BDS : An open letter to Roger Waters
There is nothing personal in this letter. I am putting aside your history and ignoring the relationship I have had with your music; I have simply read your recent public comments and felt a need to re...
The vile monster that is BDS
The horrific truth is that the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) plays on the naivety, innocence and good intentions of students across the UK and cons them (there can be no better descr...
The judicial review hearing – Southampton conference – some notes.
As I was there today at the High Court, I thought I’d write just a few points about today’s High Court Judicial Review hearing on the University of Southampton conference. Univer...
An open response to Geoffrey Alderman
“But to argue – as an academic or in an academic setting – that the state of Israel should be destroyed seems, to me, to amount to an incitement to genocide. That is where free speech become...
Palestinians are dying and there is an eerie silence
Palestinians are dying and there is an eerie silence; the streets are empty, social media is calm and even the mainstream media, devoid of the usual pressures from the pro-Palestinian campaign, are de...
An alternative conference for the University of Southampton
Dear Professor Nutbeam, As it is now likely the anti-Israeli hate-fest will not go ahead, I would like to suggest one to have in its place. Conference proposal – preamble: After the fall of the ...
Withdrawal of Planned Anti-Semitic Anti-Zionist Hatefest at University of Southampton
Dear Gavin Re: Withdrawal of University of Southampton from the Anti-Israel Conference, 17-19 April 2015 I have not received any reply to you so write further drawing your attention to my corresponden...
University of Southampton – say no to anti-Semitism
So much talk, so many arguments. Unsurprisingly, many of the people who favour boycotting Israeli academics, shouting down anyone speaking in favour of Israel, taking kosher products of shop shelves a...