Daniel Ben-Ami
About the Radicalism of fools
The Radicalism of fools was set up by Daniel Ben-Ami to help develop a better understanding of anti-Semitism. It stands for:
■ An unequivocal attachment to free speech. Anti-Semitic bigotry should be challenged rather than driven underground
■ Opposition to identity politics as a key driving force behind contemporary anti-Semitism
■ An understanding that Islamism – as opposed to Islam – is a serious threat to Jews today
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Quarterly Review of anti-Semitism
Once again the scale of the worldwide discussion of Israel and related matters – most notably anti-Semitism – makes no sense when judged by standard criteria. Israel is by most objective measures a relative minnow: in relation to its economic output, land area and...
On Holocaust relativisation
The notes for my introduction to the Battle of Ideas session on the relativisation of the Holocaust
The enemy within
The anti-Israel movement is cynically putting Jewish anti-Zionist activists to the fore while dismissing the majority Jewish view
GUEST POST: An inadequate response
The British government’s response to anti-Israel student protests on the second anniversary of the Hamas pogrom was insufficient
What drives anti-Semitism
The main driving force of contemporary anti-Semitism is western identity politics which in turn is legitimated by a sprinkling of Islamism