Topics: Israel: Attitudes to Israel, Israel: Criticism, Israel: Jewish and Israeli Advocacy, Hasbarah and Lobbying, Israel: Jewish Attachment, Israel: Non-Jewish Support, Solidarity and Advocacy, Main Topic: Other, Palestinian Solidarity and Activism, Post-Colonial, National Identity
Abstract: Issued in November 1917 to pledge Britain’s support for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,” the Balfour Declaration has had dramatic historical repercussions, paving the way for the founding of Israel in 1948, the Palestinian Nakba, and the persistence of bloodshed. Tracing the complex dynamic of postcolonial guilt, self-exculpation, and amnesia that characterized various British responses to the Declaration over the years, the article examines how this dynamic shaped the numerous events held across the United Kingdom in November 2017 to mark the Declaration’s centenary. These commemorative events – allowing different communities to articulate the relationship between Britain’s historical accountability, Israel’s sovereignty, and Palestinians’ grievances – are read in light of two interrelated “post-postimperial” developments preoccupying Britain in 2017: a new conservative backlash against the seeping British willingness to acknowledge Britain’s colonial crimes, and the Brexit crisis, with its complex resonances of imperial legacies.
Topics: Discourse and Narrative, Internet, Internet: Social Media, Anti-Zionism, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, October 7 2023 Attacks and Aftermath, Antisemitism: Jewish Perceptions and Experiences, Conflict, Division and Controversy: Between and Amongst Jews, Israel: Jewish Attachment, Israel: Criticism: Jewish Criticism, Israel: Jewish and Israeli Advocacy, Hasbarah and Lobbying
Topics: Main Topic: Other, Antisemitism, Zionism, Post-War Reconstruction, Restitution and Reparations, Diplomacy, Diaspora-Israel Relations, Israel: Non-Jewish Support, Solidarity and Advocacy, Israel: Jewish and Israeli Advocacy, Hasbarah and Lobbying
Abstract: Deutschland und Israel, wie geht das zusammen? Immer wieder ist dies seit 1965, seit der Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen zwischen dem "Land der Dichter und Henker" und dem kleinen, selbstbewussten jüdischen Staat im Nahen Osten, gefragt worden. Es geht erstaunlich gut, bei aller Last der Vergangenheit.
16 deutsche und israelische Autoren geben Auskunft, wie aus zähen Annäherungsprozessen, mutigen Versöhnungsprojekten, pragmatischen Wirtschaftsvereinbarungen und spektakulären Geheimdienstkooperationen gegenseitiges Vertrauen erwuchs.
Israel und Deutschland sind heute wichtige Partner, auf nahezu allen Gebieten, selbst wenn unbewältigter Antisemitismus und ein verhärteter israelisch-palästinensischer Dauerkonflikt das Miteinander immer wieder verunsichern. Auch diese Probleme spart der Band nicht aus.
Abstract: Depuis une vingtaine d années, le CRIF, Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France, se trouve régulièrement au c ur d une actualité passionnelle et polémique. Qu il s agisse du conflit israélo-arabe, de l antisémitisme, de la politique étrangère française au Moyen-Orient, du communautarisme ou de l histoire et la mémoire de la Shoah, rares sont les débats dont il est absent. Devenu partie intégrante du paysage politique et médiatique français, notamment à travers son célèbre dîner annuel, le CRIF reste pourtant très mal connu. Quelle est son histoire et comment s'inscrit-elle dans les évolutions du judaïsme français ? Qui sont ses dirigeants ? Quels sont ses réels moyens d influence sur les pouvoirs publics ? Quelles sont ses stratégies et ses orientations politiques, sur la scène politique française mais aussi en lien avec Israël ?
En retraçant, à travers ses moments clés, l histoire de cette organisation depuis sa fondation en 1943, ce livre répond à ces questions. Nourrie d archives inédites et de nombreux entretiens, cette histoire du CRIF dessine en creux un portrait fouillé et paradoxal de la France de ces soixante dernières années.
À l heure où le pays s interroge sur la représentation de ses minorités, il n est pas superflu de situer et de comprendre l un de ses exemples les plus emblématiques, entre épouvantail communautariste et « top model » républicain.
Topics: Jewish Community, Dialogue, Diaspora-Israel Relations, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Conflict, Division and Controversy: Between and Amongst Jews, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, Israel: Jewish Attachment, Israel: Jewish and Israeli Advocacy, Hasbarah and Lobbying, Israel: Criticism: Jewish Criticism
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to catalyze a systemic approach in London. Meeting
the challenge of Israel's delegitimization requires a loosely coordinated and orchestrated
response, sometimes even taking a personal or non-public form. Therefore, all parties
will have to leave their comfort zones: Israel will have to let Jewish communities lead
the counter-attack in places, such as London, that require nuance and cultural
sensitivity; and Jewish institutions will have to allow for innovative thinking, new tools,
and aggressive experimentation that usually takes place outside of the established
community. All parties will have to come to terms with the idea that it takes 'all
instruments in the orchestra' to win this fight. Importantly, critics from the political left,
because they represent liberal values, are also an invaluable voice in delegitimizing
Israel's delegitimization, notwithstanding their common criticism of the Jewish
community's traditional institutions and the policies of the State of Israel.
