AMMAN: The city of Jerusalem is fast becoming the new epicenter of the Palestine-Israel conflict as tensions rise between local citizens and authorities.
On Saturday, Bassem Khoury, a Palestinian Christian businessman, led a delegation of 37 diplomats in Jerusalem to attend Holy Fire ceremonies.
They were met by an Israeli force that denied their entry. An Israeli official physically attacked Khoury at the New Gate.
“He threw me to the ground and I had to be helped by a Russian diplomat,” Khoury told Arab News. “I plan to sue the Israeli policeman for this act and for the violation of a court order to the Orthodox Club that called on the police to ease the entry of Christians to participate in religious ceremonies.”
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UMass dismisses pro-Israel group’s complaint over professor’s film
SUT JHALLY
Published: 12/7/2017 9:15:50 PM
AMHERST A University of Massachusetts professor was recently the subject of a research complaint about one of his documentaries, and although the university quickly dismissed the accusation, the professor says it was an attempt to chill his free speech.
The complaint against communication professor Sut Jhally was filed by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, or CAMERA a Boston lobbying group that seeks to challenge criticism of Israel in the news media.
At issue was a single edit in the film “The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States,” a production of the Media Education Foundation in Northampton where Jhally is the executive director. The film “explores how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, t