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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 MoreKick terrorism out: Football fans protest over World Cup hosts Qatar’s extremist links
From The Daily Star: YOUNG football fans joined a protest slamming World Cup hosts Qatar over sinister links to a terror group. The Middle East country – hosting the event in 2022 – is accused of funding Islamic extremists Hamas, who are currently in conflict with Israel. Hundreds of demonstrators called for Qatar to be […]
SFI Partner StandWithUs UK 5th Annual Student Conference
120 people, predominantly students from across the country joined StandWithUs UK for their 5th Annual Israel in Focus conference – celebrating five years of the organisation’s pro-Israel campus activism in the UK. The conference saw a gathering of over 80 students from all different backgrounds, faiths and political persuasions. Student leaders attending ranged from activists […]
Kick terror out of football protest against Qatar funding of terrorist groups
By Raine Marcus, Radar PR: raine@radarpr.com Media lawyer Mark Lewis: “It’s time for the referee of public opinion to blow the whistle and show a red card to Qatar.” September 21, 2014. LONDON. Around 150 people gathered outside London’s Qatar embassy today to protest its funding of terrorist organisations, especially as the Gulf state has […]
Israel mobilizes to deprive Qatar of the World Cup
By James Dorsey Huffingtonpost.com Senior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies One group has been conspicuously absent in the battle for greater transparency of global soccer governance symbolized by multiple corruption scandals and match-fixing: football fans, a key stakeholder with a vested interest in demanding a thorough cleansing of the management of the sport. […]
Rally outside Qatari Embassy on Sunday Kick Terror Out!
Friends, As you may be aware by now on Sunday, Sussex Friends of Israel alongside two other pro-Israel, grass roots, activist groups (PIRG and IFTF) are holding an event outside the Qatari Embassy in London. We all know that Israel is not the enemy. It is our intention, by standing together outside the Embassy that […]
SFI: We Demand that Qatar Stops Funding Terror
WE DEMAND THAT QATAR STOPS FUNDING TERROR In recent weeks over 5,000 rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel. Numerous terror tunnels, with the sole aim of kidnapping and killing Israelis, were found and destroyed by the IDF. Across the globe different Jihadist group seem to be well armed and ready to launch attacks not […]
Sunday’s SFI Rally for Israel and Peace – join us for something special
Col. Richard Kemp to speak at Brighton National Rally for Israel and Peace Sussex Friends of Israel (SFI), the Brighton and Hove based pro-Israel community activism group is hosting a National Rally for Israel and Peace on Sunday August 17, at Victoria Gardens in Brighton. The event, designed to allow Israel’s supporters from across the […]
IB Times: Thousands Attend Pro-Israel Rally in London
SFI helped to instigate today’s rally for Israel in London. Thousands of pro-Israel demonstrators rally near Israel’s embassy in London. By Aaron Akinyemi IBTimes Thousands of demonstrators gathered in London on Sunday to stage a pro-Israel rally near the country’s embassy in Kensington. Protesters lined the streets and waved Israeli flags at the event, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]