Jewish establishment
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews: In whose interest?
In September, in the wake of Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband imposing sanctions on West Bank settlements, I thought I detected a glimmer of hope that, at last, the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD)[1] influence on UK domestic and foreign policy was diluted. This sunny assessment has proved to be a false dawn. Since… Continue reading
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Israel’s right to a self-determined Jewish state – a fallacy
The notion of a Jewish right to self-determination, understood as the right of Jews to have ‘their own’ state, i.e. one created and run primarily for the benefit of Jews, is one of the props proponents of Zionism deploy to justify the existence a state of Israel – hence, the ‘right’ of Israel to exist.… Continue reading
About Me
This is Bernard Spiegal’s blog.
I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too
