained, “CCFP begins and ends its statement with apolitical, and essentially deceptive invocations of peace. But the core argument reflects typical SWU talking points and Israeli government right-wing spin, that Palestinians themselves are somehow entirely to blame for Israel’s slaughter of over 2000 Palestinians and the destruction of thousands of homes and entire villages in Gaza.” Since the statement was first published, at least one celebrity ‘signatory’, Moroccan filmmaker Sanaa Hamri, has had her name removed, saying she never agreed to sign on. SWU, which was originally created and registered in 2001 as Israel Emergency Alliance, states on its website that “StandWithUs, known as the Israel Emergency Alliance, is a 501(c)(3) organization.” CCFP, created in 2010, also states on its donation page that it is “a 501(c)(3) organization, dba [doing business as] Israel Emergency Alliance.” Upon creation, CCFP was simply integrated into the existing legally registered organization Israel Emergency Alliance/StandWithUs. As The Jewish Daily Forward reported in October 2013, CCFP is not actually a nonprofit, but rather it operates under the aegis of the long-established nonprofit StandWithUs, which is “widely perceived to be on the far right of the pro-Israel spectrum.” SWU regularly touts congratulations and endorsements by the Israeli government and has organized pro-settler PR projects with Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. SWU also works with the right-wing evangelical group Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and CUFI’s homophobic leader, John Hagee. Additionally, in 2010, SWU members disrupted a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) meeting, even pepper-spraying two JVP members. Exposing CCFP’s similarity to SWU, The Forward reported in October 2013 that CCFP “takes positions that appear to be held by only a narrow spectrum among Jews who support Israel,” disputing that Israeli settlements are a primary obstacle to peace, and that Israel holds Palestinians under military occupation. The Forward article showed that CCFP is in lockstep with Israel’s right-wing government, quoting David Siegel, Israel’s Consul General in Los Angeles, lavishing praise on CCFP, and saying “they are effective because they work from inside the industry.” CCFP’s cofounder, music executive David Renzer, has attempted to distance CCFP from SWU, telling The Forward that CCFP has “always operated independently,” and asserting “there is no day-to-day relationship” with SWU. The facts belie this. On top of CCFP’s legal status as part of SWU, David Renzer is married to the SWU’s cofounder and president, Esther Renzer. Another CCFP co-founder, Ran Geffen-Lifshitz, is on the board of StandWithUs Israel, and CCFP and SWU held a strategy session together with Israeli government officials to shape CCFP’s activities. SWU and CCFP have gone to lengths to camouflage their interrelationship, even registering StandWithUs and Creative Community for Peace with the LA County Clerk in 2010 as “fictitious business names” for Israel Emergency Alliance (documents viewable in this expose). Though CCFP asserted to The Forward last year that it was only working under SWU while “awaiting the processing of its application” as “a tax-exempt charity,” current online searches of IRS and California state records for Creative Community for Peace continue to come up empty. Despite the fact that CCFP operates within SWU/Israel Emergency Alliance, the most current publicly available 990 tax form for SWU/Israel Emergency Alliance from 2012 makes no mention whatsoever of CCFP. The 2012 990 demonstrates that the organization is managed by SWU, noting the salaries and titles of six “Key Employees,” each of whom is an SWU staffmember, with no one listed from CCFP. The 2012 990 also lists Steven Rosen of Silver Spring, Maryland as a “Strategic Adviser.” SWU’s 2011 and 2010 990s also show that Rosen was paid $120,000 and $127,000 from SWU in that same role. For 23 years Rosen was a top official at AIPAC, the right-wing Israel lobby group. He served as AIPAC’s Director of Foreign Policy until he was indicted for alleged violations of the Espionage Act, though the charges were later dropped. A New Yorker expose on AIPAC last week noted that Rosen “was fond of telling people that he could take out a napkin at any Senate hangout and get signatures of support for one issue or another from scores of senators.” One of Rosen’s favorite quotes during his years with AIPAC was, “A lobby is like a night flower: it thrives in the dark and dies in the sun.” For more detailed background and documentation on CCFP, SWU and their relationship see this expose by Phan Nguyen: http://mondoweiss.net/2013/10/apolitical-organization-combatting.html To see this full press release with hyperlinks to sources: http://adalahny.org/press-release/1191/did-la-pro-israel-group-conceal-right-wing-identity-hollywood-celebs-and-media
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by Thanx
Sunday, Sep. 07, 2014 at 6:12 PM
It's time to remove the veils of deception the criminal Israeli state uses to sugar coat their terror and vicious genocide towards the people of Palestine.
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by Lord Locksley
Sunday, Sep. 07, 2014 at 10:18 PM
armigerous@earthlink.net
A CNN Reporter, BBC Reporter, and an Israeli commando were captured by terrorists in Iraq. The leader of the terrorists told them that he would grant them each one last request before they were beheaded.
The CNN Reporter said, ‘Well, I’m an American, so I’d like one last hamburger with French fries.” The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the burger & fries. The reporter ate it and said “Now, I can die.”
