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Guardian letters page publishes a diversity of opinion on why Israel is cruel...
This is cross posted from Anne’s Opinions In yesterday’s Guardian letters page (May 15) the decision was unanimous. Israel is guilty. The first letter is from Lord Andrew Phillips. Before reading it...
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Chair of Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign declares Israeli Hoopoe...
photo: Israel Fichman Courtesy of the anti-racist website ‘Engage’, here’s a funny-but-true story to ease us into the weekend. It appears that the British publication the ‘Morning Star‘ – originally...
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Leader of ‘Stop BDS at Park Slope Coop’ campaign (& CiF Watch reader)...
I recently noticed the moniker of the following commenter, beneath the line of a CiF Watch post about the Guardian’s coverage of the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike, “Observer op-ed on ‘hunger...
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Overview of Guardian coverage of Israel: April 30th to May 27th 2012.
Last month we published a review of the Guardian’s coverage of events in Israel during April, highlighting the subjects it chose to address and – no less important – those it did not. Several readers...
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Richard Millett: Habima’s Merchant of Venice rocks London’s Globe Theatre
Cross posted by the indispensable Richard Millett I really enjoyed last night’s performance of Habima’s The Merchant of Venice at The Globe on the south bank of the River Thames on a beautiful summer...
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Antisemitism with a literary glow: Alice Walker’s ugly caricature of Israeli...
Written by Hadar Sela and Adam Levick “Jesus, a Palestinian – is still being crucified.” (Alice Walker’s blog, per CAMERA) “[Israeli] settlers are the [Ku Klux] Klan” (Alice Walker, during interview...
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Columnist for Ha’aretz, a Guardian protege paper, seeks Alice Walker’s wisdom...
Here’s a multiple choice question: Maya Sela, literary correspondent for Ha’aretz, penned an essay for ‘Comment is Free’ (Alice Walker’s ‘The Color Purple” should be read in Israel, June 22nd) opposing...
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It’s the Settlements, Stupid: Alon Liel’s Fantastic Vision for Peace in our Time
A guest post by Gidon Ben-Zvi, who blogs at Jerusalem State of Mind The road to peace? A Jewish child sits in front of the rubble of a structure demolished by Israeli police in a settlement outside...
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Matthew Gould provides another glimpse into delusional British attitudes...
The following essay was written by Hadar Sela, and published at The Commentator. How much does Matthew Gould’s speech reflect the institutionalised views of the FCO? Recently, The Commentator offered...
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Phoebe Greenwood’s anonymous EU diplomat despairs at trade upgrade with...
In what must be sad news for the BDS folks and other anti-Zionists of all stripes, the Guardian reported that “The EU will offer Israel upgraded trade and diplomatic relations in more than 60 areas at...
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BDS is for Bully! Disturb! Spam! or: Tali Shapiro’s pathetic #BDSFAIL
Cross posted by Or, who blogs at ‘BDS Gone Bad‘ Despite it’s humble dimensions, Israel is both a major consumer and a significant exporter of culture. Only in these last few months Tel Aviv was honored...
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BDS enthusiast David Martin, MEP, and a Hamas-linked trip to Gaza
The following was written by Hadar Sela and published at The Commentator In the economic climate currently plaguing Europe, one would expect elected officials (and perhaps in particular, members of the...
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The British Ambassador in Israel’s TV interview – and some home truths.
In recent weeks, Israelis have had to put up with the ‘evaporation’ of their capital city and the placing of rather revealing pictures supposedly portraying their country on the Olympics-dedicated...
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3 Cheers to Batsheva
A guest post by Stephen Hoffman, Campaigns Intern at the UK Zionist Federation Once again, just over a week ago, the anti-Israel movement excelled itself in its disrespect for international culture and...
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Two footballers cited by Chris McGreal as endorsers of anti-Israel petition...
H/T Raphael The Guardian’s Chris McGreal published a story (‘Footballers condemn plans to hold U21 European Championship in Israel‘) on Nov. 30 about a petition signed by some footballers calling for...
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Antisemitism at the UCU: David Hirsh responds to Tribunal ruling against Fraser
On March 29 we commented on a ruling by London’s Central Employment Tribunal which rejected Ronnie Fraser’s charge of institutional antisemitism against the University and College Union (UCU)....
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Letter to Iain Banks on the eve of Yom HaShoah
The following was written by Bataween, and originally published on April 7 at ‘Point of No Return‘ - a blog about Middle East’s forgotten Jewish refugees. On the eve of Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust...
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Univ. of California as a case study in the impotence of the Divestment...
The following is a guest post by Jon from ‘Divest This!’ Paraphrasing from one of the greatest responses to criticism ever: I am sitting in the smallest room of my house with the UC Berkeley Student...
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A ‘Jew of color’ speaks out against Berkeley’s racist BDS movement
One of the more insidious elements of the BDS movement is the supremely dishonest racial narrative which suggests, in varying degrees of explicitness, that Zionism is a racist movement in which ‘white’...
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The Guardian got it wrong: Stephen Hawking is NOT boycotting Israel (Updated)
Last night, May 8, the Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kelman ‘broke’ a story claiming that Stephen Hawking was joining the academic boycott of Israel, and that he was “pulling out of a...
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