Why can’t I make these necessary arguments?
Mike Cushman The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism is about far more than the ever-present necessity to remember the Holocaust: it is about limiting debate...
View Article“Are you kidding, Apartheid has been here for ages. Ages”
Mike Cushman In the UK the Government wants to outlaw statements like “Are you kidding, Apartheid has been here for ages. Ages” as antisemitic. In Israel they were part of Assaf Harel’s appeal to his...
View ArticleDear Rabbi Sacks – stop your lies about BDS
by Robert Cohen Republished from Writing from the Edge by permission of the author Dear Jonathan Sacks Stop telling lies about BDS Your video animation, designed to make the moral and political case...
View ArticleOn Questioning the Jewish State
Joseph Levine Reprinted from New York Times by permission of the author I was raised in a religious Jewish environment, and though we were not strongly Zionist, I always took it to be self-evident that...
View ArticleLondon Labour shamelessly repeats Israeli fictions
Mike Cushman Tony Greenstein has written an excellent post on his blog demolishing the fictions that Len Duvall repeated in his response to FSOI’s letter to the Assembly Labour Group about the GLA’s...
View ArticleThe Lubavitcher Rebbe’s dark side – censored
Michael Lesher Reprinted by permission of the author This article was originally published in the Times of Israel but was pulled from their site within 24 hours April 18 would have been the 115th...
View ArticleDon’t mention Apartheid
Richard Kuper This article is reprinted from Open Democracy by permission of the author The attempt to outlaw the use of the term “apartheid” in relation to Israel and its occupation has to be...
View ArticleThe Israel Lobby vs Democracy
Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry into the UK’s policy towards the Middle East Peace Process Submission from Free Speech on Israel This evidence, prepared by Jonathan Rosenhead, was submitted...
View ArticleHow I stopped ignoring NGO Monitor and started fighting back
Michael Sfard This article is republished from +972 Magazine and is reprinted by permission of the author For years I have remained silent as Gerald Steinberg and NGO Monitor have harassed...
View ArticleBalfour 100; Partition 70; Occupation 50; Future ??
Mike Cushman This article first appeared in the Morning Star The UK Government at the behest of the Israeli Government is asking us to celebrate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. Arthur Balfour...
View ArticleThe ‘Jewish nation’ is the central myth of Zionism. It needs to be dismantled
Jonathan Ofir argues that trying to imagine a Jewish nation into existence leads to nonsensical parodies of Israeli citizenship and nationality and excises the Palestinians Republished by permission...
View ArticleDear Natalie Portman, your liberal Zionism won’t save your Jewish values
An open letter to Natalie Portman from Robert Cohen telling her that her stance is brave and welcome but will fail unless she deepens her understanding of the limitations of even liberal Zionism...
View ArticleThis Is not about Natalie Portman
Michael Lesher argues that talking about Portman’s refusal to visit Israel to receive a prize provides a useful distraction from thinking about Israel’s murders of Gazans This article first appeared in...
View ArticleIsrael and the Labour Party: a love story
Leon Rosselson shows how the Labour Party is in a state of denial about an Israel committed to a fantasy of a two state solution to be achieved through non-existent peace talks This article is...
View ArticleIm Tirtzu claims New Israel Fund supports ‘foreign agents’ who persecute...
Jonathan Ofir describes how a fascist group, Im Tirtzu, defames and attempts to intimidate and silence critical voices in “the only democracy in the Middle East” This article first appeared in...
View ArticleIs antisemitism different from other forms of racism?
Mike Cushman asks, wherefore is this racism different from all other racisms? Advocates of the IHRA document on antisemitism often claim that antisemitism is different from all other forms of racism...
View ArticleHow to turn Breaking the Silence rights activists into ‘traitors’
Orly Noy explores how malicious allegations calling Breaking the Silence activists traitors, spies, and enemies of the state were used to attempt to destroy their reputation as principled defenders of...
View ArticleRonnie Barkan: I stand here today as the accuser, not the accused
Ronnie Barkan is a long-time Israeli friend of FSOI. Alongside two other activists for Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, he faced a first trial hearing in Berlin on 4 March for...
View ArticleFacebook allege calling Israeli settlers land stealers is ‘offensive’
Richard Silverstein, a well respected American Jewish blogger and columnist has been banned by Facebook for accusing Israeli settlers of stealing land (shock, horror) on the basis that it “disparage[s]...
View ArticleDistorting the definition of antisemitism: silencing criticism of Israel
Amos Goldberg and Raz Segal add to evidence that the IHRA (mis)definition of antisemitism fails to protect Jews and inhibits free speech as illustrated by the recent actions of Tower Hamlets Council...
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