Qatar is pushing an open door
Qatari funding gives an added impetus to anti-Semitism on campuses but the West’s profound social malaise creates the conditions in which it can thrive
Daniel Ben-Ami
from London / 305 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
Zack Polanski’s shameful turn on Israel
The Green party leader’s implicit message when he declares himself a “proud Jew” is that the Jewish majority who support Israel should be ashamed
Transcending Jerusalem’s divisions
A public college in central Jerusalem is taking up the formidable challenge of providing a high-level vocational education to all the city’s hugely diverse communities
Why Jews are so defensive
Only a broad campaign, involving a substantial number of non-Jews, can defeat anti-Semitism in all its forms
The fallacies of anti-Zionism
On the fundamentally flawed autobiography of a leading Israeli politician turned anti-Zionist
Quarterly Review of anti-Semitism – February 2026
A review for paid subscribers of key developments over the past quarter
A hideous act of Holocaust distortion
An example of the grotesque trend to distort the Holocaust by using its memory to demonise Israel
Explaining media bias against Israel
Contemporary media bias against Israel is driven by identity politics
Anti-Zionism is far worse than a hate movement
It is woefully inadequate to describe anti-Zionism as a hate movement
Season’s greetings
Merry Christmas (to all those who celebrate) and a happy new year to all readers of the Radicalism of fools project. I will be back in January. Daniel...
Explaining the Holocaust paradox
America’s awareness of the Holocaust only started to come to the fore in the 1970s with the emergence of a broader victim culture
The battle against anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism
The counter-Holocaust industry
Norman Finkelstein’s work is part of a sustained anti-Zionist offensive to distort the memory of the Holocaust