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The Latest Academic Boycott Attempts

The BDS campaign against Israeli institutes and individuals has been rolling full steam. Last week, Gerry Leisman, Professor & Research Fellow at the University of Haifa, disclosed a BDS attempt against him. He explained...

Hamas’ “Islamic Bloc” in UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip – Activities & Modus...

Al-Kutla al-Islamiya (Islamic Bloc) is an official arm of Hamas, which operates in educational institutions in the Gaza Strip (and in Judea and Samaria), from elementary schools, middle schools (including UNRWA) and high schools,...

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Anti-Israel Conference

07.07.21 Editorial Note The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is currently holding its annual conference. BRISMES was founded in 1973 to provide a forum for educators and researchers in Middle East Studies. The annual conference is...

Perilous omens

Quote: “There is something coming this way and I don’t want to be here when it arrives.” Surveying the current international scene one cannot escape the inevitable conclusion that there is a multitude of potential...

Arguments and facts about UNRWA

David Bedein Investigative Journalist and MSW, Community Organization practice, Two months ago, the DIG Berlin organization from Brandenburg addressed the German Bundestag legislative body with a press release that “put UNRWA funding to the test”. The content of...

Why Israel’s Arabs Are Its Biggest Threat

Israeli decision-makers are consumed with the lethal threat posed by Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, but a no less insidious threat has gone virtually unnoticed: the Israeli Arabs' growing rejection of Israel's Jewish...

Free Speech is Sacrosanct, But Who Will Protect the Faithful When Demonization Leads to...

Every Saturday morning, the congregants of Beth Israel synagogue in Ann Arbor, Mich. are met by antisemitic protesters. Against the backdrop of history, it is almost beyond belief that lawyers have to go to...

SWC Hails overwhelming adoption of Israel’s UN resolution to fight holocaust denial and distortion

The Simon Wiesenthal Center today hailed the overwhelming adoption of Israel’s United Nations Resolution aimed at combating growing Holocaust denial and distortion around the world by governments and through social media.  The resolution, put forth by Israel’s Ambassador to...

A Guide to Fact Checking the New Israel Fund

REVIEW REPORT: DANIEL SOKATCH'S "CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?" Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund since 2009 and founding Executive Director of Bend the Arc (formally, the Progressive Jewish Alliance) recently wrote a...

The Newest Anti-Israel UN Action Must Be Challenged – Now

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation No. 654,     December 2021 The UN Human Rights Council has launched the most hostile anti-Israel “inquiry” in UN history, headed by the former...