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‘Obama coffee’ is black and weak — racist tweet from wife of Israel’s vice premier

Israel/Palestine James North and Philip Weiss on June 21, 2015

‘What do u call Obama coffee? Black and weak” is racist tweet from Judy Mozes, wife of Israel’s vice prime minister, which she has now removed and apologized for. More clueless rightwing culture in Israeli leadership

‘You have to go’

Middle East Alice Bach on June 21, 2015

Confederate flag at South Carolina statehouse

This week saw two acts of terror committed within two historic Christian churches. While most Americans know about the Charleston tragedy unfolding on TV, another act of racist violence was taking place in the church of the multiplication, on the Sea of Galilee, the site of Jesus’s miracle of multiplying two fish and five loaves to feed 5,000 people

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