Netanyahu: Israel is the state of 'Jewish people alone'

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is the homeland "only of the Jewish people," in a new jab at the country's Arab minority ahead of April's election. Netanyahu on Sunday addressed "slightly confused people" after an Israeli celebrity defended the rights of Israel's Arab population. Arabs comprise about 20 percent of Israel's 9 million residents. They have full citizenship rights but have faced decades of discrimination.

On Saturday, actress Rotem Sela denounced Netanyahu's frequent talking point that his political rival will form a government with Arab political parties. "When the hell will someone in this government tell the public that Israel is a country of all its citizens," Sela wrote on Instagram. Netanyahu responded: Israel "is the national state, not of all its citizens, but only of the Jewish people."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-israel-is-the-state-of-jewish-people-alone

Washington Post Journalists Outline Plan to Attack Trump

The Washington Post laid out its blueprint for how it plans to attack President Trump in the 2020 elections, serving up a lengthy speculative psychoanalysis of his CPAC speech, editorializing and calling him a “fabulist,” a “bully,” and a “polarizing cultural figure,” and accusing him of “fearmongering.”

“In one speech, President Trump showcased 10 distinct personas,” The Post wrote in a promotional email about the article and accompanying videos. “From fighter to victim, we cataloged them all.”

Even though the Post’s piece included four journalists from the newsroom (as opposed to the editorial page), the article was full of subjective opinion rather than mere reporting.

“Trump took the CPAC stage after a stretch of global failures: the collapse of nuclear talks with North Korea; record high trade deficits and signs of a slowing economy; a surge in illegal immigration; and an unbuilt border wall that is unfunded after a lost standoff with Democrats in Congress,” the Post editorialized. “The spectacle showcased Trump in his purest form, an unconventional politician who drives opponents to madness and acolytes to glee. The businessman-turned-reality-TV-star-turned-politician inhabited multiple personas in the space of a single speech — often intertwined and at a dizzying clip — from entertainer to fighter, from fabulist to bully.”

“He exaggerated and ballyhooed his record,” the Post further editorialized. “He riddled his remarks with contradictions, shoddy statistics and falsehoods. And he embroidered it all with a fake Southern accent, curse words and bouts of extravagant pantomime …Then, there was the fearmongering. The president who has made illegal immigration a centerpiece of his agenda painted a dangerous and harrowing portrait of life at the U.S.-Mexico border, claiming, for instance, that asylum-seeking mothers give their daughters ‘massive amounts of birth control pills’ because they know their daughters will get raped in transit.”

https://www.aim.org/aim-column/washington-post-journalists-outline-plan-to-attack-trump/

Google Manager Said Company Must Stop ‘Fake News’ Because ‘That’s How Trump Won

A manager at Google allegedly cautioned a lower-level employee for questioning the company’s stance on “fake news,” telling him that the company had to stop fake news and “hate speech,” because “that’s how Trump won,” according to a post aired publicly by another Google employee on social media.

Mike Wacker, a software engineer at Google, published on social media a redacted email he claims he received from a fellow employee in 2017, which alleged political bias at the company. According to Wacker’s post, his colleague at Google wrote: Also, I posted a comment on a meme regarding fake news on Search and someone reported it to [Human Resources]. I didn’t say I was in favor or against, just cautioned that we need to be car[e]ful. My manager brought it up in our 1:1 last week. Made me feel very uncomfortable for having an opposing view. He said we need to stop hate [speech] and fake news because that’s how Trump won the election. [emphasis ours] I obviously didn’t say anything and just wanted it to end. I [redacted] would like to see all managers be required to take political bias training.

The employee also alleged the existence of official training courses at Google dedicated to “bashing conservatives and Trump supporters.” Also, have you taken the bias busting course lately? The entire thing is bashing conservatives and Trump supporters. So many false accusations and sob stories. My friend took the course and said he was told he didn’t know how it felt to be a minority because he was a male. This came from the speaker themselves!

Wacker published the email on Twitter, stating that “multiple incidents, multiple concerns, and many conversations have driven my decision to publish this email.” On the topic of political bias at Google, I have decided to publish the following email I received from another Google employee in July of 2017. (For privacy reasons, parts have been redacted, including the employee's identity.) The contents of this email speak for itself. pic.twitter.com/X5nze8rsF4 — Mike Wacker (@m_wacker) March 11, 2019

“This incident serves as a good representative example. It is certainly not an isolated incident, and others have had similar experiences. The software engineer said that he believed all people should make a “reasonable attempt to resolve such matters internally,” and that he had made a “good faith attempt to do that.”

