Antisemitism in Response to the 2015 Refugee Wave – Case of the Czech Republic
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Despite its strategic location in Central Europe, the Czech Republic remains nearly untouched by the Refugee Wave. In Autumn 2015, when the wave started to culminate in Germany, the Czech Republic had more asylum seekers from Cuba than from Syria. Despite this fact, the Czechs read the news on the Refugee Crisis and the Paris […]
ANTISEMITIC INCITEMENT IS STILL ALIVE IN IRAN
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On April 10, the Iranian hardliner website Mashregh News affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards published an article entitled “Who Are Human History’s Most Bloodthirsty People?” The article was later republished by other websites, including Alef, which is associated with Ahmad Tavakoli, a conservative member of Iranian Parliament (Majlis), former head of its research center, and […]
Executive Director, Dr. Charles Small’s Radio Interview
https://isgap.org/post/2016/01/executive-director-dr-charles-smalls-radio-interview/
ISGAP’s Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small sat with Dr. Luis Fleischman, Vice President for Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Florida and the host of “The Power of Gentle Talk” to discuss antisemitism, Islamism, and the BDS Movement. Click here to watch the video.
The Roots of Anti-Israel Attitudes
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Israel is demonized and singled out by the media and international bodies. Israel is accused of excessive use of force, despite its great efforts to minimize collateral damage, while the massacres by the Assad regime or the heavy collateral damage resulting from Saudi attacks in Yemen are hardly mentioned. The EU decided to mark the […]
New Publication! The Yale Papers: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective
https://isgap.org/post/2016/01/new-publication-the-yale-papers-antisemitism-in-comparative-perspective/
The Yale Papers: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective Between 2006 and 2011, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) established and sponsored the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA), the first academic research center dedicated to the study of antisemitism based at a North American university. During its mandate, […]
Israel and the Belgian Media: A Mirror of the Israel-Gaza Conflict (July-August 2014)
https://isgap.org/post/2016/01/israel-and-the-belgian-media-a-mirror-of-the-israel-gaza-conflict-july-august-2014/
By: Dr. Joel Kotek, ISGAP Research Fellow Focusing on the Belgian francophone media’s coverage of the 2014 Gaza conflict, this paper traces the specific ways in which news reporting on the Middle East manifests an inherently anti-Israel bias that draws upon a Western tradition of antisemitic figures and motifs. The Belgian media’s systematically negative predisposition […]
Arab Minority in Israel: Denouncing the idea of a Jewish State?
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On October 15, the eve of the 98th anniversary of Lord Balfour’s Declaration, Sheikh Kamal Khatib of the Islamic Movement in Israel wrote: If Balfour had promised the Jews a state and fulfilled his promise, then Allah praised his name had promised us to shed his light on the entire universe and make Islam victorious […]
The Paris Attacks, Antisemitism and the Elections
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The mass terror attacks which took place in Paris and the nearby town of Saint-Denis on the evening of November 13 did not specifically target Jewish individuals, property or events (in fact, the attacks occurred on the Jewish Sabbath in the French capital). Although at least two Jews were killed at the Bataclan concert hall, […]
How Not to Grieve for Victims of Terrorism: Judith Butler’s Hypocritical Response to the Paris Attacks
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Three days after the obscene terror attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, Judith Butler—a leading BDS philosopher, who has called for an end to Jewish sovereignty and self-determination in Israel[1]—had this to say. Quit whining, Paris. It’s not all just about you. Consider the Palestinians. I am paraphrasing, of course. Here are Butler’s original […]
Dr. Benny Morris, “The War of 1948: New Perspectives”
https://isgap.org/media/2015/12/dr-benny-morris-the-war-of-1948-new-perspectives/
“The War of 1948: New Perspectives” Dr. Benny Morris Professor of History, Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University Morris begins by arguing that the 1948 War was an unusual one for two reasons. He firstly approaches it as a war of two distinct halves. The first, before 1948, was a civil war; during and after 1948 […]