Board of Deputies
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Moral harm and the Jewish Establishment
It is surely impossible that Israeli Jews do not know what is being done by their hand, and in their name, to the Palestinians of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. But the capacity to lie, to self-delude, to dissemble, feeds off itself behind a set of formidable psychic fortifications. Fortifications constructed, consciously and… Continue reading
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A charade and a reflection on relative time: Jewish Establishment meets with Foreign Secretary Miliband
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, alongside something called the Jewish Leadership Council, had a meeting with the new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, on the 10 August. Those two organisations are part of a cluster of pro-Israel bodies that can fairly be characterised as the Jewish Establishment. Up until now, seemingly without shame, British… Continue reading
About Me
This is Bernard Spiegal’s blog.
I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too
Recent Posts
- Israel’s right to a self-determined Jewish state – a fallacy
- Moral harm and the Jewish Establishment
- Sanctioning the settlements: A bullet bitten. A space opened up.
- Chief Rabbi Mirvis: Moral purpose shattered
- A charade and a reflection on relative time: Jewish Establishment meets with Foreign Secretary Miliband
