BDS • The I/P conflict Jun 6, 2015

Israel’s right to live in peace – BDS and the big lie

Israel has always had a weakness with PR; it is one of the perpetual down-sides of a nation having more serious issues to think about whilst also being faced with an enemy with a far larger population...

BDS • The I/P conflict May 25, 2015

Israel – don’t give up an inch of the truth

This was hardly the first article in Counterpunch I read that brazenly claimed Israel should not exist; in fact Counterpunch runs that line more frequently than the Daily Express headlines the British...

BDS • The I/P conflict May 17, 2015

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...

anti-Semitism • BDS • The I/P conflict Apr 17, 2015

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...

anti-Semitism • BDS • The I/P conflict Apr 14, 2015

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...

anti-Semitism • BDS • The I/P conflict Apr 12, 2015

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...

BDS • The I/P conflict Apr 7, 2015

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...

anti-Semitism • BDS • The I/P conflict Mar 21, 2015

Anti Semitic conference – no doubt about it.

This University of Southampton conference against Israel is anti-Semitic. It is difficult to define anti-Semitism, and frankly, just because someone is ranting against someone Jewish or using animated...

anti-Semitism • BDS • The I/P conflict Mar 19, 2015

Anti-Semites and useful idiots unite in support of Southampton U

THERE IS A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS LIST YOU SHOULD READ FIRST BY CLICKING THIS LINK This is an updated list of those academics that signed a  statement in support of the University of Southampton anti-S...