anti-Zionism • BDS • Conflict history • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Jan 31, 2020

Trumps vision: knocking the Palestinian cause off its perch

For two days now, there have been a stream of articles calling Trumps ‘peace plan’ everything from a conspiracy to Apartheid. Quite a few of the ‘predictable’ politicians from ...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism • BDS • extremism on campus • The I/P conflict Nov 19, 2019

Attacked again – just another day researching antisemitism

Yesterday I was physically attacked at an anti-Israel protest at Kings College London. I emerged relatively unscathed, but a demonstrator clearly intended to deprive me of my camera. He rushed at me a...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism • BDS • Conflict history • extremism on campus • Holocaust • The I/P conflict Jun 11, 2019

Zina the hounded- the hatred that never wants to talk

Last week I told the story of Zina who made the mistake of talking to a Zionist. This is an update of what followed. It is important to stress that this blog and the video I am publishing have been pr...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • antisemitism in the church • Conflict history • Holocaust • Islamic terrorism • Labour Party • The I/P conflict Jan 21, 2019

Hansard shows British obsession with Israel, Jews and antisemitism

Delving into Hansard, the record of Parliamentary debates, turned up astonishing results on Israel, the Levant, Jews and antisemitism. It highlights a total obsession with Israel in Parliament and sug...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • Conflict history • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Nov 21, 2018

Why are Jeremy Corbyn Facebook pages managed by Hamas puppets in Gaza?

Since the recent outbreak of violence in Gaza and Israel, I have been working on research that looks at Hamas PR and the speed in which it is delivered from Gaza to global anti-Israel activists. I tho...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • extremism on campus • Holocaust • Labour Party • Media Bias • The I/P conflict Sep 6, 2018

Hate against Jewish people. A poison that spreads unnoticed

I had a difficult day on Tuesday. One of those days were I see the poison spread on London’s streets. I was at the Corbyn antisemitism demo /counter demo, that took place as the NEC discussed th...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • Conflict history • NGO's • The I/P conflict Jun 1, 2018

Beyond the great divide, a trip inside the Palestinian areas

It was a long time coming, but during the recent trip to Israel I went back to areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. A decade ago, this type of visit would not have happened given the upsurge...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • BDS • Islamic terrorism • The I/P conflict Oct 25, 2017

An open ‘response’ for Asa Winstanley at Electronic Intifada

It seems as though Asa Winstanley at ‘Electronic Intifada’ decided he needed to attack me. A point of recognition that indicates the work you are doing is having an effect. When Mondoweiss...

anti-Semitism • anti-Zionism • Conflict history • The I/P conflict • United Nations Aug 27, 2017

The Mandate: From 1919 to civil war, antisemitism and Bergen-Belsen

I have been spending time recently in the British Archives at Kew. I am working on a project (with Jonathan Hoffman) that is due to be published on Sep 4th. It has meant spending time, inside the file...

anti-Zionism • Conflict history • Media Bias • The I/P conflict • United Nations Aug 3, 2017

The myth of Balad al-Shaykh. A massacre that never happened

This is the story of how a small engagement at Balad al-Shaykh, at the start of the 1947/1948 civil war in the British Mandate of Palestine, became the story of a full blown massacre with its own wiki...