{"article":{"id":265757,"heading":"Artists, Actors and the creative Community for Israel","author":"cultural boycott fail","created":"2014-09-13 06:22:00","modified":"2014-10-24 21:28:31","last_modified":"Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:28:31","article":"<p>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. <br><br> 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, &ldquo;There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!&rdquo; The son of a Hamas founder has also commented about the true nature of Hamas. <br><br> 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. <br><br> 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. <br><br> Orly Adelson <br>  <br> Marty Adelstein <br>  <br> Dan Adler <br>  <br> Lou Adler <br>  <br> Michael Adler <br>  <br> Dan Aloni <br>  <br> Avi Arad <br>  <br> Tom Arnold <br>  <br> Jeff Astrof <br>  <br> Craig Balsam <br>  <br> Gary Barber <br>  <br> Roseanne Barr <br>  <br> Jason Barrett <br>  <br> Elana Barry <br>  <br> Jonathan Baruch <br>  <br> Aaron Bay-Schuck <br>  <br> Lainie Sorkin Becky <br>  <br> Lawrence Bender <br>  <br> PeterBenedek <br>  <br> Steven Bensusan <br>  <br> Raphael Berko <br>  <br> Adam Berkowitz <br>  <br> Greg Berlanti <br>  <br> Jordan Berliant <br>  <br> Mayim Bialik <br>  <br> Joshua P Binder <br>  <br> Todd Black <br>  <br> Michael Borkow <br>  <br> David Boxerbaum <br>  <br> Scooter Braun <br>  <br> Dan Brecher <br>  <br> Eric Brooks <br>  <br> David Broza <br>  <br> Dan Bucatinsky <br>  <br> Naomi Bulochnikov <br>  <br> David Byrnes <br>  <br> David Caspe <br>  <br> Omri Casspi <br>  <br> Josh Charles <br>  <br> Liza Chasin <br>  <br> Emmanuelle Chriqui <br>  <br> Cynthia Cidre <br>  <br> Neil Cloud <br>  <br> Ayala Cohen <br>  <br> Etan Cohen <br>  <br> Joe Cohen <br>  <br> Charlie Corwin <br>  <br> Marc Dauer <br>  <br> Robert Davi <br>  <br> Craig David <br>  <br> Stephen Davis <br>  <br> Donald De Line <br>  <br> Matt DelPiano <br>  <br> Josh Deutsch <br>  <br> David Diamond <br>  <br> Leonard Dick <br>  <br> David Draiman <br>  <br> Minnie Driver <br>  <br> Jack Dytman <br>  <br> Lee Eisenberg <br>  <br> Doug Ellin <br><br> Diane English <br>  <br> Dan Erlij <br>  <br> Ron Fair <br>  <br> Erik Feig <br>  <br> Dave Feldman <br>  <br> James Feldman <br>  <br> Patti Felker <br>  <br> Erica Forster <br>  <br> Gary Foster <br>  <br> Doug Frank <br>  <br> Bryan J. Freedman <br>  <br> Geordie E. Frey <br>  <br> Michael Fricklas <br>  <br> Robert Fried <br>  <br> William Friedkin <br>  <br> Daryl Friedman <br>  <br> Rob Friedman <br>  <br> Ronald Friedman <br>  <br> David Gardner <br>  <br> Jeremy Garelick <br>  <br> Alan M. Gasmer <br>  <br> Ran Geffen-Lifshitz <br>  <br> Andrew Genger <br>  <br> Bob Gersh <br>  <br> Jody Gerson <br>  <br> Risa Gertner <br>  <br> Jami Gertz <br>  <br> Gary Ginsberg <br>  <br> David Glick <br>  <br> Jonathan Glickman <br>  <br> Michael Glouberman <br>  <br> Elon Gold <br>  <br> Evan Goldberg <br>  <br> Gil Goldschein <br>  <br> Tony Goldwyn <br>  <br> Nate Goodman <br>  <br> Howard Gordon <br>  <br> Mitchell Gossett <br>  <br> Marc Graboff <br>  <br> Kelsey Grammer <br>  <br> Trudy Green <br>  <br> Adam Griffin <br>  <br> Iris Grossman <br>  <br> Jay Gruska <br>  <br> David Guillod <br>  <br> Phil Hacker <br>  <br> Jay Hoffman <br>  <br> J. Todd Harris <br>  <br> Adi Hasak <br>  <br> Ned Haspel <br>  <br> Ken Hertz <br>  <br> David Hoberman <br>  <br> Craig Hunegs <br>  <br> Andrew Hurwitz <br>  <br> Kathy Ireland <br>  <br> Neal Israel <br>  <br> Michael Jacobs <br>  <br> Bill Jacobson <br>  <br> Neil Jacobson <br>  <br> Nina Jacobson <br>  <br> Jonathan Jakubowicz <br><br> Patrick Joest <br>  <br> Nathan Kahane <br>  <br> Adam Kaller <br>  <br> Adam Kanter <br>  <br> Scott Karp <br>  <br> Zach Katz <br>  <br> Ryan Kavanaugh <br>  <br> Ron Kenan <br>  <br> David Kendall <br>  <br> Larry Kennar <br>  <br> Chris Keyser <br>  <br> Kevin King-Templeton <br>  <br> Michael Kives <br>  <br> Courtney Kivowitz <br>  <br> Patrick Knapp <br>  <br> Amanda Kogan <br>  <br> Jeff Kolodny <br>  <br> Barry Kotler <br>  <br> Steven Kram <br>  <br> Eric Kranzler <br>  <br> Brad Krevoy <br>  <br> Erik Kritzer <br>  <br> Howard Kurtzman <br>  <br> Rick Kurtzman <br>  <br> Jeff Kwatinetz <br>  <br> Peter Landesman <br>  <br> Eriq La Salle <br>  <br> Sherry Lansing <br>  <br> Estelle Lasher <br>  <br> Michael Lasker <br>  <br> Keili Lefkovitz <br>  <br> Carol Leifer <br>  <br> Avi Lerner <br>  <br> Colin Lester <br>  <br> Ben Levine <br>  <br> Susan Levinson <br>  <br> David Levy <br>  <br> Shuki Levy <br>  <br> Linda Lichter <br>  <br> Josh Lieberman <br>  <br> Maryam Lieberman <br>  <br> Todd Lieberman <br>  <br> Jon Liebman <br>  <br> Jonathan Littman <br>  <br> David Lonner <br>  <br> Richard Lovett <br>  <br> Jon Lovitz <br>  <br> Charlie Lyons <br>  <br> Benji Madden <br>  <br> Joel Madden <br>  <br> Bill Maher <br>  <br> Joshua Malina <br>  <br> Rob Markus <br>  <br> Orly Marley <br>  <br> Ziggy Marley <br>  <br> Ori Marmur <br>  <br> Bill Masters <br>  <br> Barry McPherson <br>  <br> Brian Medavoy <br>  <br> Jeff Melman <br>  <br> Scott Melrose <br><br> Jeffrey D. Melvoin <br>  <br> Willie Mercer <br>  <br> Rina Mimoun <br>  <br> Kevin Misher <br>  <br> Michael Morales <br>  <br> Rob Morrow <br>  <br> Robert Newman <br>  <br> Alan Nierob <br>  <br> Michael Nyman <br>  <br> Howard T. Owens <br>  <br> James Packer <br>  <br> Scott Packman <br>  <br> Bar Paly <br>  <br> Tom Parziali <br>  <br> Amy Pascal <br>  <br> Donald S. Passman <br>  <br> Brett Paul <br>  <br> Ann Peacock <br>  <br> Linda Perry <br>  <br> Richard Plepler <br>  <br> Amy Powers <br>  <br> Rob Prinz <br>  <br> Trevor Rabin <br>  <br> Dan Rabinow <br>  <br> Gideon Raff <br>  <br> Dean Raise <br>  <br> Bruce M. Ramer <br>  <br> David Ready <br>  <br> Ivan Reitman <br>  <br> David Renzer <br>  <br> John Reston <br>  <br> Hanna Rochelle <br>  <br> Seth Rogen <br>  <br> John Rogovin <br>  <br> Lena Roklin <br>  <br> Lon Rosen <br>  <br> Rick Rosen <br>  <br> Bruce Rosenblum <br>  <br> Zvi Howard Rosenman <br>  <br> Bill Rosenthal <br>  <br> Phil Rosenthal <br>  <br> Brian Ross <br>  <br> Michael Rotenberg <br>  <br> Rob Rothman <br>  <br> Robert Rovner <br>  <br> Susan Rovner <br>  <br> Odeya Rush <br>  <br> Haim Saban <br>  <br> Carole Bayer Sager <br>  <br> Nancy Sanders <br>  <br> Jonathan Schenker <br>  <br> Mark Schiff <br>  <br> Steve Schnur <br>  <br> Dean Schramm <br>  <br> Jordan Schur <br>  <br> Robin Schwartz <br>  <br> Sam Schwartz <br>  <br> Scott Schwartz <br>  <br> Arnold Schwarzenegger <br>  <br> Adam Schweitzer <br>  <br> Adam Shankman <br><br> Stacey Sher <br>  <br> Scott Siegler <br>  <br> Jamie Lynn Sigler <br>  <br> Chris Silbermann <br>  <br> Ben Silverman <br>  <br> Sarah Silverman <br>  <br> Martin Singer <br>  <br> Stacey Snider <br>  <br> Aaron Sorkin <br>  <br> Steve Spira <br>  <br> Susan Sprung <br>  <br> Sylvester Stallone <br>  <br> Norman Steinberg <br>  <br> Fisher Stevens <br>  <br> Gary Stiffelman <br>  <br> Erwin Stoff <br>  <br> Ken Stovitz <br>  <br> Gene Stupnitsky <br>  <br> Nick Styne <br>  <br> Eric Suddleson <br>  <br> Geoff Suddleson <br>  <br> Ken Suddleson <br>  <br> Danny Sussman <br>  <br> DB Sweeney <br>  <br> Traci Szymanski <br>  <br> Nina Tassler <br>  <br> Adam Taylor <br>  <br> Arn Tellem <br>  <br> Nancy Tellem <br>  <br> Mitch Tenzer <br>  <br> Steve Tisch <br>  <br> Noa Tishby <br>  <br> Fred D. Toczek <br>  <br> Michael Tolkin <br>  <br> Bennett Tramer <br>  <br> Nancy Travis <br>  <br> Jonathan Tropper <br>  <br> Matthew Velkes <br>  <br> Paul Wachter <br>  <br> Nina Wass <br>  <br> Avi Wasserman <br>  <br> Steven Weber <br>  <br> Bernie Weinraub <br>  <br> Bob Weinstein <br>  <br> Harvey Weinstein <br>  <br> Jerry Weintraub <br>  <br> David N. Weiss <br>  <br> David Weissman <br>  <br> Alan Wertheimer <br>  <br> Ron West <br>  <br> Nikki Wheeler <br>  <br> Jeff Wolman <br>  <br> Sharon Tal Yguado <br>  <br> Pete Yorn <br>  <br> Rick Yorn <br>  <br> Mosab Hassan Yousef <br>  <br> Rachel Zalis <br>  <br> David Zucker<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"https:\/\/www.creativecommunityforpeace.com\/justice\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Via the Creative Community for Peace Hundreds of Hollywood A listers have joined together in support of Israel","numcomment":24,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2014\/09\/265757.