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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 MoreBBC: Would it be a disaster if Co-op Bank ‘fails’?
By Robert Peston BBC Business Editor If a voluntary agreement to save Co-op Bank cannot be reached, would resolution – a formal admission that the bank had failed, and its temporary takeover by the Bank of England’s Special Resolution Unit – be such a terrible thing? Well, while this would be painful and embarrassing for […]
England’s Cooperative Wholesale Society and the Israel Boycott
By Josephine Bacon The Algemeiner October 16, 2013 At the recent meeting of the North London Area Cooperative Movement on October 12, the area managers were asked about the Cooperative’s boycott of Israeli produce. Their answers weren’t convincing. The Cooperative Wholesale Society in England has a long and rather eventful history. It was originally founded […]
Any Idiot Can Boycott a Shop. Israel is Changing the World
By Sussex Friends of Israel. Picture credit Monna Young Cross-communal activism in Sussex, England, is garnering significant global support thanks to the image of a simple poster with the message that idiots boycott shops while Israel is changing the world. In just three days, the innocuous Facebook image had reached more than 120,000 Facebook users. […]
Lecturer calls for abolition of Sussex University’s Israel Studies course
By Richard Millett Tom Hickey, a Brighton University lecturer, speaking at the start of Sussex University’s Palestine Awareness Week on Monday night called for the abolition of Sussex University’s newly established Yossi Harel Chair in Modern Israel Studies until questions relating to its “external sources of funding” and the process that established it are “satisfactorily […]
Allow me to tell you the story of the ‘innocuous tweet’
By Simon Cobbs – Sussex Friends of Israel Following last Saturday’s very successful pro-Israel demonstration at Ecostream I noticed a very worrying tweet by the Brighton division of the BDS. When I had a little search on the Internet about the BDS I found this tag line; “the truth will not be silenced” “the truth […]
Julie Birchill writes Same enemy, different dress
By Julie Burchill, The Jewish Chronicle October 3, 2013 There are lots of agreeable things about making your living as a writer from a young age. For instance, you never have to work a day in your life, as the saying goes about doing something you love. The only downside I can think of — […]
Letter to the Sussex Express from The Zionist Federation
The following letter was sent to the Sussex Express newspaper by Paul Charney, Chairman, Zionist Federation If the readers of the Sussex Express are genuinely interested in learning about Israel and Palestine, then MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) are one of the last organisations they should consult. There is no doubt that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]
Sussex Friends of Israel Celebrate Bagels Against Bigotry Party
(Brighton, 28 Sept. 2013) — Gathering outside Brighton’s environmentally friendly refill store EcoStream supporters of Israel held a ‘Bagels Against Bigotry’ celebration at the shop on Western Road. The event was held as a counter-demonstration to a planned day of protest by BDS, the anti-Israel, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions group. The bagel-themed party started at […]
The Commentator: Britain’s failing Israel boycott campaign
By Nick Gray – The Commentator: http://www.thecommentator.com The Israel boycott movement is (rather hilariously in the quoted case) flopping in the UK. Maybe steam is running out of any enthusiasm for boycott campaigns that have zero effect on Israel’s economy. Ever keen to boycott Israeli goods, even at the expense of the Palestinians they claim […]
Anti-Israel Ecostream protest marks Brighton store’s first anniversary
The Argus September 30, 2013 Activists have vowed to continue their weekly protests outside a controversial Brighton store until it is “forced to close down”. Demonstrators once again congregated outside Brighton’s Ecostream store in Western Road on Saturday, as the firm marked its year anniversary in the city. Activists say the company behind the shop […]
“BDS, Go Away, EcoStream Is Here To Stay!”
From Daphne Anson’s blogspot – thank you Daphne In Brighton, Sussex Friends of Israel Take on the BDSers Yesterday, BDSers held demos in London and in Brighton against EcoStream. In Brighton, where the BDS movement musters strong and nasty (see here for example) supporters of Israel were in no mood for keeping calm. Have a […]
Mike Weatherley to Join Parliamentary Group on British Jews
Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade, is to join a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Jews. The APPG on British Jews is set to launch when parliament returns from the conference recess in October. The Board of Deputies of British Jews – the sole Jewish organisation in the […]