Solidarity
Official Football's Shame
Simon McKeon writes about official football's lack of solidarity with Israel.
Our Fight
Past Events
19/11: AJEX Annual Remembrance Parade and Ceremony
Every year the Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and women hold a remembrance march on the Sunday following Remembrance Sunday. This year their theme is 'Side by Side' and they would like people of all ages, and all communities to "march, walk or watch, side by side in
Past Events
19/11: Never Again is Now
The campaign group Christian Action Against Antisemitism is organising an event in central London this Sunday to show solidarity with the Jewish community, and say Never Again is Now. Start time is 4pm and the location is Whitehall, opposite Downing Street. They request that people register for the event by
Past Events
17/11: Bring Them Home Vigil in Sweden
On November 17, 12-13 local time, a vigil arranged by the Bring Them Home campaign took place in Stockholm. Bring them home now : Israeli hostages taken by HamasAfter the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th, almost 200 Israeli people are being kept hostages or missing: babies, teenagers, adults, and
Past Events
Thousands protest in Frankfurt against anti-Semitism
Thomas Deichmann writes from Frankfurt about an important rally against anti-Semitism that took place on November 17th.
Past Events
15/11: US March for Israel
@OurFightUk And the loudest chants were, ‘No Ceasefire!’, ‘Bring the hostages home!’ 900 people from Detroit prevented from attending because their bus drivers refused to drive them. https://t.co/rflqTKas36 — Jean (@JeanSmith2023) November 17, 2023
Anti-semitism
It's Time to Pick Up the Torch
When many regard the pro-Palestine marches and the 'Cenotaph defence' as equal affronts to the message of the Remembrance weekend, why did we think it was appropriate to mark the end of the two minutes silence with a banner bearing the words 'For Israel, Against Anti-Semitism'.
Myth Busting
Israel Is Not An Apartheid State
According to a 2022 report from Amnesty International, Israel is an "apartheid state". Here we share a number of articles that squarely address this myth.
Myth Busting
Are Hamas Freedom Fighters?
Many on the left view Hamas as a national liberation movement. According to Daniel Ben-Ami there is "no excuse for their ignorance about Hamas’s genocidal aims".
Even more obnoxious and dehumanising than tearing the posters down.
Even more obnoxious and dehumanising than tearing the posters down. https://t.co/eA4aXvuKJQ — Kenan Malik (@kenanmalik) November 3, 2023
Anti-semitism
The brilliant response of @TSimpsonWHL and the Wiener Library has been to add the vandalised sign to the Library’s collection of antisemitic material. It will be catalogued and preserved.
The brilliant response of @TSimpsonWHL and the Wiener Library has been to add the vandalised sign to the Library’s collection of antisemitic material. It will be catalogued and preserved. pic.twitter.com/lHNOTR818l — Daniel Finkelstein (@Dannythefink) November 2, 2023
Hostages
‘They had no idea if their beloved ones were kidnapped, dead or missing’: Ari Folman on filming the Israeli hostages’ families - The Guardian
‘They had no idea if their beloved ones were kidnapped, dead or missing’: Ari Folman on filming the Israeli hostages’ familiesThe Oscar-nominated director of Waltz with Bashir talks about the hypocrisy of the UK’s response to war, his project to help the relatives of those taken hostage by Hamas