Month: October 2018

Ghada Karmi cancelled
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Conflict history, extremism on campus, The I/P conflict

No platformed again. Silencing debate and the shame of academia

No platformed again. Silencing debate and the shame of academia About two months ago, I received an invitation from a student society to speak at the University of Warwick alongside Ghada Karmi. I do not intend to name the society, nor the students involved, as I do not feel they are anything but unfortunate victims. The event was to be a debate on Trump and … Continue reading No platformed again. Silencing debate and the shame of academia

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Wimborne-Idrissi
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Holocaust, Labour Party, The I/P conflict

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, swimming with the antisemites

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, swimming with the antisemites Last week, the anti-antisemitism ‘circus’ went to Manchester. This time with Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi and Ben Jamal as the headline acts (PDF of event flyer). By ‘circus’, I refer to public events (currently on national tour) put on by a handful of organisations, like ‘Jewish Voice for Labour’ (JVL), the ‘Palestine Solidarity Campaign’ (PSC) and ‘Labour against the Witch-hunt’. Events … Continue reading Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, swimming with the antisemites

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Jewish protestor injured
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Labour Party, The I/P conflict

Hypocritical tweets and violence, why a Jewish protestor ends up in hospital

Yesterday evening a 70-year-old Jewish woman was attacked outside an event that set out to deny there is an antisemitism problem in the Labour Party. Eye witnesses claim she was’ kicked in the face’. Live footage shows another woman being attacked and we also see the injured woman, on the floor, being attended to by police. Luckily neither of the victims were seriously hurt. This … Continue reading Hypocritical tweets and violence, why a Jewish protestor ends up in hospital

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Miko Peled
anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, Conflict history, extremism on campus, Holocaust, Labour Party, The I/P conflict

Miko Peled, playing to the antisemitic crowd that adores him

I recently returned from a short vacation in Israel. Visiting Israel should be a requirement for anyone actively engaged in the fight against antisemitism. It works like receiving an antidote. Nothing places the IHRA definition of antisemitism into perspective better than witnessing first-hand the enormous gulf between the democratic reality on Israel’s streets and the non-existent demon-state that is described in anti-Israel Facebook groups. It … Continue reading Miko Peled, playing to the antisemitic crowd that adores him

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