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":265758,"heading":"Creative Community for Peace","article":"From the Creative Community for Peace","author":"Creative Community for Peace","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-13 06:25:05","modified":"2014-09-13 06:25:05","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/playad.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/playad.jpg"}},{"id":265759,"heading":"Say No to Cultural Boycotts","article":"A reminder that cultural boycotts violate the Universal declaration of Human Rights","author":"Creative Community  for Peace","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-13 06:26:40","modified":"2014-09-13 06:26:40","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ccfp_ad-2.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ccfp_ad-2.jpg"}},{"id":265766,"heading":"End Terrorism","article":"End the terrorist state of Israel\r\nBDS\r\nStarve the beast.","author":"End Terrorism","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-13 16:17:13","modified":"2014-09-13 16:17:13","fileurl":""},{"id":265775,"heading":"Gaza is a Ghetto","article":"It's a ghetto.   Israel ultimately controls it.  If there's any racism, it's ultimately Israel's.  This &quot;woe is me&quot; attitude is no different than Christians who feel persecuted in the US, or white people who complain of &quot;reverse racism.&quot;  It's the powerful complaining about the fact that they don't have absolute power over everyone.\r\n\r\nCharter 7 is, indeed, hateful.  It's not that different from the hateful religious writing in the Bible, however, when God tells his followers to go and burn cities and kill people.  However, it does something worth noting, at least for us in the West, which is link up Zionism with British colonialism.  Here's the charter, from a pro-Palestine website:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/carryover\/documents\/charter.html?chocaid=397\r\n\r\nArticle Seven: The Universality of Hamas\r\nBy virtue of the distribution of Muslims, who pursue the cause of the Hamas, all over the globe, and strive for its victory, for the reinforcement of its positions and for the encouragement of its Jihad, the Movement is a universal one. It is apt to be that due to the clarity of its thinking, the nobility of its purpose and the loftiness of its objectives. It is in this light that the Movement has to be regarded, evaluated and acknowledged. Whoever denigrates its worth, or avoids supporting it, or is so blind as to dismiss its role, is challenging Fate itself. Whoever closes his eyes from seeing the facts, whether intentionally or not, will wake up to find himself overtaken by events, and will find no excuses to justify his position. Priority is reserved to the early comers. Oppressing those who are closest to you, is more of an agony to the soul than the impact of an Indian sword. \u201cAnd unto thee have we revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth which has come unto thee. For each we have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed, He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which he has given you [He has made you as you are]. So vie with one another in good works. Unto Allah, you will all return. He will then inform you of that wherein you differ.