British academic bigots and segregation in Gaza
Bigotry against Israel among some senior British academics knows no bounds. It will be interesting to see whether the University and College Union's delegation to Gaza will condemn Hamas's apartheid and the hate agenda in its schools
- 23 June 2014
Anti-Zionists want the Israeli people to die
Anti-Zionism is an annihilationist ideology. They don't want an entire people, the people of Israel, to live
- 11 April 2014
The anti-Israel campaign in Germany
The boycott campaign against Israel is trying to make inroads in Germany by wooing the political Left and employing underhand tactics such as “Lawfare”. Its practitioners rely on the inaction of the German people who willingly will have no part in this
- 31 March 2014
Naming the bigots, and shaming them
The apartheid Israel smear is back in the headlines. What, for instance, is Desmond Tutu playing at? Tutu is heralded as a leader in the global movement for morality and peace, but his visual sight and intellectual insight seem hallucinatory. He's not alone
- 20 March 2014
Guess which industry just can't afford to boycott Israel
Teaser: Which multi-billion dollar industry just cannot afford to boycott Israel? Paradox: this industry calls for boycotts, but its life depends on it not doing so itself. Getting warmer?
- 5 March 2014
The lawless label: "Made by Jews"
Warning labels are in vogue. ‘Cigarettes can seriously damage your health’. ‘Caution -- hot liquid!’ Anti-Israel advocates also want to develop public fear and loathing. ‘Warning -- Jewish-made products can kill!’
- 27 February 2014
What went right in the State of Israel?
Pessimists about boycotts and boycotters themselves share at least one thing in common: they underestimate just how massively successful a society Israel is, and just how much the world wants to get a piece of Israeli success
- 26 February 2014
The punching bag bigots of anti-Israel boycotts
The practitioners of anti-Israel boycott bigotry are bent upon disrupting the free flow of knowledge, academic discourse and civilizational advancement in the Western World. They must not be allowed to do so, for we are all in peril if they are, says Vijeta Uniyal of Indian Friends of Israel
- 24 February 2014
Scarlett Johansson strikes blow at anti-Israel bigotry
Scarlett Johansson's decision to drop Oxfam over its bigotry against Israel is another welcome blow to the boycott movement, and a major embarrassment to all who participate in the grubby anti-Israel agenda
- 30 January 2014
Israel needs Dutch courage
Few know the proportion of Dutch Jews who perished in the Holocaust was higher than in any other occupied West European country. Yet, the number who risked their lives to save Jews was also huge. In less extreme form, contradictions concerning Jews persist to this day
- 26 January 2014
Fantasy in the academic world about Israel boycotts
The latest boycott of Israel by a US academic group is hypocritical (no surprise there); stupid (well, they're academics!) and unlawful (call in the lawyers). All that aside, it's just ignorance and bigotry
- 17 December 2013
World Jewish Congress denounces "Orwellian anti-Semitism" of US academic group's Israel boycott move
As murder and mayhem rage across the Middle East, the World Jewish Congress is incensed that the Jewish state has been singled out for a boycott by an academic institution
- 16 December 2013
Ending academic prejudice against Israel
It is disgraceful that academic organizations (even in America!) supposedly dedicated to and essentially based on free exchange of ideas, call for punishing Israeli universities, and therefore the individual scholars working there, simply because of their nationality
- 4 December 2013
Israel boycotters: The goose and the golden egg
Part 3. of a 3 part series on the whys and wherefores of Israel boycotters
- 7 August 2013
Israel boycotters: La Trahison des clercs
Part 2. of a 3 part series on the whys and wherefores of Israel boycotters
- 2 August 2013
Latest on the blog
We are wholly dependent on the kindness of our readers for our continued work. We thank you in advance for any support you can offer.