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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 MoreCruise Line Cancels Tunisia Stops After Bar of Israeli Tourists
From JNS.org The Norwegian Cruise Line announced Tuesday that it is canceling all of its remaining port calls to Tunisia and ceasing all future port calls there in response to the Tunisian government’s refusal to allow a group of Israelis to disembark the Norwegian Jade ship in the Tunis-based port of La Goulette on Sunday. […]
Join us this Saturday for ‘They tell lies, we bring pies’
Because being part of the picture is far better than just looking at it… They tell lies, we bring pies, with special guests and lots of pies (and cake), with drinks courtesy of Sodastream
Any plans for Saturday? Counter their lies and bake some pies!
This week the Sussex community and friends from across the country and the world will be busy baking cakes and pies for the latest Sussex Friends of Israel party. Please join us for ‘They tell lies, we bring pies’ At the Ecostream Store, Western Road, Brighton, between 1pm and 3 pm. The weather is likely […]
Canada recognises Jewish refugees from Arab countries
Canada yesterday formally recognized the refugee status of the 850,000 Jews who fled or were expelled from Arab countries after Israel’s founding. The recognition follows a November 2013 report to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on “Recognizing Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North Africa.” The report detailed the […]
Frontpagemag: Syrian Refugee Blasts BDS Movement
Aboud Dandachi, a Syrian blogger and refugee who opposes Assad, responded to the Syrian National Council’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s visit to an Israeli hospital treating Syrian wounded, by criticizing the SNC. If you can’t even bring yourself to say thank you to medical aid from Israel, how on earth are you ever going to bring […]
Frontpagemag: SodaStream and the Absurdity of BDS
By Daniel Greenfield Contrary to most people’s expectations, the BDS boycotts of Israel rarely target heavily pro-Israel companies or individuals. The academic boycotts are most prevalent in non-scientific areas of academia where the Israeli scholars they are targeting lean to the left. Imagine French academics boycotting US History professors over the Iraq War and you […]
TimesofIsrael: We stand in solidarity with Ukrainian Jews
We stand in solidarity with Ukrainian Jews: An open letter from the UK By Richard Black – TimesofIsrael blog We, Jewish students in the United Kingdom, stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters in Ukraine, during their hour of need. The history of Jewish life in Ukraine is even older than the country itself. In […]
Top 22 ways Israel aided Africa in the last three years
Developing African nations depend on Israeli technological, humanitarian, medical, ecological and agricultural advances in virtually every aspect of life. By Abigail Klien Leichman – Israel21C On a visit to Africa in 1958, Foreign Minister Golda Meir pledged Israeli help to find solutions for severe challenges in food security, water safety and sanitation, healthcare, economic growth, […]
No charity for Israel from Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s bias against Israel is so blatant it would be funny if it wasnt so sad. Prof. Michael Curtis deals the killing blow against this organisation and its litany of misdeeds Michael_curtis – The Commentator – 3 March 2014 11:24 We all thought Oxfam was the most bigoted international charity organization but along has […]
Times of Israel: Christian generosity for Ukranian Jews
By Yechiel Eckstein Times of Israel blog In these days, when our eyes and the eyes of the world are upon the Ukraine and the upheaval taking place there, we pray that everyone might have the opportunity to enjoy a life of democracy, freedom, and prosperity. As Israelis and Jews, we are focused mainly on […]
Times of Israel: Forget your phone? Check your… wrist?
Mobile giant Telefónica will integrate made-in-Israel communication tech into wearable devices that can stand-in for smartphones BY DAVID SHAMAH They may not be making Maxwell Smart-style shoe-phones just yet, but manufacturers like Google, LG, Samsung and Sony Mobile are working on watches, rings, bracelets, hats and even eyewear — with Google Glass the best-known example […]
Online Wall St Journal: Don’t Buy the Israel Boycott Hype
By DAVID ROSENBERG The Western media has bought into the notion that a new wave of Western boycotts against Israel is underway. But like so many trend stories, this one doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. For Israelis, talk of boycotts brings back bad memories of the 1970s and ’80s. After the Yom Kippur War and […]