Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


Anti-Israeli Action

The boycott of decency

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

A very insightful piece by Melanie Phillips:
On a website called muslim wakeup.com, Adam Hanieh, Hazem Jamjoum, and Rafeef Ziadah — who are described as being
‘active in a variety of groups in Toronto, Canada, including Al Awda (Toronto), Sumoud Political Prisoners Group, the Arab Students Collective (University of Toronto), and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid’
– furnish […]

British MPs speak out

Monday, February 27th, 2006

A cross-party group of Members of Parliament in the UK wrote to The Times last week in support of the Chief Rabbi’s comments on the synod’s divestment resolution. They also noted AFI’s activities on this issue, for which we are grateful.
From The Times:
Sir, We write to express our support for the position taken by […]

Ateek shows up at WCC

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

No one listens to the deliberations of the World Council of Churches any more, other than the political activists who use it as a platform and a source for funding their numerous campaigns. It is not surprising, therefore, that Naim Ateek, director of the Sabeel Center, should show up at the Ninth Assembly of […]

Divestment: The How-To Manual

Monday, February 20th, 2006

by David Meir-Levi, FrontPageMagazine
Remember that old adage, “When all else fails, read the manual”? Well, Arab enemies of Israel have turned that concept into a reality. Thanks to a “Divestment Manual,” recently published on an Arab website, we can now read a step-by-step instruction booklet educating divestment supporters as to how they can literally franchise […]

Open Letter to Rev Stephen Sizer

Monday, February 20th, 2006

In this open letter a great friend of AFI, Joy Wolfe, questions Rev Stephen Sizer and others who supported the Church of England synod resolution for disinvestment from companies such as Caterpillar. Rev Sizer is Vice-Chairman of Sabeel and a prominent spokesman for the disinvestment campaign.
For the attention of Rev Stephen Sizer, Keith Malcouronne […]

The usual suspects gather in Oxford

Friday, February 17th, 2006

This grotesque event, reported in the Jerusalem Post, was evidently a magnet for the usual suspects:
Oxford University is this week holding an “Israeli Apartheid week.” Hosted by the Palestinian Society, and sanctioned by the university’s student union, flyers state it is to commemorate the “30th anniversary of the international convention on the suppression and […]