February 15, 2013

Galliano neither Antisemitic nor Hasidic

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Here's a strange report on John Galliano.  Have a look at the picture from the New York Post : The article it accompanies is headed,...
February 13, 2013

Samer Issawi in "critical condition"

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From al Akhbar via the Institute for Middle East Understanding : Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi is in "critical condition"...

Strange case of Israel's Australian Prisoner X

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Here's a very strange case where an Australian guy wound up in an Israeli prison totally cut off from the outside world. Apparently even...

French Holocaust Rescuers Boycott Zionist Holocaust Memorial Event

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This is from The Forward : PARIS —  A French organization that saved Jews during the Holocaust has declined to attend a commemoration be...
February 11, 2013

What the Pope told G-d

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"I'm outta here!" Nothing to me but I'm sure the straightforward resignation of a Pope is unprecedented. According to Th...

Galtieri a better friend of Israel than Kirchner

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But Cristina Kirchner is a better friend of Jews. There's a bit of a spat going on between Israel and Argentina.  See this from +972 :...
February 10, 2013

Akiva Orr 1931 - 2013

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Akiva Orr, founder of Matzpen, died yesterday.  Here's +972 : Akiva Orr, co-founder of the Israeli anti-Zionist group ‘Matzpen’ and ...
February 09, 2013

Anti-apartheid sports boycott and the lessons for Palestine Solidarity

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Here's a good write-up of the meeting at SOAS I announced a few days ago: Lessons of the anti-apartheid sports boycott for Palestin...

David Ward defended from antisemitism charge

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I didn't see this letter from Tony Greenstein to The Guardian (6th Feb 2013) . Aida Edemariam writes that Lib Dem MP David Ward ...

English football fanzine on the Beitar case

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I'm not a big fan of the beautiful game but I know a man who is and he sent me this link to the English soccer fanzine, Who ate all the...
February 08, 2013

Beitar consumed with hatred

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The arson attack on the Beitar Jerusalem offices over the club's signing of two Chechen Muslims has given Israeli PM, Bibi Netanyahu, th...

Brooklyn BDS event was, erm, an event

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Well the Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti BDS meeting took place at Brooklyn College last night in spite of the mobilisation of various Isra...

Who cares about zionist antisemitism?

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I read a wonderful comment on the tolerance zionists have towards antisemitism when it is expressed by one of their own.  It was on a  Harry...
February 06, 2013

Revisit: What was antisemitic about Rupert Murdoch's "Jewish owned press" tweet?

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Harry's Place is going ape again about a couple of Steve Bell cartoon strips:    The depictions are of, from left to right in ord...
February 05, 2013

Arabic language not allowed at Haifa Uni

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Here's an article from the International Middle East Media Center An Arab student studying at the Haifa University was prevented from ...

Bibi tells Kerry that Israel is committed to peace

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Really, he said that.  See Ha'aretz : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that...

Jews against bogus allegations of antisemitism

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This is the Gerald Scarfe cartoon saga revisited. Here's a letter published in The Independent from various Jewish signatories, includ...
February 04, 2013

US State Department study undermines hasbara effort over Palestinian textbooks

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It doesn't undermine it much but it's still much too much for some. Now read on... Here's a strange article from the Jewish Te...

SOAS Palestine Society, Football Beyond Borders, and Red Card Israeli Racism Present:

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From Facebook : Tuesday 19:00  until  21:00 Khalili Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, SOAS Join us for a spe...
February 03, 2013

It was me under that rock

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I was just tweeting my previous post and I realised that the whole business of Applebees sacking Chelsea Welch had gone viral.  I only knew ...