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Archive for February, 2008
For those of you in the habit of visiting this blog, but not the main Z Word site, there’s a new essay we’ve published by Anthony Julius. Focusing on Jewish anti-Zionism, it’s Julius at his most challenging and incisive. This essay is part one; part two follows soon.
I was perturbed, upon reading Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s review, in the Times Literary Supplement, of six books which address the theme of Zionism, to find a positive reference to Jacqueline Rose in the first sentence.
The words “Zionism” and “Zionist” recur frequently in the Arab media, from mainstream press and TV outlets to marginal websites. And most of the time, they are presented as synonyms for conspiracy, manipulation, aggression and so forth.
Continue reading ‘“Zionism” in the Arab Media: A Saturday Snapshot’
Some interesting pieces to peruse: via Blogs of Zion, an excellent piece by Dov Friedman on the pitfalls of orientalism; David Hirsh takes on The Guardian over at Engage; Terry Glavin comments on the current woes of Canada’s New Democratic Party; and if you haven’t discovered Democratiya yet, you really should.
Via the excellent Point of No Return, an astonishing interview with Nathan Weinstock, once the doyen of the Jewish anti-Zionist left, these days one of their more considered opponents.
John Mearsheimer is upset again. Interviewed here, he complains the discussion over his and Stephen Walt’s book on the “Israel Lobby” hasn’t been “terribly useful”. He adds that the debate has been disfigured by “personal attacks.”
Over on Y-Net, a report about a group of German academics visiting Israel who assert that their country should stop giving Israel “preferential treatment.”All of them were signatories to a manifesto published in the Frankfurter Rundschau which also urged an end to “preferential treatment.”
Via Engage: LSE students announce that they’ve chosen investment over divestment.
Students (so I’m told) enjoy playing drinking games. Anyone studying at the LSE will have ample opportunities ahead to play this one designed by Judeosphere.
Continue reading ‘LSE Students Vote for Israel Divestment’
