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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 MoreSodaStream official sponsor of new Channel 4 show The Jump
By ISHBEL MACLEOD – Thedrum.com 21 JANUARY 2014 SodaStream will be the sponsor of Channel 4’s new winter sports show, The Jump. The partnership was negotiated by Channel 4 Sales and Mediacom, and will see the home carbonation beverage systems look to encourage consumers to ‘make the jump’ from buying fizzy drinks to using SodaStream. […]
Portsmouth rallies the support of Israel tourist official
By Miles O’Leary: The Portsmouth News AN INTERNATIONAL tourist advisor has vowed to help make Portsmouth a prime destination for foreign holidaymakers. Danny Ronen, director of tourism in Haifa, Israel, which is Portsmouth’s sister city, showed his support during a visit to the council’s headquarters yesterday. He raised awareness of the links between both regions […]
thejc.com: Liverpool Overwhelmingly Rejects Anti-Israel Motion
Brighton currently has a Green MP, Brighton and Hove currently has a minority Green council, SFI says well done to Liverpool. By Rosa Doherty, January 17, 2014 thejc.com Liverpool council has thrown out a motion that condemned Israel for “human rights violations”. Councillors voted 74 to two against the proposal , put forward by two […]
thejc.com Campus: Coasting along just fine at Sussex
Why Sussex University isn’t as awful as everyone seems to think By Gabriel Webber, January 17, 2014 At Limmud, two different people asked me where I go to university, heard my reply of “Sussex” and looked shocked. “It’s not very friendly there, is it?” asked one of them in hushed tones. I asked what they […]
SFI: Green Brighton Supports Green Ecostream
SFI has written and article for the Brighton and Hove Independent Newspaper. This follows a rather one-sided article last week. SFI is all about balance in debate, not being swayed by who shouts loudest. Judge for yourself. Ecostream, Brighton’s eco-store, is a green beacon in a green city. It sources the majority of its goods […]
Scarlett Johansson Becomes New Face of Sodastream
Great story from israelnationalnews.com and SFI’s weekly pro-Israel rally gets a mention too. By Tova Dvorin – From http://www.israelnationalnews.com BDS Fail: Actress bucks the trend to boycott Israel by becoming the face of Sodastream’s upcoming SuperBowl ad campaign. Move over, Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS): international celebrity Scarlett Johansson has started a new trend – […]
Being ‘pro’ one side needn’t make you ‘anti’ the other
You get attacked for being blindly pro-Israel just for objective analysis. The pro-Palestinian lobby expends so much emotion that a cool presentation of the reality on the ground is called bias, at least in Britain and Europe. Nick Gray – http://www.thecommentator.com Is there another international situation that raises as much raw, visceral emotion, even at […]
Scarlett Johansson to star in SodaStream Super Bowl Advert
It would be great if Miss Johansson was able to find the time in her busy schedule supporting Sodastream, to visit Ecostream in Brighton. By LAUREN IZSO jpost.com Eco-friendly Hollywood starlet to represent Israeli-founded brand; SodaStream CEO says Jewish-American actress embodies company’s brand values. Scarlett Johansson named the “Sexiest Woman Alive” by Esquire magazine in […]
Why US Companies Are Drooling Over Israel’s Amazing Startup Scene
By Julie Bort – Business Insider U.S. companies and investors are falling over themselves to get a piece of Israel’s startup action these days. There are at least two dozen accelerator programs in the Tel Aviv area, including some run by Microsoft and Google. It seems like every U.S. VC has at least one Israeli […]
New Movement Cooperates Closely With the Israel
A Controversial New Movement Wants to Cooperate More Closely With the Jewish State Israel’s Christian Awakening – By ADI SCHWARTZ – Wall Street Journal As Christmas neared, an 85-foot-high tree presided over the little square in front of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Kindergarten children with Santa Claus hats entered the […]
Blog: Where was the Apartheid State in 2013?
By Michael Ordman Jerusalem Post Wednesday Jan 08, 2014 Where was the Apartheid State in 2013? “And if you think that’s Apartheid it’s because… You don’t know what Apartheid really was”. (From “Israel Apartheid” by Ari Lesser) My journey through the news reports of 2013 has now reached the subject of Israel’s treatment of its […]
Sodastream – A Visit to Soda Stream and Ma’ale Adumim
Posted by Haifa Diarist – well worth a follow on Twitter too @Haifadiarist This week there was a visit of a Zionist Federation mission from the UK that included a visit to Soda Stream, the company targeted by boycotters in several countries around the world. The group was addressed by senior managers and several interesting […]