David Stone, at The Blogs

David Stone

Jul 1, 2015, 4:33 PM

Israel – the canary in the mine the world ignores at its peril

Why should the century-long dispute between Jews and Arabs concern anyone other than the protagonists? There are many reasons but two deserve special attention. One is regional, the other global. First, Israelis are not the only people in the Middle...

Apr 6, 2015, 3:10 AM

Countering anti-Israelism – needed: a joint Israel-Diaspora strategy

Anti-Israelism is the adoption, deliberately or otherwise, of a posture of demonisation, discrimination or delegitimisation towards the State of Israel through the dissemination of misinformation, distortions, half-truths or spurious allegations about the country. It may arise from ignorance, prejudice or...

Feb 6, 2015, 6:27 PM

Israel’s fictional “drift to the right”

Just before the last Israeli general election in 2013, Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian opined (wrongly) that Israeli voters seemed about to elect an intransigent, hard-right government. He argued (as did many others) that this was the near-inevitable outcome...

Nov 22, 2014, 11:57 PM

Who is to blame? An evidence based approach to Arab-Israeli conflict

You don’t have to be an academic or a lawyer to demand an evidence-based approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That seems an entirely uncontentious condition. I have yet to encounter anyone who opposes it. Why, then, do so many...

About Me

Born Glasgow, UK. Worked as epidemiologist, Ben Gurion University, in 1980s. Served in IDF as medical officer 1983-1985. Returned to academe in UK but continued to visit Israel regularly. Currently advising faculty at the new medical school in the Galilee (Bar Ilan University). Affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, University of Glasgow, UK.