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Items by Tony Greenstein
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David Miller is deserving of our solidarity in his battle against Zionism and McCarthyism
In October 2021 sociology Professor David Miller was dismissed by Bristol University after a full scale campaign by a number of bad faith actors. Leading the charge was the Israeli funded Union of Jewish Students (UJS) and backing them were Conservative MPs on the Education Select Committee and a petition…
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How is Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ compatible with destroying the only children’s centre in Jenin?
On 3 July the Israeli military, with the support of helicopter gunships and drones, launched a devastating attack against Jenin’s civilian population and infrastructure, killing 12 Palestinians, including four children. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak repeated the mantra that has become the West’s received wisdom, ‘Israel’s right to self defence’. The White House went…
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UN Resolution 181 must be repealed: The creation of Israel and the partition of Palestine was a terrible mistake
It was understandable why, on 29 November, 1947, the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 181, partitioning Palestine and creating a Jewish state. In the wake of the Holocaust, there was a widespread sentiment that there should be some form of recompense to the Jews, even if it came at the…
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The Haaretz war on Jeremy Corbyn: scratch a Liberal Zionist and you find a chauvinist
For many people, Haaretz occupies much the same position as the Rand Daily Mail did in South Africa before it was driven out of business in 1985. It is the lone voice of liberalism in the world’s most racist far-right state. Except that there is one important difference. Whereas the…