Raffael Singer, at The Blogs

Nov 27, 2024, 6:33 PM

UN-believable? No end in sight for misdirections…

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 2022. (UN Photo by Violaine Martin / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

From the beginning of the war Hamas-run authorities in Gaza have claimed 70% of all casualties had been women and children to fuel the narrative that the IDF was bombing indiscriminately. UN agencies and representatives – including High Commissioner...

Oct 31, 2024, 7:15 PM

Diaspora Jews must be liberals…

… and other reasons not to support Donald Trump. Whichever country we are living in, diaspora Jews are a small minority constituency. That means freedom of expression, freedom of religion, rule of law and equal rights for minorities are quintessential...

Sep 30, 2024, 11:48 PM

That lobby we all know

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The antisemitic trope of a global Jewish conspiracy goes back at least to the 1903 Protocols of the Elders of Zion – an early precursor to modern disinformation – but has proven incredibly tenacious. To this day one can...

Aug 20, 2024, 3:19 PM

Damned if you do

GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) Disclaimer: The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

A German version of this article first appeared on the website of the Austrian think tank Mena-Watch. The most common form of anti-war sentiment may also be the most peculiar. The Western consensus has been that, yes Israel has a...

May 28, 2024, 6:04 PM

ICC Prosecutor’s central charge is likely based on a lie

Karim Khan announces application for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant, May 20, 2024. (Source: Screenshot/Youtube)

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan has submitted applications for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for using starvation as a method of warfare (Rome Statute Art. 8(2)(b)(xxv)), among other crimes. There...

May 17, 2024, 5:34 PM

Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism, but an evil in its own right

In progressive left circles, the only ideology still more reviled than Zionism is Nazism not in spite but precisely because of its inherent antisemitism. This is meaningful. The human mind is capable of extraordinary contortions in service of defending deeply...

Apr 14, 2024, 2:50 PM

What happens if the hostages are dead?

Since the beginning of the war, Israel has pursued the stated twin goals of returning all the hostages and dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities in the Gaza strip. Only one of them – returning the hostages – enjoys wider international...

Mar 24, 2024, 5:23 PM

Ceasefire now?

Rally for Palestine, Dunedin NZ, Sat. 4 Nov. 2023 (CC BY 3.0 NZ - Photo by Mark McGuire)

Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, recently appeared on the Austrian public television channel ORF2 decrying the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza and imploring the Israeli government not to commence operations in Rafah. In the German...

Feb 28, 2024, 8:19 PM

‘It’s an entire nation that is responsible’

Next month marks the 86th anniversary of the “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on the 13th of March 1938. Revisiting my home country’s process of coming to grips with its chequered past reveals that holding a...

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Raffael Singer is an Austrian financial risk consultant and economic researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He holds a master's degree in Mathematics & Philosophy from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College London.

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