Lawyers, mainly among those who specialize in international law, have also been at the forefront of anti-Israeli incitement.1, 2 The United Nations is one place where this has happened frequently. As already mentioned, Israeli international lawyer Meir Rosenne said, “There are … [Read More]
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Anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in schools or places related to them constitute significant problems in a number of Western countries. Another issue concerns Holocaust education. When these studies are part of the curriculum in some schools, problems may arise with students. … [Read More]
In a number of countries, campuses have become one of the prime battlefields against Israel.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 This is partly related to many other problematic characteristics of contemporary academia. Academic freedom in many places is … [Read More]
There are a variety of strong Protestant pro-Israeli movements. Yet one also finds many active anti-Israeli currents in some of the mainstream Protes- tant denominations. Several Protestant organizations in the Western world and developing countries play an important role in … [Read More]
The analysis of the current demonization of Israel by Christian organizations, preachers, and individuals is a complex issue. Various factors contribute to this complexity. One is the lengthy history of Christian anti-Semitism. A second is the huge number of Christians, … [Read More]
In the postwar decades, Western media have assumed the role of a fourth force in addition to the executive, legislative, and judiciary forces in contemporary democracy. Increases in freedom of speech, press, as well as academic freedom have, however, led … [Read More]
The 2013 FRA study and other data show that Muslims in the European Union account for a disproportionately large percentage of anti-Semitic incidents. The study found that in the European countries surveyed, 27 percent of incidents of anti-Semitic harassment, 51 … [Read More]
The next major step in deconstructing the makeup of the postmodern total war against Israel is to identify the main originators of current anti-Israelism and other types of anti-Semitism. The demonizers of Israel and the Jewish people come from many … [Read More]
A better understanding of the demonization process requires classifying the major forms of hatred promotion. Verbal demonization consists of two broad categories, false statements and distorted arguments. Pictorial demonization, of which cartoons are only one aspect, is another component of … [Read More]
A key characteristic of demonization is that when both very positive and extremely negative remarks are made about people, the negative ones usually stick more, even if they are far less numerous. Frequent repetition of the negative remarks enhances the … [Read More]