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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 MoreSociologist 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 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 MoreSouthampton conference – should Zionists take part?
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 19 March 2015 Prof. Geoffrey Alderman, a participant at the Southampton conference and Fiona Sharpe from Sussex Friends of Israel square in opposing columns YES – says Geoffrey Alderman On April 17 I shall be making a presentation to a gathering of academics convened under the auspices of the University of Southampton. […]
Israel activists plan protest at university
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 19 March 2015 The University of Southampton is said to be reviewing its position over the conference it is due to host on the legitimacy of Israel. Board of Deputies president Vivian Wineman met the university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Don Nutbeam, on Wednesday to discuss concerns that the three-day event would be a […]
University’s ‘anti-Semitic’ Israel conference condemned
THE TELEGRAPH Southampton University’s decision to organise a conference questioning Israel’s right to exist has been condemned as ‘legitimising anti-Semitism’ By Patrick Sawer, and Jonny Paul, 21 Mar 2015 A leading British university has been condemned for hosting a conference questioning Israel’s right to exist which critics say will legitimise anti-Semitism. Pressure is growing on Southampton […]
Dons Face Fury Over Anti-Israel Summit
THE SUNDAY TIMES Sian Griffiths Education Editor; Published: 22 March 2015 A ROW has broken out over plans to hold a conference at Southampton University questioning the legitimacy of Israel’s right to exist under international law. More than 4,000 people have signed a petition on the Change.org website calling on the university to cancel the three-day […]
Community Demonstration at Southampton University
There are many reasons why the April 17 – 19 conference at Southampton University is wrong. Just read the title: International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism. Are they planning on debating the legitimacy of any other sovereign state or is it just Israel that is fair game for such scrutiny? […]
Daily Express: Eric Pickles’ bid to stem anti-Jewish graffiti in UK
ERIC Pickles will today urge councils to do more to combat a surge in “pernicious” anti-semitic graffiti appearing around Britain. By: Macer Hall Daily Express The Communities Secretary is writing to local authorities asking them to step up the reporting and removal of hate-filled daubings on public and private property. Under laws to crack down […]
JNS.org News Service: Can the political left tackle anti-Semitism?
By Ben Cohen/JNS.org While I’ve never been a big fan of celebrity interventions in politics, I will concede that, on occasion, a big-screen actor or a rock star will achieve the kind of impact that mere mortals can only dream about. Case in point: Maureen Lipman, a much-loved British Jewish actress whom American audiences will […]
Labour Chief, a Jew Who Criticizes Israel, Walks a Fine Line
By STEPHEN CASTLE NY Times OCTOBER 23, 2014 LONDON — Ed Miliband, who as leader of the opposition Labour Party could become prime minister after next year’s general election, has often spoken of what it means to him to be Jewish: his parents’ flight from the Nazis, family reunions in Israel, and even his grandmother’s […]
SFI open letter and full blog to Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
30 October 2014 Open Letter Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP Leader of the Labour Party House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Dear Mr Miliband, Will you be supporting a one-state solution in the Middle East at some point in the future? It has been announced that you will be guest speaker at fundraising gala dinner […]
Open Letter to Rt Hon Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 30 October 2014 Dear Mr Miliband We take extreme exception to your decision to address a fundraising dinner as guest of honour for the Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME). This organisation, supported by a number of Labour MPs, propagates lies […]
Israeli Expats Living in the U.K. Get Political
New efforts to mobilize a scattered community gain traction By Eylon Aslan-Levy In September, dozens of people gathered outside the Qatari Embassy in London to protest Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup on the grounds of its sponsorship of Hamas. Organized by the new Israeli Forum Task Force, in collaboration with the existing Sussex […]