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How can the academic boycott of Israel be fought more effectively? This question becomes increasingly relevant as anti-Israeli forces, whether on various campuses or within professional associations, push for actions against Israel. The anti-Israeli boycott campaign among academics started in…
read more“There is an essential paradox at the heart of the current resurgence of campus anti-Semitism. Universities should be centers of reason and tolerance, yet in the United States, they are the main source of anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. “There are many ways…
read moreKann die andauernde Deligitimierung Israels bekämpft werden? Ein hochrangiger israelischer Offizieller, der eine Karriere im Bereich der Geheimdienste gemacht hat, sagte mir, dass nichts getan werden könne. Das ist eine leichte Antwort: Wenn eh nichts getan werden kann, warum sollten…
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Robert S. Wistrich, A Lethal Obsession (New York: Random House 2010) 1,184 pages. Like many other developments in the post-modern world, anti-Semitism has become globalized and greatly fragmented. Expressions of this hatred continuously mutate. All this makes it difficult to…
read moreDass an Israel ein anderes Mass angelegt wird als an andere und dass damit Doppelstandards herrschen, hat sich international breit durchgesetzt. Diese Doppelstandards finden sich bei den Vereinten Nationen selbst und vielen ihrer Partner. Dazu gehören (auch westliche) Regierungen, grosse…
read moreIn recent decades, the Holocaust has become the major contemporary symbol of absolute evil. As such, it has acquired a central place in the collective memory of Western societies. This development has been accompanied by an ongoing intentional distortion of…
read moreNorway is falsely ranked among the leading countries concerning freedom of the press. Photo by: AVI KATZ THAT THE OFFER OF FREE LECTURES ON THE MIDDLE East conflict by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the most eloquent advocates…
read more“People told me when I came to Norway that the country has a long tradition of anti-Semitism. They were wrong. It is not history. It is happening here and now.” Top Harvard lawyer Alan Dershowitz had excellent reasons to make…
read moreThe Gaza flotilla was a well-thought-out provocation against Israel. The flotilla was falsely presented as an enterprise of humanitarian aid to a needy population. If that were indeed the case the organizers would have accepted Israel’s offer to dock the…
read moreThe Norwegian government’s pension fund’s decision to divest Elbit shares is only the tip of the iceberg of hate actions and propaganda against Israel in that country. Israel’s enemies have been further encouraged by the results of last Monday’s parliamentary…
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