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BoD’s Arkush: The Consequences of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘antisemitic views’
31 May, 2018
By Anna Mikhailova, Telegraph, 30.05.18 Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by one of Britain’s most senior Jewish leaders of holding “anti-Semitic views” which could drive Jewish people out of Britain if he becomes Prime Minister. Jonathan Arkush, the outgoing President of the Board of Deputies, said British Jews were for the first time asking “do […]
Read MoreJeremy Corbyn can’t pretend he has only just noticed
27 March, 2018
The Labour leader refers to ‘pockets’ of antisemitism in his party but fails to say that for 30 years he was in them too Hugo Rifkind, The TIMES, 26 March 2018 Did you know that Jeremy Corbyn’s mother fought at the Battle of Cable Street? I know it’s a well-kept political secret, a […]
Read MoreCorbyn & ‘Palestine Live’: The Ultimate Mainstreaming of Antisemitism?
14 March, 2018
DAN HODGES: Last week Corbyn and his anti-Semitic pals smashed the moral compass to pieces but the most terrifying thing of all? Nobody even cares Mail on Sunday, 11 March 2018 Imagine the following scenario. In the next few months an extreme party surges to the brink of power on mainland Europe. Its leader is […]
Read MoreReinventing the wheel: Israeli unveils new design with suspension
Invented by Israeli farmer who wanted his wheelchair to be more adaptable Set to be used in wheelchairs and bicycles Daily Mail An Israeli farmer has reinvented the wheel after an accident left him wheelchair-bound. When Gilad Wolf broke his pelvis in 2008, he wanted to continue work – but found a wheelchair was not […]
Telegraph blogs: Why it is hypocritical to boycott Israel
By Jake Wallis Simons We’re not normally called upon to justify a decision to travel abroad. Few people would challenge me if I were visiting China, despite that country’s appalling human rights record, repression of free speech, and colonisation of Tibet. If I was travelling to America, even though Predator drones kill hundreds of innocent […]
Republica: KATHMANDU 350 more students to be trained in Israel
KATHMANDU, April 30: SFI comment: This is a brilliant story, lost elsewhere in the media, the key word in the headline is ‘more’… Israel has offered the opportunity for 360 Nepali students this year to take advanced agricultural training there, according to the Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu. The embassy has provided similar training for […]
Anne’s Opinions: Spotlight on friends of Israel
Besides my Good News Friday posts, most of my posts contain either bad news or at the very least worrying news. So in order to keep a sense of proportion, and also in order to highlight the wonderful work that these groups are doing in order to promote Israel and to defend it from boycotts, […]
From our friends at BICOM: The Apartheid Smear
From our friends at BICOM 29/04/2014 please follow the link at the foot of this page to download the pamphlet. The Apartheid Smear Israel is not an apartheid state The allegation damages the peace process The launch of an important new publication from BICOM The idea that Israel is an ‘apartheid state’ is the intellectual […]
Trip Advisor slots Jerusalem in ‘Top 10 Destinations’
New global ranking mirrors record-breaking numbers of tourists in first quarter of 2014. By Viva Sarah Press Israel21C.org Leading travel website TripAdvisor has released a new list citing the Top 10 Destinations on the Rise around the world, and ranks Jerusalem as the fourth most popular site to visit. The new ranking comes in the […]
SodaStream Boycott – Losing on Two Sides of the Atlantic
From our friends at divestthis.com Over the years, I’ve highlighted one of the advantages the BDSers have over their opponent in terms of selecting the field of battle. This advantage grows out of the fact that, as the propaganda arm of a war movement masquerading as a peace movement, the boycott brigade faces an opponent […]
Douglas Alexander – Don’t point fingers over peace talks failure
From Jewsihnews.co.uk By Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary I am fortunate to have been able to visit Israel a number of times both in Government and in Opposition. On these visits I have always been struck by the fact that for so many people who visit Israel – whether for business, pleasure of official engagements […]
Famed Jewish Architects Slam RIBA Anti-Israel Motion
By Joshua Levitt the Algemeiner The most renowned Jewish architects in the world are coming out to protest a motion to suspend Israeli architects from the International Architects Union, the UK’s Architect’s Journal reported on Thursday. The sector magazine featured statements from Daniel Libeskind, who designed both the Berlin and Copenhagen Jewish Museums; Richard Meier, […]
Flower girl, 4, takes her first steps – thanks to special harness
Isabella Luckett has cerebral palsy and cannot stand up unaided Four-year-old stunned guests by walking down the aisle at aunt’s wedding Using a harness attached to her dress and her dad she was able walk It also also enabled her to dance at the wedding reception The harness is called an Upsee and was launched […]
Charged in 30 seconds: Israeli firm claims battery breakthrough
System uses biological semiconductors, made from naturally occurring organic compounds Can fully charge a phone in 30 seconds First battery cases using technology set to go on sale in 2016 By MARK PRIGG Daily Mail An Israeli startup claims to have developed a technique to recharge a mobile phone in just 30 seconds. StoreDot has […]
TimesofIsrael: Why It’s Already Too Late For The Boycotters
By Jonah Balfour Times of Israel Blog The Scarlett Johansson Sodastream controversy was only the beginning. This mini-crisis shed a new light on some of the potential political challenges facing Israeli businesses. In the case of Sodastream, the problem is particularly pronounced due to the presence of a factory in the West Bank. However, Sodastream […]