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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 MoreTelegraph: ‘We need 1,000 SodaStreams around here’
A plant in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that led to Scarlett Johansson ending her role with Oxfam finds itself at the centre of the debate about boycotting the territory By Inna Lazareva, The Telegraph – Mishor Adumim The drab factory overlooking the hilly outskirts of East Jerusalem is an improbable symbol for any political cause. […]
Special Achievement Hasby Award for outstanding grassroots activism
From the Elder of Ziyon This is a Special Achievement Hasby Award, given outside the normal nominations process, since I didn’t have a category for this – and I should have. The Special Achievement Hasby Award for grassroots activism goes to…. SUSSEX FRIENDS OF ISRAEL I’ve mentioned Sussex Friends of Israel before. They are a […]
Scarlett Johansson strikes blow at anti-Israel bigotry
From thecommentator.com Scarlett Johansson’s decision to drop Oxfam over its bigotry against Israel is another welcome blow to the boycott movement, and a major embarrassment to all who participate in the grubby anti-Israel agenda. Red — or is that scarlet? — faces all round today for the boycott movement against Israel. Scarlett Johansson has tossed […]
2013 Record Breaking Year for British Tourism to Israel
From www.algemeiner.com The Israeli Ministry of Tourism said British tourists to the Jewish state reached a record 217,000, up 5 percent, in 2013, out of 3.54 million people, up 1 per cent, from around the world, the UK’s Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday. The JC cited Israeli Government Tourist Office director Naama Oryan Kaplan as […]
BBC News Technology: Israel diary: Cyber diplomacy
By Rory Cellan-Jones – Technology correspondent What should countries do if they want a mutually profitable relationship with a highly innovative economy? Her Majesty’s ambassador to Israel thinks the answer is to get immersed in the country’s tech sector and fund trips which see some of the smartest Israeli start-ups visit the UK. That might […]
SodaStream Wins Lawsuit against French Boycott Israel Group
SodaStream is believed to be the first Israeli firm to introduce a court case against the Palestinian lobby. By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu www.jewishpress.com A French court has ordered a Pro-Palestinian Authority group affiliated with the Boycott Israel movement to compensate the company and to stop all activities alleging that SodaStream products are illegally made and sold. […]
For some dying Syrian children, Israel is the only hope
BY LAZAR BERMAN www.timesofisrael.com A mission to locate ailing refugees in Iraqi camps reveals the unlikely network that brings them to the Jewish state KURDISTAN REGION, Iraq — A grandmother steps out warily into the muddy street. The sun setting behind the jagged mountains to the west casts a pink hue over the tents of […]
TheCommentator: Sex and politics in the Middle East
Since the torrid romance between Anthony and Cleopatra in 41 B.C. sex and politics have been intertwined in Middle East affairs. Did Scarlett Johansson know what she was getting into? Michael Curtis The Commentator Since the torrid romance between Anthony and Cleopatra in 41 B.C. sex and politics have been intertwined in Middle East affairs. […]
Times of Israel blog: Why The A-List Shuns BDS
OPS & BLOGS > Michael Dickson – thank you for the mention and pic (Oren) Sussex Friends of Israel Beautiful, respected and talented, Scarlett Johansson is a superstar. From Broadway to the silver screen, she has shone in prominent roles from “The Horse Whisperer” to “Match Point”, from “Girl With A Pearl Earring” to “Lost […]
Scarlett Johansson’s Silence Enrages Boycott Campaign
Pro-Arab websites such as Electronic Intifada have gone on emergency alert to control the damage that Johansson has inadvertently caused the BDS campaign. Scarlett Johansson’s agreement to promote Israel-based SodaStream in a Super Bowl ad next month has driven the BDS movement up the wall and attracted attention to the economic opportunities that the company […]
Israel Hayom: Wounded Syrian couple treated in Israel
Wounded Syrian woman: “We hesitated coming to Israel, because we were taught to hate it. We were taught this is a brutal enemy state, but we learned that reality is different. People here have a conscience. Our enemy is in Syria, not in Israel.” By Danny Brenner israelhayom.com Israel Defense Forces troops brought a wounded […]
Scarlett Johansson Becomes New Face of Sodastream
Great story from israelnationalnews.com and SFI’s weekly pro-Israel rally gets a mention too. By Tova Dvorin – From http://www.israelnationalnews.com BDS Fail: Actress bucks the trend to boycott Israel by becoming the face of Sodastream’s upcoming SuperBowl ad campaign. Move over, Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS): international celebrity Scarlett Johansson has started a new trend – […]