Hostage (n.): "A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition." More on the conspiracy paranoia about "spies" and knee-jerk displays of antisemitism in post-revolutionary Egypt can be found here. "’Egypt mulling release of alleged Mossad spy Ilan Grapel’," from the Jerusalem Post, October 1: Egypt…
The Gaza flotilla incident reminds us that the destiny of the Jew is to be eternally unsafe in this world.
Pamela Geller interviews Bat Ye’or, the world’s leading scholar of dhimmitude, Eurabia, and Islamic antisemitism, last Sunday. This is the full 53-minute interview….
Dhimmitude and antisemitism rolled into one. “UK authority: Western Wall not in Israel,” from Ynet, April 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) criticized Israel for including pictures of the Western Wall in a tourism advertisement, claiming that the holy site is technically…
UC-Irvine: Muslim thugs disrupt talk by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren Oxford demonstration from Jewish Chronicle on Vimeo. Oxford Union: Muslim thug shouts “slaughter the Jews” at talk by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon How long is Islamic antisemitism going to stand unchallenged? The self-righteous anger of these student…
Misunderstanders of Islam active on Facebook! “Police launch investigation into anti-Semitic Facebook group,” by Chloe Markowicz for TotallyJewish.com, February 4 (thanks to Philip): Police have launched an urgent investigation into a horrific Facebook group that gave graphic details of anti-Semitic incidents perpetrated by its members against Ilford’s Jewish community. The…
The antisemitism is coming from Leftists and Muslims — although authorities, characteristically, blame right-wing groups. “Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows,” from The Local, January 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave…
In “Nothing To Fear: Misreading Muslim immigration in Europe” by John R. Bowen in the Boston Review’s January/February 2010 edition (thanks to Quasimodo), there appears this paragraph: Europe’s anti-Islam sentiment may be expressed most visibly in memoirs because Europeans have been reticent to condemn Islam–or religion more generally–outright. Americans, however,…
“A group calling itself the ‘Palestinian Mujaheeds’ quotes from the Quran and attacks Jews in anti-Semitic terms…” But…but…weren’t all those quotes from the Qur’an about respecting the Jews as People of the Book? (In reality, antisemitism is deeply rooted in the Qur’an.) “Muslim hackers take down Jewish newspaper website,” from…
Award-winning author and poet David Solway discusses his thought crimes — and banishment from the Canadian literary community.
