Pamela Geller

Palestinian youths hold up a large Palestinian flag. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Dear Jewish community, let’s stop being scared of the Palestinian flag

Parts of the Jewish community are up in arms over a harmless goodwill gesture to visiting Palestinian kids at a Jewish summer camp. My dear fellow Jews, is this really us? Are we really this scared? By Rob Abrams Camp Solomon Schecter, a Jewish summer camp affiliated with the Conservative Movement in Washington State decided…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2017

Coexist (Photo by 1000 Words / Shutterstock.com)

What U.S. Jews must do to fight anti-Muslim bigotry

I’m proud of American Jews mobilizing to fight Islamophobia. But to fully fight hate, U.S. Jews must confront the role pro-Israel organizations continue to play in spreading anti-Muslim bigotry. By David Harris-Gershon Anti-Muslim rhetoric coming from American lawmakers and presidential candidates reached a fevered pitch earlier this month when, standing before a cheering crowd aboard…

By +972 Magazine December 24, 2015

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NYC subway ad: When ‘pro-Israel’ rears its ugly head

Some of you may have noticed the drama surrounding an ad that first appeared last month in several New York City subway stations that looks like this: Sponsored by the fanatic, Islamophobic, hate-mongering American Freedom Defense Initiative headed by Pamela Geller, the ads were initially rejected for being incendiary. But the AFDI sued on First Amendement…

By Mairav Zonszein October 11, 2012

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Greta Berlin (second from the left, bottom) with a group of activists and parliamentarians at the Larnaca port (photo: Free Gaza Movement / CC BY-ND 2.0)

Head of Free Gaza Movement: Anti-Semitic video in question is ‘disgusting’

After being accused of promoting a video which places the blame for the Holocaust on the Zionists, Greta Berlin tells her side of the story. I just finished about a 20-minute phone interview with Free Gaza Movement spokeswoman Greta Berlin, who spoke from Los Angeles. I exchanged some e-mails with her, I asked…

By Larry Derfner October 6, 2012

Israel being used in NYC subway ad war

On Tuesday, New York City’s MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) explained its September 2011 decision to reject an ad created by the American Freedom Defense Initiative on the grounds that it is “demeaning.” It did so during a hearing to address a law suit filed by the anti-Islamic group, which claimed the MTA decision was limiting…

By Mairav Zonszein April 3, 2012