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U.S. Police Departments Nix Participation in Joint Program With Israel After BDS Pressure
Haaretz ^ | December 01, 2018 | Amir Tibon

Posted on 12/02/2018 7:08:48 AM PST by saywhatagain

WASHINGTON - Two police departments in the northeastern United States decided over the past week to cancel their participation in a program that involves visiting Israel and meeting Israeli police officers, due to public pressure by a coalition of progressive organisations, including a number of groups affiliated with the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement (BDS).

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The program these police departments were planning to join is managed by the Anti-Defamation League. It is titled “Resiliency and Counterterrorism” and includes a week-long seminar in Israel, during which participating police officers from across the U.S. learn how Israeli law enforcement deals with the threat of terrorism. The American officers meet with Israeli and Palestinian police officers during the visit and learn from their experience.

The coalition that led to the cancellations in Vermont and Massachusetts is currently working to convince other police departments to back out of the program. On Friday, a letter addressing this issue was sent to the mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, by a group of local activists from JVP and other organizations.

“Given that the Boston Police Department is under your jurisdiction as Mayor of Boston, we ask that you too choose to cancel Boston’s participation in the seminar,” the activists wrote. “We’ve seen your office take firm positions, time after time, against the racist and bigoted policies of the Trump administration. The people you have pledged to protect are asking today that you continue to do so by saying no to police training with a military force that currently maintains a brutal military occupation.”

Rome is burning . . . how is the view?

1 posted on 12/02/2018 7:08:48 AM PST by saywhatagain
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To: saywhatagain

That’s short-sighted. A lot of the same people that want the destruction of Israel, also want the destruction of the police, rule of law, etc.


2 posted on 12/02/2018 7:12:28 AM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: saywhatagain

The Muslim Palestinians aren’t worth getting along with.


3 posted on 12/02/2018 7:13:20 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: saywhatagain

This truly surprises me given that it’s the police. Giving in to the boycott Isreal is a big mistake.


4 posted on 12/02/2018 7:17:29 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: saywhatagain

Interest how they worship (well some of them anyway) a Jewish carpenter and celebrate His birthday once a year but hate Israel who brought salvation to the world.


5 posted on 12/02/2018 7:24:21 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: saywhatagain

Gee, I guess it’s a good thing that “Free Occupied Tibet”, “Free Occupied Kurdistan”, “Free Occupied Northern Cyprus”, “Free Occupied Basque”, “Free Occupied Catalonia”, “Free the Occupied Falkland Islands” (er, I mean “Las Malvinas”), “England out of Ireland”, “England out of Scotland”, “England out of Wales”, “England out of Gibraltar”, “Free Occupied Québec”, “Free Occupied Aztlan” etc... etc... etc... are nowhere NEAR the cause-célèbre that “Occupied Palestine” is, or those poor Boston cops would’t be able to cooperate with ANYONE!

Of course, none of those other causes will EVER be as popular of a cause-célèbre as “Occupied Palestine”, because none of those others have the hatred of t3h j0000z at the root. :P


6 posted on 12/02/2018 7:27:08 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: leaning conservative

Police departments of major cities are generally directly answerable to the Mayor, so this is really no surprise.


7 posted on 12/02/2018 7:27:54 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: saywhatagain

It appears that none of the men who “fired the shot heard ‘round the world” left behind any progeny. Or if they did, they long ago departed those states. This country has had to put up with the likes of congress critters from the New England states and the pukes who put them into office none of whom are loyal to the US for far too long. Can’t we just build a wall to separate those states from the rest of the NE? Leave them to their own rot. Today, no one takes a stand when threatened in this manner. Everyone gives in to all these idiots. They all have the same theme - hate Trump.

“”The people you have pledged to protect””

They need someone to protect them? Too bad! Law enforcement agencies aren’t available to protect disloyal residents - they don’t deserve to be called citizens.


8 posted on 12/02/2018 7:32:49 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: saywhatagain

Every Democrat is a violent totalitarian y.


9 posted on 12/02/2018 7:34:14 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: saywhatagain
I wouldn't want my local police to be involved in any nonsense promoted and managed by the Anti-Defamation League. It's an organization of radical leftists with a political agenda, not a group of law enforcement advocates. They're a major supporter of open borders here in the U.S., for example.

You may as well send your police officers to sensitivity training hosted by the Nation of Islam.

10 posted on 12/02/2018 7:37:44 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: saywhatagain

George Soros money supporting this newest hated?


11 posted on 12/02/2018 7:39:35 AM PST by GOPJ (The enemy of the United States pays for drum circles at 'protests'. Watch for them.)
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It's my understanding palestinian security officials participate in presentations as well. Boycotting palestinians, not nice. Needless to say, police don't need training in terrorism or crowd control. At least not from Israel.

12 posted on 12/02/2018 7:53:49 AM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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To: SJackson

Anyone who thinks we are NOT in a revolution are out of their minds. These progressive leftist swine should be getting pushback from US.

Google “Tacuara”. It was a pro-NAZI,
anti-Semitic hate group in Argentina.
Eventually, after the PERON regime, it broke up and it’s members were arrested and imprisoned. Later, the individual
Members gravitated towards SOCIALIST LEFT WING radical groups, taking their anti-Semitism WITH THEM.


13 posted on 12/02/2018 8:21:23 AM PST by ZULU (Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
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To: saywhatagain

Anti semantic, pro Muslim views prevail once again. Conquest America is coming for us.


14 posted on 12/02/2018 9:12:23 AM PST by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Elections have consequences.

15 posted on 12/02/2018 11:38:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: saywhatagain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d23cCq0Jmgg


16 posted on 12/02/2018 12:40:54 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: traderrob6

Ah, it does make sense now that you posted that. Hard to believe the guy keeps getting e!ected.


17 posted on 12/03/2018 3:31:37 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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