anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism in the church • BDS • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • United Nations Jun 27, 2017

Avi Shlaim, the foolish old man and the adoring church goers

It is the 27th June 2017. I have just returned from an event at St James’s Church, an Anglican church in Piccadilly, London. It has a history of anti-Israel activism. Tonight Avi Shlaim was spea...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism in the church • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict • United Nations Jun 19, 2017

Marching with (and stopping!) terrorist supporters in London in 2017

It is 3pm on June 18th 2017.  I am in disguise, wearing a keffiyeh that is necessary to cover my face. I want to infiltrate the Al Quds Day march and the only way I can participate is to remain unrec...

anti-Zionism • BDS • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • United Nations May 15, 2017

The ‘Nakba’: The ongoing catastrophe of bad Palestinian decisions

Today is the 15th May, one day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israel’s Independence Day. Today, Palestinians and anti-Israel activists will commemorate the ‘Nakba’, or Catastrophe. Why th...

anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • United Nations May 14, 2017

The conference at the University of Sussex; a gathering of (mostly) idiots

I have just returned from a fascinating two-day conference at the University of Sussex. As someone who researches anti-Zionist forces in the UK, watching these people operate inside an arena so fraugh...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Mar 3, 2017

From Manchester to Brunel, polishing the propaganda machine

Brunel 2 March Last night, 2nd March 2017,  I was in Brunel for yet another event during ‘Apartheid Week’. There is a difference between an argument shaped to reflect your perspective and...

Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • UK • United Nations • USA Jan 4, 2017

Why is there no State of Palestine?

100 years since Balfour, , 70 years since partition. Why is there no State of Palestine? There is no State of Palestine because after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, when the League of Nations used th...

Islamic terrorism • Media Bias • NGO's • The I/P conflict Dec 20, 2016

325 miles to Aleppo, Syria. Hard lessons for Israel

It is difficult not to be moved by events in Syria. Images from Aleppo, Syria are heart-breaking. It is also fair to say, most of us in the west, despite vocally shouting that ‘something needs to be...

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 • The I/P conflict Nov 13, 2016

The science of hating Zionists, why most anti-Zionism is antisemitic

Some pieces are easy to write. I go to an event and hear people suggest that the Zionists were responsible for the holocaust, or witness mention of Jewish power. If it is a speech by Max Blumenthal or...

Uncategorized Nov 9, 2016

Apologise for the Balfour Declaration? You are having a laugh

Suddenly everyone wants to talk about a letter written 99 years ago. As Israelis and Zionists worldwide begin the countdown to the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Balfour Declaration, several ...