Home >
Sociologist David Hirsh Digs Deep to Explain Antisemitism and The Left
3 May, 2018
Sussex Jewish News, February 2018, p. 14 Book Review by Winston PickettSometimes the first two sentences of an author’s work explain everything. At other times they offer hints of what’s to come. In David Hirsh’s case, they do both.“This book is about antisemitism in social spaces which think of themselves as anti-racist and democratic,” writes Hirsh, a […]
Read MoreSussex Activist leaves Labour following antisemitic tweets
5 June, 2017
Labour activist, Melanie Melvin, who was elected Women’s Officer of the Brighton Kemptown Constituency Labour Party earlier this year, has reportedly left the Labour Party after antisemitic tweets allegedly appeared on her Twitter account. Campaign Against Antisemitism, 10 May 2017 Labour activist, Melanie Melvin, who was elected Women’s Officer of the Brighton Kemptown Constituency Labour […]
Read MoreThe conference at the University of Sussex; a gathering of (mostly) idiots
5 June, 2017
By David Collier, 14 May 2017 I have just returned from a fascinating two-day conference at the University of Sussex. As someone who researches anti-Zionist forces in the UK, watching these people operate inside an arena so fraught with internal disagreement, made for a fascinating and educational outing. It spanned two full days and included […]
Read MoreSussex Friends of Israel and the Ecostream Store, Brighton
Statement Sussex Friends of Israel and the Ecostream Store in Brighton Sussex Friends of Israel is disappointed that Sodastream has chosen to close its experimental green refill Ecostream store in Brighton and concentrate on its successful UK retail distribution network. Ecostream, the packaging-free green concept store in a green city was clearly ahead of its […]
#BringBackOurBoys
This weekend SFI supporters bought yellow ribbons to tie around the tree outside Ecostream.
Samsung unveils its first refrigerator with sparkling water
kitchens Samsung unveils its first refrigerator with automatic sparkling water dispenser Samsung Home Appliances has launched its first refrigerator with an automatic sparkling water dispenser. The RF24 Sparkling Four-Door Refrigerator features a system powered by SodaStream, which gives consumers ‘cold, filtered sparkling water at the touch of a button’, according to Samsung. Fitted with a […]
We Are All Responsible For Anti-Semitism If We Do Nothing
By Mike Fryer and posted on www.christiansforzion.com The tragic attack at the museum in Brussels on Saturday did not happen in isolation. Have you considered that it may be a culmination of anti-Israel anti-Jewish rhetoric in Europe as a whole. Three innocent people, two Israeli’s and one a museum employee are the innocent victims of […]
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 […]
BDS Activists Arrested Trying to Attack Pro-Israel Rally
Arutz Sheva: At least six anti-Israel protesters were arrested after attempting to disrupt a pro-Israel rally in the English town of Brighton on Saturday. The arrests came during weekly protests and counter-protests at the Israeli Eco Stream store in the southern town, which supporters of the so-called BDS movement have been calling on people to […]
CONTEXT: DM2014: NUJ rejects Israeli goods boycott
While the NUT banner was one of the first to arrive on Saturday at Ecostream, the NUJ has actually rejected any boycott. Left foot and right foot don’t appear to get along, or at least the National body and the Brighton division. 13 April 2014 Delegates to the conference in Eastbourne of the National Union […]
Multiple arrests of anti-Israel activists outside Ecostream
Richard Millett’s Blog: As many as eight anti-Israel activists were arrested yesterday outside Israeli-owned Ecostream in Brighton, on England’s south coast. Ecostream belongs to Sodastream, which has a factory on the West Bank. Although Sodastream employs many Palestinians the anti-Israel lobby prefers to see the factory destroyed along with the livelihoods of Sodastream’s Israeli and […]
Teaching union tweet backs demo against EcoStream
By Sandy Rashty, May 2, 2014 Follow Sandy on Twitter @sandyrashty A British teaching union has been condemned for backing a planned picket of an Israeli-owned store in Brighton this weekend. A representative of Brighton and Hove National Union of Teachers used Twitter to alert members of the boycott, led by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign […]
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, […]
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 […]
Letter from a concerned parent to the Local Education Authority
Brighton and Hove (LEA Code 846) Education and Lifelong Learning Brighton & Hove Council, King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS Dear Sirs I write to you as a concerned parent. It has been brought to my attention that Brighton and Hove NUT has asked its members to join the anti-Israel demonstration organised by the […]