In these situations, one should first make a reasonable attempt to resolve such matters internally. In both this case and other cases, I have made a good faith attempt to do that. However, those attempts did not resolve my concerns, which led me to my current course of action. — Mike Wacker (@m_wacker) March 11, 2019. He went on to say that his attempts to address the matter did not resolve his concerns. “Bluntly, I do not trust Google’s ability to properly prevent and handle these sorts of incidents,” said Wacker. “The distrust extends to its leadership, its management, and especially to its HR department.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/11/google-manager-said-company-must-stop-fake-news-because-thats-how-trump-won/

Georgetown Law student among 8 Americans killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Cedric Asiavugwa, a third-year student at Georgetown Law, was killed in the crash, school officials say

WASHINGTON — A Georgetown student has been identified as one of the eight Americans victims in the deadly Ethiopian Airlines flight, school officials said Sunday evening.

Cedric Asiavugwa, a third-year student at Georgetown Law, was killed in the crash, school officials said.

The 157 people aboard the jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital Sunday, killing everyone aboard, officials said. Kenyan-born and raised in Monbasa (a small island along the East African Coast), Asiavugwa graduated from the University of Zimbabwe with a B.A. in Philosophy (first class), according to Georgetown Law's website. He was committed, "to issues of social justice especially for refugees and other marginalized groups has seen him work in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania among other countries," the website bio said. School officials said a mass would be held at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart for Asiavugwa. They released the following statement Sunday:

With a heavy heart, we write to share the terrible news that Cedric Asiavugwa, a third-year student at Georgetown Law, a member of Georgetown University’s Campus Ministry and Residential Minister on the second floor of New South, died in the tragic crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 near Addis Ababa. Cedric was on his way home to Nairobi, Kenya, following the death of his fiancé’s mother. With his passing, the Georgetown family has lost a stellar student, a great friend to many, and a dedicated champion for social justice across East Africa and the world. Cedric was born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya and graduated from the University of Zimbabwe with a B.A. in Philosophy, with highest honors. His commitment to issues of social justice, especially serving refugees and other marginalized groups, led him to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania before coming to Georgetown. Among his many accomplishments, he helped found a community-based organization that addresses the protection of vulnerable women and children fleeing the war in Somalia, researched issues ranging from international conflicts to food security across East Africa, served as the Editor-in-Chief of the philosophy journal Chiedza, and directed a television series on peace and reconciliation.

Deeply committed to Catholic and Jesuit education, Cedric also spent eight years here and in Africa discerning a religious vocation as a Jesuit Scholastic. He was a beloved member of Georgetown’s Campus Ministry offices, tending to a group of first-year undergraduates for the last three years as a Residential Minister in the New South residence hall on the Hilltop and also interning in the Law Center’s Campus Ministry office. Consistently dedicated to the underprivileged in his home country, Cedric also served as the Assistant Director of Advancement for St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, a free high school for orphans with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi. Cedric’s deep commitment to social justice informed his many pursuits at the law school. A Blume Public Interest Law Scholar, a Global Law Scholar and a Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Scholar, Cedric was studying toward a joint J.D.-LL.M. degree in International Business and Economic Law. This semester, he was enrolled in the Center for Applied Legal Studies clinic, assisting refugee clients seeking asylum in the United States. Last year, he participated in the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic. Cedric’s goal was to return to Kenya after his studies to pursue a career promoting the rights of refugees in East Africa and beyond. Beyond his many commitments and contributions, Cedric’s friends and faculty in this community remember him as a kind, compassionate and gentle soul, known for his beautifully warm and infectious smile. This is a tragic loss for Cedric’s family and loved ones, for Georgetown and for the broader social justice community that benefited every day from his passion, compassion and dedication. We hope you will keep his many loved ones here and abroad in your thoughts and prayers as we grieve his passing. We realize how difficult this news is for members of our community. Georgetown University Campus Ministry is in touch with Cedric's family and are offering any support we can provide at this difficult time. The Office of Campus Ministry is available to students during business hours by calling 202-687-5259 (Main Campus). In addition, chaplains in residence may be reached after hours by calling 202-677-0361. Georgetown Law Campus Ministry staff may be reached at this link: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/your-life-career/spiritual-life/chaplains-staff/

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/georgetown-law-student-among-8-americans-killed-in-ethiopian-airlines-crash/65-d3453f44-8800-4e7b-8bbc-b43d7fb61af3