Gideon Polya writes that free speech faltered and falsehood triumphed at the University of Melbourne, after the student union was聽forced to withdraw a motion condemning apartheid Israel.
Antisemitism
The the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance聽definition blurs the distinction between anti-Jewish racism and criticism of Israel, argues Jake Lynch.
A political response is needed to win people away from those peddling conspiracies, or worse, in the growing so-called 鈥渇reedom鈥 rallies, argues Alex Bainbridge.
The insistence on Israel鈥檚 鈥渞ight to exist鈥 is really a demand for the maintenance of a supremacist 鈥淛ewish鈥欌 state, in which Palestinians are second-class citizens, argues聽Sam Wainwright.
It has long been common to falsely label critics of the Israeli government as 鈥渁ntisemitic鈥. Vivienne Porzsolt聽argues why this is聽a problem.
Renown British filmmaker and social activist Ken Loach is the target of a vicious smear campaign by pro-Zionist forces, writes Gavin Lewis.
At the end of October, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the British Labour Party, writes Jonathan Strauss. What Corbyn does next is a topic of discussion in and outside the party.
The British Labour Party took a radical, anti-austerity manifesto to last year鈥檚 general elections and, despite polls and media commentators expecting an unprecedented disaster, came close to winning, denying the ruling Conservatives a majority. Despite this success, attempts to attack and sabotage Labour鈥檚 socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn, and the ranks that support his vision, have continued. 惭颈肠丑补别濒听颁补濒诲别谤产补苍办聽takes a look at what took place and what it means for the party鈥檚 future.
The latest campaign against British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn centres around the veteran anti-racist campaigner鈥檚 alleged anti-Semitism. Among the ongoing claims, Corbyn is denying allegations he laid a wreath at grave the killers of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
As well as the latest attack on Corbyn, it is clear the allegations are also aimed at demonising all solidarity with Palestine and support for a genuine peace based on justice.
The increasingly strident charges of anti-Semitism within Labour, and the widening circle of targets, have by now departed from all reality.
While the May 14 massacre of protesters by Israeli snipers was occurring in Gaza, United States President Donald Trump was symbolically opening the US Embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was there, heaping praise on Trump.
There were also two pastors present, one to give the opening prayer, the other the closing one. Both pastors were from the extreme rightist, white Christian evangelical community and are well known for their outspoken anti-Semitism and support for Israel.
Mireille Knoll was brutally murdered in her Paris apartment on March 23. She was 85 years old with a disability and a Holocaust survivor. Police suspect anti-Semitism聽may have motivated the attack upon her; all prompting an emotional outpouring.
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