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Benjamin Weinthal

Benjamin Weinthal

Benjamin Weinthal is a European correspondent at The Jerusalem Post and a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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The rise of German academic BDS

A German University seminar designed to teach that Israel harvests Palestinians’ organs ignited a new debate about anti-Semitism this week. There is, however, a kind of poverty to the discussion. Anti-Semitism without anti-Semites largely captures the parameters of the debate…

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Is the BDS movement facing economic warfare?

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is staring down the barrel of economic warfare with financial assaults on BDS, replicating in many ways the sanctions architecture imposed on Iran to compel a change in its behavior over its illicit nuclear weapons…

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Benny Weinthal: Europe’s New anti-Semitism

Many European governments tend to feign shock that hatred of Israel is the most ubiquitous form of contemporary anti-Semitism While Europe commemorated International Holocaust Day last month, the European Union is experiencing an explosion of modern anti-Semitism. Have the lessons…

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Benjamin Weinthal: Business as Usual

http://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=3c67cacb-d273-4ff8-a5ef-98f57b5a831c&k=6315 To confront Iran, the United States must first confront Europe–and more specifically, the continent’s powerful business lobby. This confrontation will come into focus in the next months. As Iran refuses Barack Obama’s open-handed offer of engagement, the administration will…

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Frank Jansen und Benjamin Weinthal: Verhandeln – oder doch lieber boykottieren

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/international/Israel-UN-Rassismus;art123,2747998 Frank Jansen und Benjamin Weinthal Berlin – Die deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen stehen vor einer Belastungsprobe. Anlass ist die für Ende April geplante zweite Durban-Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen in Genf, an der die Bundesrepublik trotz sich abzeichnender antisemitischer Tendenzen teilnehmen will.…

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