\u201d Hamas is one of the links in the Chain of Jihad in the confrontation with the Zionist invasion. It links up with the setting out of the Martyr Izz a-din al-Qassam and his brothers in the Muslim Brotherhood who fought the Holy War in 1936; it further relates to another link of the Palestinian Jihad and the Jihad and efforts of the Muslim Brothers during the 1948 War, and to the Jihad operations of the Muslim Brothers in 1968 and thereafter. But even if the links have become distant from each other, and even if the obstacles erected by those who revolve in the Zionist orbit, aiming at obstructing the road before the Jihad fighters, have rendered the pursuance of Jihad impossible; nevertheless, the Hamas has been looking forward to implement Allah\u2019s promise whatever time it might take. The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him! This will not apply to the Gharqad, which is a Jewish tree (cited by Bukhari and Muslim).\r\n\r\n-----------------------\r\n&quot;It links up with the setting out of the Martyr Izz a-din al-Qassam and his brothers in the Muslim Brotherhood who fought the Holy War in 1936;&quot;\r\n\r\nSee Wikipedia for a summary of history leading up to this war of Palestinians against their British colonizers.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1936%E2%80%9339_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine\r\n\r\nThe last part is some kind of &quot;end times&quot; interpretation of the Hadith of the Gharqad Tree.  There is not agreement about what it means, as described in this Muslim website:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.faithinallah.org\/hadith-of-the-gharqad-tree-is-it-a-good-deed-to-kill-jews-in-islam\/\r\n\r\n(Now, that said, as a general non-believe, I suppose during the end times, I'm the ones they're going to be killing... except I'm not a Jewish non-believer of the false God, so perhaps I'm technically exempt.)\r\n\r\nThankfully, there are liberals out there interpreting Islamic, Jewish and Christian texts to have a peace-oriented message.  They aren't winning right now, but at least they try.","author":"nobody","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-14 17:34:40","modified":"2014-09-14 17:34:40","fileurl":""},{"id":265835,"heading":"Gaza is no Ghetto","article":"Gaza is quite nice. It would be beautiful, if not for Hamas.\r\nGaza harbor","author":"Gaza is no ghetto","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-19 06:15:50","modified":"2014-09-19 06:15:50","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_port.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_port.jpg"}},{"id":265836,"heading":"Gaza is no ghetto","article":"Gaza would be quite liveable, if not for Hamas. The Dolphin Resort and Spa in Gaza","author":"Gaza is no ghetto","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-19 06:17:41","modified":"2014-09-19 06:17:41","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_dolphin_resort.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_dolphin_resort.jpg"}},{"id":265837,"heading":"Gaza is no ghetto","article":"Gaza would be quite liveable, if not for Hamas. Another view of he Dolphin Resort and Spa in Gaza","author":"Gaza is no ghetto","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-19 06:19:14","modified":"2014-09-19 06:19:14","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_dolphin_resort_2.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gaza_dolphin_resort_2.jpg"}},{"id":265841,"heading":"amazing","article":"you mean that the IDF didn't shoot up this particular section of  Gaza real estate?\r\n","author":"wow","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-19 13:38:41","modified":"2014-09-19 13:38:41","fileurl":""},{"id":265843,"heading":"It would be beautiful, if not for","article":"democracy","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-19 16:55:37","modified":"2014-09-19 16:55:37","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbb2.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bbb2.jpg"}},{"id":265848,"heading":"correction needed","article":"Only assholes believe they are better than other people.