Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


October, 2005

Anti-Jewish attacks in the USA

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

From the blog of David Horowitz:
The FBI has released its latest hate crimes report. Jews are five times as likely as Muslims to be the targets of hate crimes. No big surprise when Jew haters hold million man more marches in Washington and C-Span airs the hate speech for hours and hours and hours.
The […]

Global campaign to be launched

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

A press release from the ICEJ:
ICEJ TO LAUNCH GLOBAL CAMPAIGN ON THURSDAY: PROGRAM FOR CHRISTIAN INVESTMENTS IN ISRAEL; AGAINST CHURCH DIVESTMENT
(JERUSALEM; 16 October 2005)-In response to the mainline Churches organized call to withdraw investments from large corporations with business ties to Israel, the international Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) will launch a Christian investment in Israel […]

Demolishing the myths

Monday, October 17th, 2005

We have featured on this site a number of contributions by David Meir-Levi.  For a superb overview of the background to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the issue of refugees and the settlements, you can download a PDF copy of his work Big Lies: Demolishing the Myths of the Propaganda War Against Israel.  (Note: this will open […]

Academic licence

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Our campaign against calls for divestment from Israel and anti-Israeli boycotts goes wider than the Church.  Readers will no doubt be aware that there have been similar calls for a boycott of Israeli academics and institutions by the (British) Association of University Teachers (AUT).  We republish here an appeal by David Meir-Levi for those supporting […]

Divisive and distracting

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

In the wake of calls for divestment from Israel by mainline churches in the United States, a group of 28 mainline Protestant and Jewish leaders from around the US travelled together to Israel to further their understanding of the issues.  Two of them - one Christian, one Jewish - describe the trip and their insights […]

Online petition

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Our US friends in the Judeo-Christian Alliance have an online petition, as follows:
A petition addressed to the Episcopal Church of the United States of America
We, the undersigned, members and friends of the world-wide Anglican Communion, urge responsible authorities in the Episcopal Church of the United States to reject all proposals to remove church investments […]