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Ma'an News Agency

NY Mets embroiled in settlement flap

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Controversy continued to grow in the US over a fundraiser scheduled for Saturday at the New York Mets' Citi Field stadium for the Brooklyn-based Israeli settlement group The Hebron Fund. Settlement supporters have called for letters praising the Mets for standing with the fund, while human rights groups including Adalah-NY issued a public appeal this week that resulted in hundreds of emails, letters and calls demanding the event's cancelation.

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Adnkronos International

Pro Baseball team embroiled in Israeli settlements row

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Controversy continues to grow over allegations that a top United States baseball team is supporting fundraising efforts for illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to Adalah-NY, a US-based non-governmental organisation involved in a campaign calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

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Tablet Magazine

N.Y. Mets Go to Bat for Hebron Jews

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the struggling New York Mets, the team now faces criticism from Adalah-NY and other human rights organizations for hosting a fundraiser for a right-wing, pro-Israeli settlement group at Citi Field.

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JTA

Mets won’t strike out Hebron Fund dinner at stadium

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The New York Mets will allow the Hebron Fund to host its annual dinner at a club in the team's stadium despite a protest. Eleven organizations, including Adalah-NY, Jews Against the Occupation-NYC and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, had asked the Mets to cancel the Nov. 21 event at Caesar's Club in Citi Field.

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Ynet

Rights groups protest Hebron settlement fundraiser

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Thirty-five rights advocates from Adalah-NY and Brooklyn for Peace rallied Monday evening outside the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York's Times Square to protest a fundraiser held there by the Brooklyn-based Israeli settlement group the Hebron Fund.

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