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Jul 5, 2020, 1:24 PM

When did the BDS campaign get so lazy?

People campaigning to boycott Israel (Jewish News)

I recently attended The Key to Justice webinar, hosted by the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign on the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba, the annual commemoration of the events of Israeli Independence in 1948 which led to the forced and voluntary displacement of many...

Apr 26, 2020, 1:37 PM

How no-platforming suffocates dialogue about Israel on campus

University of Nottingham's Trent Building (Wikipedia/Author Barry Mangham/ (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

In my time as the Israel and Campaigns officer on the board of the University of Nottingham Jewish Society, I set out with a simple goal: to foster positive and constructive conversation about Israel. My aim was to present as much information to my fellow...

Nov 13, 2019, 8:45 PM

Williamson’s exit won’t remedy Labour’s antisemitism issues

Chris Williamson

For those of us who have been following the Chris Williamson antisemitism affair, this week has brought some sense of relief. Williamson has resigned from the Labour Party, and in his resignation letter was accused of antisemitism by the Jewish Labour Movement. I still believe...

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Daniel is Israel and Campaigns officer at Nottingham Jewish and Israel Society, and a 2019/20 CAMERA Fellow.