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Daniel Ben-Ami
from London / 310 postsI am responsible for the Radicalism of Fools site. My current focus is anti-Semitism but I have specialised in several different topics as a journalist. Email me at daniel@radicalismoffools.com
Biden plan trivialises anti-Semitism
The new Biden administration strategy to combat anti-Semitism is based on the false premise that the bulk of the American public is consumed by hate.
Don’t ban Roger Waters!
Even if the accusations of anti-Semitism are true it does not follow that the former Pink Floyd frontman should be banned from performing in Frankfurt
The tragedy of the Palestinians
The treatment of them as global victims has turned them into the playthings of external forces. This is the first part of an article that appeared in full today on spiked.
Extended review of Everyday Hate
A longer version of my review of Dave Rich's new book on anti-Semitism
Why the world has turned against Israel
On the 75th anniversary of Israel’s founding, the right to self-determination has fallen tragically out of favour.
DEBATE: Should anti-Semitic speech online be restricted?
Guy Whitehouse and Daniel Ben-Ami debate whether anti-Semites should be allowed unqualifed free speech online
On Muslim-Jewish relations
A new meta study grapples with the reality of Muslim-Jewish relations in Europe and America
Anti-Semitism in British schools
Readers may be interested in a report by me for Don’t Divide US, a campaign group, on a meeting on anti-...
Challenging everyday hate
Everyday Hate is a useful primer on contemporary anti-Semitism in Britain but its failure to tackle identity politics and Islamism is a serious omission
The problem with Israel’s protests
This movement is defending the power of an unaccountable judiciary. This article was first published on spiked on 28 March.
How identity politics has revived racial thinking
My review of Kenan Malik’s latest book originally published last week on spiked
Islamophobia is a junk concept
The United Nations International Day to Combat Islamophobia is a good time to argue the fundamentally flawed concept should be ditched
The language of Nazism
Gary Lineker, Britain’s leading football pundit, was completely wrong to compare British political language today to that of Germany in the 1930s.