Fathom - For a deeper understanding of Israel, the region, and …
Kyle Orton argues those drawing parallels to Israel’s 2006 are radically mistaken. In 2024 Israel intelligence, planning and... Read more > October 2024. ‘Anti-Zionism’ is a distraction from, not a solution to, the existential global challenges we face. And the clock is ticking.
7 October and After: An Open Letter to Afzal Khan MP
The Secretary General’s communication opens by condemning Hamas’s attack as an act of ‘terror’ that is ‘horrific’ and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages. It then addresses the occupation but states that ‘the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas’.
Fathom – Those Who Tried: Conversations with the Peace …
> Those Who Tried: Conversations with the Peace Processors | Episode 4: ‘The only agreement Barak could go for [end of conflict], Arafat could not sign, and the agreement Arafat could sign [interim], Barak could not pursue’: A conversation with Gidi Grinstein
Fathom – Holocaust Inversion and contemporary antisemitism
What has been called ‘Holocaust Inversion’ involves an inversion of reality (the Israelis are cast as the ‘new’ Nazis and the Palestinians as the ‘new’ Jews), and an inversion of morality (the Holocaust is presented as a moral lesson for, or even a moral indictment of ‘the Jews’). More: those who object to these inversions are ...
Antisemitism Online Since 7 October: European Observations
Matthias J. Becker leads the innovative research project Decoding Antisemitism and has for many years been advocating for a new approach to social media studies in the fight against hate speech and societal radicalisation.In this article he presents some results of deeply worrying primary research into online reactions in Europe to the events of 7 October.
Opinion | How the state of Israel became ‘the Jew’ writ large
Another possible explanation for massive levels of interest in the conflict is the involvement of Israel. The only Jewish state, founded in the wake of genocide and currently in control of major religious sites, Israel has long drawn much international attention. …
Fathom – Leon Trotsky’s Long War Against Antisemitism
Trotsky as Revisionist (1) Rethinking Antisemitism. Like other Marxists, Trotsky had long conceptualised antisemitism as an essentially pre-modern phenomenon; a hangover from feudalism which would disappear as capitalism advanced. However, in 1937 Trotsky acknowledged that capitalism was having no such effect.
The Three Best Books on the Farhud, Recommended by Lyn Julius
Lyn Julius is the author of Uprooted: how 3,000 years of Jewish civilisation in the Arab world vanished overnight, published by Vallentine Mitchell in 2018.The Farhud is the name given to the Nazi-inspired massacre of Jews in Iraq in June 1941. As Julius notes, ‘it is only in the last 15 years that the term has become familiar to a niche English-speaking readership – thanks in …
Fathom – Review Essay | Israel is not a Post-Heroic Society
Israel’s assessment was that Hamas was deterred and any escalation in rhetoric or threats was actually for money and work. ‘Hamas had been defeated in 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2021, and it would be defeated again. Also, Hamas had not changed. It didn’t have new weapons.’.
Fathom – Antisemitism and the Crisis in Social Psychology
The psychological understanding of antisemitism is, at best, an oversimplification that underestimates the complexity of human life. In doing so, psychologists replace justice with empathy, and a false one at that. back. Christopher L. Schilling is the author of The Therapized Antisemite: The Myth of Psychology and the Evasion of Responsibility ...