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Why the mainstream is to blame for the antisemitism crisis.
Antisemitism spread through the left like a tsunami through city streets. It may have entered via radical minority groups on the fringes, but as it hit the shore, there were no defences in place....
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The False Israel Apartheid Libel.
credit: Kevin Siers . Apartheid. Just the mention of the word is emotive, evocative and provocative. For millions of South Africans who suffered under the apartheid regime, the word is synonymous with...
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Time to Define Banning Jews From Living Somewhere as Antisemitic.
The German government voted in May 2019 to officially label the boycott, divestment and sanctions (B.D.S.) of Israel movement as antisemitic. The resolution entitled “Resisting the BDS movement...
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240 Israeli and Jewish academics urge German Government to reject “BDS is...
Press release – Two hundred and forty Israeli and Jewish Academics Urge German Government To Reject “BDS is antisemitism” Law Two hundred and forty Israeli and Jewish academics sent a letter to the...
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Press release: Arab MK Urges Boycott of Israel at Pro-BDS Conference in London.
Press Release Arab MK Urges Boycott of Israel at Pro-BDS Conference in London Member of Knesset Yousef Jabareen (Hadash-Ta’al) publicly called to boycott Israel in a speech he gave over the weekend at...
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From Israel: Heaven Help Us!
Both here in Israel and in the US, there is so much dissension, so much hostility. My thought again and again is that this is not how it is supposed to be. With a couple of exceptions, I will try to...
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Oh Canada: Will the PM endorse BDS of Israel?
Seems Canada has de facto endorsed BDS unless Prime Minster Justin Trudeau pushes back against the court. Justice Anne Mactavish wrote: Identifying settlement wines incorrectly as “Products of...
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Supreme irony of Omar and Tlaib crying foul at Israel ban.
credit: Times of Israel. It is difficult not to savour the irony of two United States congresswomen who advocate boycotts of Israel crying foul at being denied entry into the very country they seek to...
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From Israel: “Roiling Public Debate”
I have been astounded as to how much has been written, how many words have been spoken, passionately arguing the issue of whether or not it was a good move for Israel to block entry to those...
View ArticleMYTH; Labelling products from West Bank made in an “Israeli Settlement” will...
FACT: On November 12, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that products coming from Jewish localities in the West Bank could not carry the label “Made in Israel” and must be labelled as a...
View ArticleAnother election! Oy vey.- Opinion Piece Dec. ’19
Well the unthinkable has happened. Israel is going to her third election in 12 months, still trying to resolve an electoral impasse that has now been going in effect, for the whole of 2019 – leading...
View ArticleAntisemitism in America – Monsey stabbing attack worst in the latest wave.
The subject of antisemitism in America is something I never thought would become “a thing” and I certainly never imagined it would become a series to write about. On Saturday night a domestic...
View ArticleMedia Release: Australia urged to condemn biased “blacklist”
Following publication by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a “blacklist” of businesses operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC)...
View ArticleThe Trump Deal, Palestinian war-crimes, & UN boycott of Israel.
The background to this post is the “Deal of the Century” peace deal from President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner and several other Administration officials. Their hearts were in the right place, and the...
View ArticleThe Palestinian Princess and the Pea.
There was a Palestinian Princess who had such trouble sleeping. No matter which way she turned in her bed there was something hurting her back. One night she had a dream. “One hot day, I was very...
View ArticleMYTH: The UN blacklist of companies operating in the disputed territories...
FACT. Acceding to pressure from BDS-supporting organizations, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) published a database of 112 companies operating in Judaea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem on February 12,...
View ArticleMYTH: UN blacklist of companies operating in the disputed territories will...
FACT: Acceding to pressure from BDS-supporting organizations, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) published a database of 112 companies operating in Judaea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem on February 12,...
View ArticleMYTH: Israel refuses to help Palestinians contain the coronavirus.
FACT: One of the many ironies of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is that its proponents routinely use Israeli products, innovations and medical treatments. Now they face another...
View ArticleThe False Dichotomy of BDS.
Proponents of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel typically react with indignation when their views are denounced as antisemitic. They tell us it’s not racist to criticise the...
View ArticleJerusalem Post Opinion BDS activism from within has become unhinged.
Ironically, BDS activists play a salutary role: They unite the rest of society, from Left to Right, in contempt for them. Two recent initiatives by mostly Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
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