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The Image of Israel and Postcolonial Discourse in the Early 21st Century: A View from Britain
Author(s): Sicher, Efraim
Date: 2011
Topics: Antisemitism: Discourse, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Anti-Zionism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Post-Colonial
Abstract: The essay looks at three spheres in which ideological bias and political activism work to delegitimize the State of Israel by maligning Israel and Zionism in mainstream British public discourse. Postcolonial theory is one weight against any objective treatment of the Jewish state. The demonization of Israel in the press draws on conspiracy theories and stereotypes familiar from anti-Semitic tropes. British Jews are fairly supportive of Israel, though divided on solutions to the Arab-Israel conflict, however a small group of anti-Zionist Jews assert their moral stance "as Jews" by defaming Israel's allegedly criminal activities. The analysis of public discourse in Britain in the first decade of the twenty-first century raises disturbing questions about the complex relationship between the anti-Israel campaign and latent anti-Semitism on the left and the right, and draws attention to the local context of race relations as well as the global Jihad against Israel and the West.
Multiculturalism, Globalisation and Antisemitism: The British Case
Author(s): Sicher, Efraim
Date: 2009
Topics: Multiculturalism, Antisemitism, Antisemitism: New Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Abstract: British Jews have largely benefited from multiculturalism. Although 
diversity has won new respect for Jewish traditions, divisiveness has resulted 
in new conflicts between Jews and Muslims, despite some common causes 
(for example, regarding ritual slaughter and autopsies). There are also 
tensions between Jews and sectors of the host society seeking the 
consolidation of national identity. The danger of antisemitism, however, is 
not coming from the workplace, the streets, or the brick through the 
window, but from public discourse, and in particular from a hate campaign 
against Israel in the media