The BBC Reporter said, ‘I’m a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what’s about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end.” The terror leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and dictated some comments. The reporter then said, ‘Now I can die knowing I stayed true until the end.”
The leader turned and said, “And now, Mr. Israeli tough guy, what is your final wish?”
“Kick me in the ass,” said the soldier.
“What?’ asked the leader, “Will you mock us in your last hour?”
“No, I’m not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,” insisted the Israeli. So the leader shoved him into the open and kicked him in the ass.
The soldier went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from under his flak jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his carbine and sprayed the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all terrorists were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the soldier was untying the reporters, they asked him, “Why didn’t you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass first?”
“What?” replied the Israeli, “and have you report that I was the aggressor?”
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by the 'Lord' is insane^
Monday, Sep. 08, 2014 at 12:28 PM
how can *anyone* ever doubt that ' Lord Locksley' is a testimony to arrested development? And apparent Alzheimers... Flights of fantasy about Israeli 'heroics' being its delusional mainstay. Not at all like the propensity of the IDF using Palestinian children as human shields... no, nothing like that.
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by Lord Locksley
Monday, Sep. 08, 2014 at 5:07 PM
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I didn't write the joke...all I did was cut and paste it....you can't do that with Alzheimers'....if you want to trash somebody,trash whoever it was that wrote the joke....besides,it was Hamas using kids as human shields...IDF doesn't have to....they kick ass without having to do that
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by right....
Monday, Sep. 08, 2014 at 6:35 PM
It's well known that the IDF uses children for human shields. They're cowards and swine.
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by IDF 'heros'
Monday, Sep. 08, 2014 at 6:38 PM
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by Lord Locksley
Monday, Sep. 08, 2014 at 6:44 PM
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That would be the same UN that knew Hamas was using UN sponsored schools to store rockets and weaponry and didn't do a damn thing about it
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by right...
Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2014 at 7:32 AM
oh wow, LL is using the IDF excuse of salted or made up 'evidence' to excuse indiscriminate slaughter. Nothing new here...
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by Lord Locksley
Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2014 at 9:34 AM
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by right...
Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2014 at 11:15 AM
" Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center " That's what I call 'impartial' ha ha So we're back to anonymous, salted and confabulated evidence again. nothing new here. Particularly the 'heroics' of the IDF using human shields
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by Lord Locksley
Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2014 at 12:54 PM
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...if you consider the Washington Post and the UNRWA and "Stinky Pussy" Rodham to be "anonymous" sources....LMAO
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by Lord Locksley
Friday, Sep. 12, 2014 at 11:51 AM
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by Creative Community for Peace
Friday, Sep. 12, 2014 at 11:32 PM
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(Is this what you objected too? Its simply a call for peace and tolerance)
We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. We are pained by the suffering on both sides of the conflict and hope for a solution that brings peace to the region.
While we stand firm in our commitment to peace and justice, we must also stand firm against ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in Hamas' charter, Article 7 of which reads, “There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!” The son of a Hamas founder has also commented about the true nature of Hamas.
Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields.
We join together in support of the democratic values we all cherish and in the hope that the healing and transformative power of the arts can be used to build bridges of peace.