\r\nLike the zionist state.","author":"here","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-19 22:36:47","modified":"2014-09-19 22:36:47","fileurl":""},{"id":265849,"heading":"Lifes a picnic for Muslim women","article":"You have no idea","author":"Riri","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-20 02:39:28","modified":"2014-09-20 02:39:28","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/apartheid.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/apartheid.jpg"}},{"id":265850,"heading":"Lifes a picnic for Western women","article":"neither do you","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-20 03:27:52","modified":"2014-09-20 03:27:52","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/arab-muslim-women-vs-western.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/arab-muslim-women-vs-western.jpg"}},{"id":265854,"heading":"EAT SHIT","article":"350 flies can't be wrong..","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-20 14:48:28","modified":"2014-09-20 14:48:28","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/let_the_zio-flies_eat_shit.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/let_the_zio-flies_eat_shit.jpg"}},{"id":265858,"heading":"Visit Beautiful Gaza","article":" Beach front hotel, and swimming pool in Gaza  If you are a woman, the pool is off limits. Oops. Take a cool bath in your room. Its almost the same.","author":"Stay at the Al-Mashtal Resort","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-21 05:15:17","modified":"2014-09-21 05:15:17","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al_mahtal_view.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/al_mahtal_view.jpg"}},{"id":265862,"heading":"Visit Beautiful Gaza","article":"See The Beautiful Injured Children Hospital, which was also bombed","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-21 13:11:01","modified":"2014-09-21 13:11:01","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/girl_injured_by_israeli_shelling.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/girl_injured_by_israeli_shelling.jpg"}},{"id":265865,"heading":"Gazans Speak Out: Hamas War Crimes","article":"  K, another graduate student at an Egyptian university who had gone to Gaza to see his family but was unable to leave after the war started, said on July 22:\r\n\r\n    &quot;When people stopped listening to Hamas orders not to evacuate and began leaving their homes anyway, Hamas imposed a curfew: anyone walking out in the street was shot without being asked any questions. That way Hamas made sure people had to stay in their homes even if they were about to get bombed. God will ask Hamas on judgment day for those killers' blood.&quot;\r\n\r\nI asked him if Hamas used people as &quot;human shields.&quot; He said: &quot;Hamas held the entire Gazan population as a human shield. My answer to you is yes.&quot;\r\n\r\n","author":"Mudar Zahran","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-21 16:13:59","modified":"2014-09-21 16:13:59","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/hs.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/hs.jpg"}},{"id":265866,"heading":"from the mouth of babes","article":"Gatestone Institute\u2019s founder and director, is Nina Rosenwald\r\n\r\n An heiress to the Sears Roebuck fortune, Rosenwald spreads her millions through the William Rosenwald Family Fund, a nonprofit foundation named for her father, a famed Jewish philanthropist who created the United Jewish Appeal in 1939. His daughter\u2019s focus is more explicitly political. \r\n\r\nAccording to a report by the Center for American Progress titled \u201cFear Inc.,\u201d Rosenwald and her sister Elizabeth Varet, who also directs the family foundation, have donated more than $2.8 million since 2000 to \u201corganizations that fan the flames of Islamophobia.\u201d\r\n\r\nBesides funding a Who\u2019s Who of anti-Muslim outfits, Rosenwald has served on the board of AIPAC, the central arm of America\u2019s Israel lobby, and holds leadership roles in a host of mainstream pro-Israel organizations.