Month: April 2018

Momentum antisemitism
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BBC, BDS, Conflict history, Labour Party, The I/P conflict, UK, United Nations, USA

The Corbyn v Jews chess match. Gaining time by doing nothing

Yesterday there was a meeting between the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC), Board of Deputies (BOD), and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party. The Jewish organisations reported that the meeting had been disappointing as Corbyn had failed to meet even the ‘minimum level of action’ necessary. As I wrote last week, these are the opening moves of a game ‘that must be played‘. Neither … Continue reading The Corbyn v Jews chess match. Gaining time by doing nothing

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Alan Maddison, Labour Against the Witch-Hunt
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Labour Party, Media Bias, UK

Attacking Jews, the whole antisemitism crisis, will ‘be positive for Labour’

Since the Palestine Live report was first published on this blog 6 weeks ago, the focus on antisemitism in the Labour Party has intensified. I am working on two related reports and continue to engage with the sewer where the antisemitism exists. ‘Labour Against the Witch Hunt’, the group set up by people like Jackie Walker and Tony Greenstein, along with ‘Jewish Voice for Labour’ … Continue reading Attacking Jews, the whole antisemitism crisis, will ‘be positive for Labour’

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Corbyn, Smeeth, Israel
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Conflict history, Holocaust, Islamic terrorism, The I/P conflict

We don’t choose our battles, like with Corbyn, some choose us

It is seventy years since the ‘Jewish People’s Council’ gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum and approved the proclamation declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. For six months, Jews had been engaged in a bloody civil conflict that would turn the right of having a state, into actually creating one. To do this they had to fight united groups that stood against them. … Continue reading We don’t choose our battles, like with Corbyn, some choose us

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Germany
Conflict history, Holocaust, The I/P conflict

Before the Holocaust, a bureaucratic snapshot of European Jews in 1934

Today is Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה) or ‘Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day’ in Israel.  It is celebrated on the 27th of Nisan (Hebrew calendar) each year. For me, a student of history, the Holocaust is a living thing, that has roots stretching back decades before Hitler came to power, and still reverberates today. Outside of the details in a book, the … Continue reading Before the Holocaust, a bureaucratic snapshot of European Jews in 1934

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anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Conflict history, The I/P conflict

The Jewdas Gambit, assimilation and distorted statistics

Jeremy Corbyn attended a politicised Passover Seder service held by a fringe Jewish group called Jewdas. Up until three days ago many people had not heard of Jewdas and I imagine that they are thankful for all the publicity they have been given. Jewdas are agitators, which is why Jeremy Corbyn would probably feel at home with them. A small group of people on the … Continue reading The Jewdas Gambit, assimilation and distorted statistics

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antisemitism in Labour
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Conflict history, Media Bias, The I/P conflict

The Jewish community and Jeremy Corbyn are incompatible

Justin Cohen from Jewish News has just done the Jewish community an enormous favour. He has created a piece for the historical record. A detailed and to-the-point interview with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the midst of a crisis over antisemitism. All we needed to know about the man who wants to be Prime Minister is there for us to read. The conclusion is … Continue reading The Jewish community and Jeremy Corbyn are incompatible

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