Tag Archives: anti-Israel

A closer look at the New Antisemitism (hint: it’s the same as the old)

Like a virus, the old antisemitism has mutated into a new version, although the old version is still in place as well.  The modern version of antisemitism has replaced the Jewish people and the Jewish religion with the state of … Continue reading

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Latest anti-Israel BDS antics

None of the actions mentioned in this post will be much of a surprise to those of you who follow the antics of the BDS anti-Israel brigade,   but I thought it worth listing some of the most recent events … Continue reading

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The Anti-Semitism of the UCU

Almost two years ago I reported about the British University and College Union (the UCU) rejecting the EUMC working definition of antisemitism in favour of their own distorted version. In that post I quoted Ronnie Fraser, a member of the … Continue reading

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The silencing of Israeli voices on British campuses

Whilst anti-Israel activism on British campuses is well known for its severity and hostility, two incidents in recent days seem to have raised the bar to a whole new level. The most widely talked about incident took place at Oxford … Continue reading

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A tale of two peace activists

Two peace activists have been arrested in Egypt this week, yet their stories could not be more different. The first “peace activist” (I use the scare quotes advisedly) is in fact an anti-Israel activist, self proclaimed as an anti-Zionist who … Continue reading

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Haaretz, Gideon Levy, and the Israel apartheid canard

At the very end of my post about last week’s rocket barrage on the south I made a sarcastic passing reference to the fact that the foreign media completely ignored the terrorists’ attack on Israeli territory while concentrating on an … Continue reading

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