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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 MoreFlower girl, 4, takes her first steps – thanks to special harness
Isabella Luckett has cerebral palsy and cannot stand up unaided Four-year-old stunned guests by walking down the aisle at aunt’s wedding Using a harness attached to her dress and her dad she was able walk It also also enabled her to dance at the wedding reception The harness is called an Upsee and was launched […]
Pro-BDS Protester Rages, Escorted Away by Police
Thank you Algemeiner! A British supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was escorted away by police during a demonstration in Brighton, England after aggressively yelling at a Jewish protester. A video uploaded to YouTube on Monday shows the raging activist, identified in the clip only as “Dick,” losing his cool when […]
Charged in 30 seconds: Israeli firm claims battery breakthrough
System uses biological semiconductors, made from naturally occurring organic compounds Can fully charge a phone in 30 seconds First battery cases using technology set to go on sale in 2016 By MARK PRIGG Daily Mail An Israeli startup claims to have developed a technique to recharge a mobile phone in just 30 seconds. StoreDot has […]
TimesofIsrael: Why It’s Already Too Late For The Boycotters
By Jonah Balfour Times of Israel Blog The Scarlett Johansson Sodastream controversy was only the beginning. This mini-crisis shed a new light on some of the potential political challenges facing Israeli businesses. In the case of Sodastream, the problem is particularly pronounced due to the presence of a factory in the West Bank. However, Sodastream […]
Happiness is the best revenge against the anti-Israel BDS
Posted by William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection Monday, April 7, 2014 Sussex Friends of Israel demonstrates how happy warriors bring out the worst in anti-Israel fanatics Opposing the anti-Israel Boycott Divest and Sanction movement is serious business, so it’s natural that we tend to be serious about it. But I also think we need to […]
A blueprint to combat the assault on Israel’s legitimacy in Europe
By ARSEN OSTROVSKY JPost.com Although successes of the BDS Campaign have been relatively limited in scope, the greater danger is that it keeps spinning the propellers assaulting Israel’s legitimacy. At its core, the assault on Israel’s legitimacy is a denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in Israel, the nation-state and historical homeland of […]
SodaStream Shares Surge After IHH Show Reporting
SFI says: Lets explode the BDS myths From Seeking Alpha Shares of SODA surge, and there is always a reason for share price outperformance. Wal-Mart shelf space for SodaStream products is expected to expand meaningfully. Don’t bother trying to compare SODA’s valuation with other companies. Since SodaStream’s (SODA) strong showing at the International Home and […]
No empty gestures as Michael Gove raps Riba architects
By Marcus Dysch, TheJC.com April 3, 2014 Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked British architects’ opposition to Israel, becoming the most high-profile politician to speak out on the issue. He accused the Royal Institute of British Architects of “selective outrage” over its efforts to have Israeli architects thrown out of the profession’s international union. Mr […]
British BDS countered by grassroots movements and humor
By Jenni Frazer/JNS.org In August 2012, a Christian and a Jew bumped into each other in Brighton, the languid seaside resort on Britain’s south coast that has become the hub of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) protests at the local Ecostream store. The Israeli-owned shop has attracted weekly demonstrations from the BDS crowd, angry that […]
Upsee harness: Mother’s invention helps disabled son to walk
A revolutionary new harness designed by a mother to give her wheelchair-bound son a chance to walk has been launched on a worldwide market. Debby Elnatan, a music therapist whose son Rotem has cerebral palsy, said the idea for a support harness came from her own “pain and desperation”, but will go on to make […]
JPost: Rolling Stones – Israel gets some satisfaction
Veteran rockers are officially booked to perform at Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon on June 4. After months – even years – of speculation, Israelis can finally get some satisfaction. The Rolling Stones are officially booked to perform on June 4 at Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv. Nobody was more satisfied than promoter Shuki Weiss, who […]
The Commentator: Brighton rocks against anti-Israel bigotry
Any idiot can boycott a shop. Israel is the foremost leader in cancer research. Will the idiots boycott that? An inspirational fightback from England, and hats off to Norway too. By Michael Curtis The Commentator When W.H. Auden wrote his long poem, The Orators, it was years before biased and bigoted groups and individuals including […]