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UCU farcically attacked for voting against use of the EUMC ‘working definition’ of antisemitism
Leave a commentJune 3, 2011 by Antony Lerman
There’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth from those sickened by the Universities and Colleges Union’s decision to ban …
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A millstone round his neck: Obama’s yes to Bibi’s ‘no negotiations unless Palestinians recognize Israel as Jewish state’
Leave a commentMay 31, 2011 by Antony Lerman
I watched live coverage of the press conference given by President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House …
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Israel and the real failing of resolution 242
Leave a commentMay 26, 2011 by IJV
This letter, from IJV Steering Group member Dr Tony Klug, was published in the Guardian on April 26th 2011: Andrea …
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Bibi’s speech to the US Congress: a flagrant denial of the autonomy and diversity of Jews worldwide
Leave a commentMay 26, 2011 by Antony Lerman
There were so many fictions and distortions in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress on 24 May, so many …
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Don’t mention the Nakba: Yoni returns to Israel Part 2
Leave a commentMay 25, 2011 by IJV
Over the last week Israel had to face the Palestinian Nakba Day. Fixed on May 15, chosen as the day …
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New Israel Fund officially withdraws support from Coalition of Women for Peace
Leave a commentMay 23, 2011 by IJV
By Miri Weingarten The New Israel Fund (NIF) has officially stopped funding the Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP) in Israel, apparently because its positions …
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From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘No We Can’t’: Obama’s Middle East Speech Lowers Expectations of American Power
Leave a commentMay 23, 2011 by Antony Lerman
In a relatively low-key speech on his administration’s Middle East policy, deliberately short on high-flown rhetoric and, in terms of grand design, …
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Tony Kushner – A Cause for Celebration
Leave a commentMay 18, 2011 by IJV
Many years ago I was given two preview tickets for the National theatre to see a play by an unknown …
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Bonfire of the experts: The Arab uprisings and the Israeli-Palestinian question
Leave a commentMay 16, 2011 by happyhenry
Tony Klug analyses the current situation: I was at a meeting recently where the head of the Foreign Office’s ‘Near …
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Yesterday on the Syrian border – what really happened as reported by Jnews
Leave a commentMay 16, 2011 by IJV
This is how they crossed yesterday to the occupied Golan Heights from Syria, simply crossed. Incredulous Druze from the Golan …
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