Islamism versus Islam
It is important to draw a clear distinction between the faith of Islam and the religionised politics of Islamism
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Thoughts on the Jerusalem flag march
Israel is at least generally aware of its failings whereas its critics tend to be either ignorant of or wilfully ignore the murderous outlook of its Islamist enemies
Anti-Semitism versus anti-Judaism
Anti-Judaism is a broader and more powerful concept than anti-Semitism
Unanswered questions
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians should not be reduced to a simple battle between good and evil
Reflections on a killing
Too many let the tragic killing of Shireen Abu Akleh simply confirm their own prejudices
From Russia with hate
The Russian foreign minister's anti-Semitic remarks this week were a cynical and calculated response to Israel's shifting position on the Ukraine
How not to fight anti-Semitism
Mainstream campaigns against contemporary anti-Semitism tends to exaggerate the importance of the far right while underestimating the dangers of Islamism and of identity politics
Anti-Semitism rising worldwide
Several surveys show anti-Semitism surging in 2021 with a particular spike in May during the conflict between Israel and Hamas
Islamists are playing a cynical game in Jerusalem
Anti-Israel activists are deliberately provoking conflict at a holy site.
Was another Israel possible?
A novel by one of Israel’s greatest authors explores the possibility that Israel could have taken a different path at its foundation
The myth of the apartheid boycott
Norman Lewis explains how today's anti-Israel activists are rewriting history when they claim the cultural and economic boycott defeated apartheid South Africa
The real meaning of apartheid
The comparison between Israel and apartheid South Africa fails to understand both
The Weimar fallacy
A new book shows the claim that Germany's pre-Nazi era was a haven for free speech is a dangerous myth