\r\n\r\n As groups like AIPAC lead the charge for a US military strike on the Islamic Republic of Iran, threatening to turn apocalyptic visions of civilizational warfare into catastrophic reality, Rosenwald's wealth has fueled a rapidly emerging alliance between the pro-Israel mainstream and the Islamophobic fringe. \r\n\r\n(In 2003 alone the Rosenwald Family Fund donated well over half of its $1.6 million in total contributions to pro-Israel and Islamophobic organizations.) \r\n\r\nThis alliance serves to sanitize and legitimize professional anti-Muslim bigots like Wilders, allowing their ideas to mingle easily with those of neoconservative foreign policy heavyweights intent on promoting the appearance of a convergence between US and Israeli interests by invoking the specter of a common \u201cIslamofascist\u201d enemy. With Gatestone\u2014which publicizes the writings of figures ranging from pro-Israel super-lawyer Alan Dershowitz to \u201ccounter-jihad\u201d propagandist Robert Spencer, and boasts Harold Rhode, a neoconservative former Pentagon official credited, as a senior fellow, with helping to try to push the Bush administration to invade Iraq\u2014Rosenwald has attempted to shift the alliance into overdrive.[","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-21 17:08:17","modified":"2014-09-21 17:08:17","fileurl":""},{"id":265867,"heading":"Fail","article":"Attacking the editor of a publication, but not addressing the substance of what is written?  Fail.\r\n\r\nIs that the best you can do?\r\n\r\nNo wonder you are still trolling Indymedia after so many years","author":"Fail","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-21 17:21:31","modified":"2014-09-21 17:21:31","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/triangle.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/triangle.jpg"}},{"id":265868,"heading":"sourcewatch is a troll","article":"..says the hasbara agent","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/png","created":"2014-09-21 17:41:09","modified":"2014-09-21 17:41:09","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mosel-haifa_pipeline.png","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mosel-haifa_pipeline.png"}},{"id":265869,"heading":"Fail","article":"Next he'll attack the author of the piece, a Palestinian journalist Mudar Zahran, without mentioning a word about the substance of what he's written\r\n\r\n","author":"Fail","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2014-09-21 17:49:26","modified":"2014-09-21 17:49:26","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/triangle.jpgeonwlb.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/triangle.jpgeonwlb.jpg"}},{"id":265873,"heading":"Next a hasbara agent will","article":"..post the same spam again\r\n\r\nrule # 3 - repetition","author":"crazy_inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","created":"2014-09-21 20:30:36","modified":"2014-09-21 20:30:36","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2014\/09\/_07_hasbara.pdf"},{"id":265879,"heading":"Normal Inventor","article":"Just can't address the substance of the post, can ya?  So publish another non-sequitor","author":"Normal Inventor","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-22 00:19:36","modified":"2014-09-22 00:19:36","fileurl":""},{"id":265887,"heading":"this entire thread","article":"After the display of asshole-ism the criminal Israeli state has continued to demonstrate over the many decades of asshole-ism and terror, they have furnished the world, isn't it a bit late to attempt to justify it?\r\nA list of idiots [ 'artists' ] isn't that convincing...","author":"good grief","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-22 20:12:37","modified":"2014-09-22 20:12:37","fileurl":""},{"id":266355,"heading":"direct quote","article":"https:\/\/www.masterchan.org\/images\/5739501.jpg","author":"Ariel Sharon said it best","parent_id":265757,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-10-24 21:28:31","modified":"2014-10-24 21:28:31","fileurl":""}]}