anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • UK • United Nations • USA Sep 29, 2016

BDS open the season at SOAS, back into the snake pit

Its 27th September 2016. Summer is over and the new academic year begins. Across the country, political activists such as those in the SOAS Palestinian society hold ‘freshmen’ sessions to attract ...

anti-Zionism • extremism on campus • The I/P conflict • UK Sep 19, 2016

Stupidity, The Hinde Street Methodist Church and Israel

It’s the 19th September 2016. My attention was drawn this week to an exhibit in London at the Hinde Street Methodist Church. An exhibition that seeks to enlighten Londoners about ‘what it is like ...

anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • Uncategorized Sep 7, 2016

So this is Yachad (UK) – part two: a borrowed ideology

For those who missed the first part of this research into Yachad UK, you can catch up with it here. In the second part of the series, I will look at the core politics and activities of Yachad, and ana...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • UK Aug 31, 2016

So this is Yachad – part one: astroturf and magic tricks

Yachad have been an element of my research for two years. There is discomfort in writing about them, because they are, on the surface, representing a legitimate position. Despite my opposition to thei...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • The I/P conflict Aug 28, 2016

Ilan Pappe destroys BDS, claims its central pillar is not true

Ilan Pappe is the head of a department of a UK University. Below is a video apparently signaling Pappe believes it is ‘important’ to push a line for the ‘historical record’, even if it is not ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • Media Bias • NGO's • The I/P conflict Aug 23, 2016

A journey beyond Zionism – part one – Haaretz.

Truth is I had placed myself on a month long self-imposed exile from all my research into the anti-Zionist camp. I reasoned I needed a holiday, a break from the venom, the hatred and the antisemitism....

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • extremism on campus • The I/P conflict • UK • USA Aug 8, 2016

Norman Finkelstein, the University of Westminster and antisemitism

University of Westminster campus in Harrow, West London. 8th August 2016.  Norman Finklestein is discussing the ‘Holocaust Industry’. This discussion, and the book authored by Finkelstein with th...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • Islamic terrorism • NGO's • The I/P conflict • UK • United Nations • USA Jul 31, 2016

Facebook. A pipeline for funding Hamas terrorism?

Arabs in Gaza are swarming social media platforms and sending private messages to pro-Palestinian activists looking for donations. Is it just one massive scam? Or are Hamas utilising social media plat...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • extremism on campus • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Jul 25, 2016

Nicola Sturgeon, how welcome are Jews in Scotland?

August is festival month in Edinburgh. A massive celebration, delivered through a collective of independent arts and cultural festivals. Just one of these, the ‘Edinburgh Festival Fringe’, is ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Jul 9, 2016

From Hezbollah to Hamas. The PSC rally at Downing Street

After the events of last weekend, when the Hezbollah flag was raised in London, spending an evening at a rally with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) seemed positively benign. How wrong I was. 0...