Orly Adelson Marty Adelstein Dan Adler Lou Adler Michael Adler Dan Aloni Avi Arad Tom Arnold Jeff Astrof Craig Balsam Gary Barber Roseanne Barr Jason Barrett Elana Barry Jonathan Baruch Aaron Bay-Schuck Lainie Sorkin Becky Lawrence Bender PeterBenedek Steven Bensusan Raphael Berko Adam Berkowitz Greg Berlanti Jordan Berliant Mayim Bialik Joshua P Binder Todd Black Michael Borkow David Boxerbaum Scooter Braun Dan Brecher Eric Brooks David Broza Dan Bucatinsky Naomi Bulochnikov David Byrnes David Caspe Omri Casspi Josh Charles Liza Chasin Emmanuelle Chriqui Cynthia Cidre Neil Cloud Ayala Cohen Etan Cohen Joe Cohen Charlie Corwin Marc Dauer Robert Davi Craig David Stephen Davis Donald De Line Matt DelPiano Josh Deutsch David Diamond Leonard Dick David Draiman Minnie Driver Jack Dytman Lee Eisenberg Doug Ellin Diane English Dan Erlij Ron Fair Erik Feig Dave Feldman James Feldman Patti Felker Erica Forster Gary Foster Doug Frank Bryan J. Freedman Geordie E. Frey Michael Fricklas Robert Fried William Friedkin Daryl Friedman Rob Friedman Ronald Friedman David Gardner Jeremy Garelick Alan M. Gasmer Ran Geffen-Lifshitz Andrew Genger Bob Gersh Jody Gerson Risa Gertner Jami Gertz Gary Ginsberg David Glick Jonathan Glickman Michael Glouberman Elon Gold Evan Goldberg Gil Goldschein Tony Goldwyn Nate Goodman Howard Gordon Mitchell Gossett Marc Graboff Kelsey Grammer Trudy Green Adam Griffin Iris Grossman Jay Gruska David Guillod Phil Hacker Jay Hoffman J. Todd Harris Adi Hasak Ned Haspel Ken Hertz David Hoberman Craig Hunegs Andrew Hurwitz Kathy Ireland Neal Israel Michael Jacobs Bill Jacobson Neil Jacobson Nina Jacobson Jonathan Jakubowicz Patrick Joest Nathan Kahane Adam Kaller Adam Kanter Scott Karp Zach Katz Ryan Kavanaugh Ron Kenan David Kendall Larry Kennar Chris Keyser Kevin King-Templeton Michael Kives Courtney Kivowitz Patrick Knapp Amanda Kogan Jeff Kolodny Barry Kotler Steven Kram Eric Kranzler Brad Krevoy Erik Kritzer Howard Kurtzman Rick Kurtzman Jeff Kwatinetz Peter Landesman Eriq La Salle Sherry Lansing Estelle Lasher Michael Lasker Keili Lefkovitz Carol Leifer Avi Lerner Colin Lester Ben Levine Susan Levinson David Levy Shuki Levy Linda Lichter Josh Lieberman Maryam Lieberman Todd Lieberman Jon Liebman Jonathan Littman David Lonner Richard Lovett Jon Lovitz Charlie Lyons Benji Madden Joel Madden Bill Maher Joshua Malina Rob Markus Orly Marley Ziggy Marley Ori Marmur Bill Masters Barry McPherson Brian Medavoy Jeff Melman Scott Melrose Jeffrey D. Melvoin Willie Mercer Rina Mimoun Kevin Misher Michael Morales Rob Morrow Robert Newman Alan Nierob Michael Nyman Howard T. Owens James Packer Scott Packman Bar Paly Tom Parziali Amy Pascal Donald S. Passman Brett Paul Ann Peacock Linda Perry Richard Plepler Amy Powers Rob Prinz Trevor Rabin Dan Rabinow Gideon Raff Dean Raise Bruce M. Ramer David Ready Ivan Reitman David Renzer John Reston Hanna Rochelle Seth Rogen John Rogovin Lena Roklin Lon Rosen Rick Rosen Bruce Rosenblum Zvi Howard Rosenman Bill Rosenthal Phil Rosenthal Brian Ross Michael Rotenberg Rob Rothman Robert Rovner Susan Rovner Odeya Rush Haim Saban Carole Bayer Sager Nancy Sanders Jonathan Schenker Mark Schiff Steve Schnur Dean Schramm Jordan Schur Robin Schwartz Sam Schwartz Scott Schwartz Arnold Schwarzenegger Adam Schweitzer Adam Shankman Stacey Sher Scott Siegler Jamie Lynn Sigler Chris Silbermann Ben Silverman Sarah Silverman Martin Singer Stacey Snider Aaron Sorkin Steve Spira Susan Sprung Sylvester Stallone Norman Steinberg Fisher Stevens Gary Stiffelman Erwin Stoff Ken Stovitz Gene Stupnitsky Nick Styne Eric Suddleson Geoff Suddleson Ken Suddleson Danny Sussman DB Sweeney Traci Szymanski Nina Tassler Adam Taylor Arn Tellem Nancy Tellem Mitch Tenzer Steve Tisch Noa Tishby Fred D. Toczek Michael Tolkin Bennett Tramer Nancy Travis Jonathan Tropper Matthew Velkes Paul Wachter Nina Wass Avi Wasserman Steven Weber Bernie Weinraub Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Jerry Weintraub David N. Weiss David Weissman Alan Wertheimer Ron West Nikki Wheeler Jeff Wolman Sharon Tal Yguado Pete Yorn Rick Yorn Mosab Hassan Yousef Rachel Zalis David Zucker
https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/justice/
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by End Terrorism
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2014 at 9:20 AM
USA
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remember your yada yada!
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by Often Enough
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2014 at 9:39 AM
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The real enemy after all the arabs have been driven into the sea ( and fired on by the IDF for chum ) the evil BDS serpent.
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by Harrass A. Muttfucker
Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM
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by Gaza Schools
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2014 at 11:57 AM
UN blasts IDF fake video showing Gaza schools used by Hamas to ...
www.voiceofrussia.com/ 2012_11_20/ UN-blasts-IDF-fake-video-showing-Gaza-schools-used-by-Hamas-to-fire-r ockets/ - View by Ixquick Proxy - Highlight
Nov 20, 2012 ... A UN relief agency has shot down allegations levied by the IDF via an animated film posted on their official YouTube channel saying Hamas
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by crazy_inventor
Friday, Sep. 19, 2014 at 9:52 AM
genocide, apartheid, illegal occupation, dispossession, violations of international law, surviving by stealing other people's water, oil, gas, IP and taxes ..for a start
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by right...
Friday, Sep. 19, 2014 at 3:31 PM
" singling out Israel" why not?
Israel seems to be the center of terrorism, false flag violence and lies. The world would be better off without this psychotic racist danger to world peace.
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by nobody
Saturday, Sep. 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM
Thought you were talking about America there. North, south, whichever America.
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