anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict • UK • USA Jun 24, 2017

Fighting through law, fighting in the streets. Both may fail the Jews

From songs that ridicule the Holocaust to blaming Jews for the Grenfell fire on Al Quds Day. From a battle in law to a wider societal struggle. It would be foolish to understate or ignore the signals ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict • United Nations Jun 7, 2017

‘The only good Jew is a dead Jew’ (the Suarez – Barkan threshold)

‘The only good Jew is a dead Jew’. A horrific statement not so openly suggested in Europe or the USA in 2017.  In reality, this line is actually being propagated in almost every universit...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BBC • extremism on campus • Media Bias • The I/P conflict Apr 29, 2017

The day Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev went to SOAS campus

On 27/4/2017, Mark Regev, the current Israeli Ambassador to London, came to speak at SOAS. Ever since the news of this event became public knowledge, several groups of students on SOAS have been activ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • The I/P conflict Mar 1, 2017

Kings. Apartheid Week watch day two: Beauty and the beast

As I was doing my homework for the event at Kings, the information I received all pointed in one direction. All eyes were going to be on Farid Esack, a veteran anti-apartheid activist and Professor fr...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS Feb 22, 2017

Hugging antisemitism and holocaust denial. Welcome to the PSC

I have just concluded an in-depth investigation into antisemitism inside The Palestine Solidarity Campaign that has spanned months but drew on several years of underlying research.  The Palestine Sol...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict • UK • United Nations • USA Jan 12, 2017

Corked. Ben Dor’s anti-Israel ‘circus of hate’ comes to UCC in Ireland

Corked is a word that defines something special turning rotten. A wine that is flawed due to a damaged or broken cork. In this case, it is perhaps fitting that Oren Ben Dor chose UCC, or University Co...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism in the church • BDS • The I/P conflict Nov 27, 2016

The Norwich PSC / Jackie Walker fundraising ‘hatefest’

26 Nov 2016. Norwich. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) had organised a ‘fundraising dinner’ with Jacqueline Walker as the guest speaker. Walker was suspended from the Labour party in May ov...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism in the church • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict • UK • USA Nov 18, 2016

A three day nightmare, living within an industry of hate

50 years since the 1967 war. 100 Years since Balfour. 70 years since partition. A launch of another anti-Israel campaign. And breathe. This week I have been busy, Friends of Al-Aqsa, suspect academia ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • NGO's • The I/P conflict • UK Oct 26, 2016

The Jew, the Zionist and antisemitism at the House of Lords

Yesterday there was an event at the House of Lords, put together by the Palestine Return Centre (PRC). The evening was hosted by Jenny Tonge. There were no tickets remaining, but I had to go. The PRC ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • The I/P conflict Oct 21, 2016

The story of a Jewish boy called Haim

Many years ago, I had a frantic evening visit from two very old, and very close Jewish friends. They suggested there was something urgent they needed to discuss, and just a short while later, Anna and...