A few weeks back was the 3rd anniversary of October 7th, a few days previously, the Green Party voted through a motion declaring “Zionism” to be a racist, declaring the Green Party to be an anti-Zionist party, opposing the existence of the state of Israel and proposing a single Palestinian state solution. I’ve been thinking… Continue reading Three years on from October 7th: Thinking through questions about Israel, Zionism and antisemitism
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Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Go back just under ten years and people were gradually beginning to raise concerns about the emergence of antisemitism in the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. A number of Jewish MPs began to talk about their negative experience of what they considered to be racist and bullying behaviour. A number of defences were mounted at… Continue reading Zac Polanski, The Green Party and antisemitism
Hitting snooze on Bondi Beach and antisemitism
More reflections on the horrific atrocity on Sunday 14th December at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
Gaza -six months after the 7th October
It’s now six months since that horrific morning when Hamas terrorists entered Israel and carried out a brutal atrocity, a violent spree of kidnap, rape, mutilation and murder. Israel’’s response was to launch an extensive military operation into the Gaza strip with two stated aims, the return of the hostages and the complete and permanent… Continue reading Gaza -six months after the 7th October
