Tag Archives: UN General Assembly

‘Back the Palestinians’ UN bid’ the right wing Reut Institute tells Bibi–I agree

Posted on 23/09/2011 by Antony Lerman

What does it mean when a highly influential, government-friendly think thank offers the most cogent, well-informed and well-argued advice to the Netanyahu coalition as to how it should respond to the Palestinians’ UN bid and the advice appears to be … Continue reading →

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9/11 and the destruction of the shared understanding of antisemitism

Posted on 16/09/2011 by Antony Lerman

This piece is cross-posted from openDemocracy Even before 9/11, the redefinition of antisemitism as essentially left-wing and Islamic prejudice and discrimination against the Jewish state of Israel—‘the Jew among the nations’—was well underway. But the popularity of this reformulation of … Continue reading →

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IJV Panel on the Arab Uprisings and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Posted on 19/07/2011 by Antony Lerman

This piece is cross-posted from the Independent Jewish Voices blog Chaired by Professor Jacqueline Rose (Queen Mary, University of London), the IJV panel event discussing the impact of the Arab Spring on developments in Israel-Palestine, which was held at Birkbeck, University of … Continue reading →

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