Small experiences with Big Media When one publishes about subjects such as Israel and Europe or anti-Semitism, one is regularly contacted by journalists. It sometimes leads to bizarre experiences. Several such experiences resulted from my 2013 book, Demonizing Israel and … [Read More]
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Why Israel should monitor the Ukraine conflict closely The Russian-Ukranian conflict and resulting Russian-Western tensions may widen further for a long time to come. If so, this is likely to lead to substantial geopolitical changes. It is far too early … [Read More]
The sustainability of the conflict If Israel were to have a central counter- propaganda unit, one of its functions would be to address the regular abuse of semantics to demonize the country. Two expressions of such abuse which easily come … [Read More]
Why anti-Semitism is part of European culture Anti-Semitism is not only part of European history but also an ingredient of its culture. The lengthy anti-Semitic history of Europe is rife with defamation, discrimination, double standards, pogroms, expulsions and other persecutions. … [Read More]
How European Jews moved to Galut without relocating After 1948, many Jews in the Western world gradually began to consider themselves to be living in the Diaspora rather than in galut, which translates as exile. The establishment of the State … [Read More]
France: Importing conflict from, and exporting problems to the Middle East It came as a surprise for Israel’s leadership that at the UN Security Council, France voted in favor of Palestinian statehood. This was contrary to the positions held by … [Read More]
Obama’s negligence Have the tensions between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations led to an increase in American anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism, and have these tensions spurred the movement for the delegitimization of Israel? While these questions cannot be answered scientifically, there … [Read More]
Will defeating Islamic State take more than a generation? US General (Ret.) John Allen recently said that it will take “a generation or more” to defeat the Islamic State (IS) movement. He is the senior American envoy for the coalition … [Read More]
Empathy for the enemy: Yet another Western pipe dream A group of Dutch students recently visited Bar-Ilan University. They requested a specific lecture, on the topic of whether understanding the suffering of your enemy can help bring about reconciliation. The … [Read More]
Robert Wistrich: A Passionate Defender of the Jewish People Professor Robert Wistrich was the leading historian of anti-Semitism, and published important books in other fields of history as well. The combination of his intellectual depth and prolific authorship reflected his … [Read More]