Oh dear. It looks as though the wind has changed direction. Seth Freedman is at it again at “the other place.” Look at the opening paragraph: “Gone are the days when history […]
Who guards The Guardian?
CiF’s ‘Jewish naqba denial’
This is a guest post from Bataween of Point of No Return It’s easier to condemn Comment is Free for what it does than for its sins of omission. And for a […]
The Use of Nazi Analogies on CiF
This is a guest post by AKUS (who for those that don’t know is a recently banned “below the line” pro-Israel commenter from CiF) There are many aspects of the Guardian’s treatment […]
Ben White is coming to Canada … Eh
Ben White, CiF’s resident Hamas shill and antisemitism justifier is coming to Canada to join the Towards the Dignity of Difference, “Neither a Clash of Civilizations or End of History” conference coming […]
Not All Comment is Free (but we knew that)
The estimable Andre Oboler has a new article on Harry’s Place, about Holocaust Denial on Facebook. Oboler’s piece was turned down by CiF because “I think it’s really going over the same […]
Crocodile Tears for Gilad
On 28 August it was the 23rd birthday of Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier who was captured from inside Israel on 25 June 2006 and has since been held captive by […]
Combating Biased Moderation: How To Save Posts Before Deletion
One of the most prevalent problems with ‘Comment is Free’ is that CiF moderators often delete posts simply because they disagree with the pro-Israeli views expressed there. For the poster it causes […]
Fluffy Fatah
Not content with advocating ‘One State’, yesterday Seth Freedman gave us ‘Fluffy Fatah’. The medium was Uri Davis, the (born Jewish) longtime anti-Zionist who has converted to Islam, married a Palestinian, lives […]
Hypocrisy, thy middle name is Loach
Unlike the spineless and amoral organisers of the Edinburgh Film Festival, the people who run the Melbourne Film Festival stood up to Ken Loach’s attempt to use his film ‘Looking for Eric’ […]
The first Berchmans Award
CIFWatch is instituting the Berchmans Award to recognise the most antisemitic posts on CIF. A word of explanation: Berchmans is a permanent fixture on CIF. He is Scottish and a man of […]
Very CiF, Very Guardian
Over at CiF today, we see a usual one-sided account entitled Fifteen Minutes of Hate by Meron Rapoport which recounts a walkabout with intent in east Jerusalem. Firstly, Rapoport sets the scene […]
The Book of Old Guardian Chronicles
Following “The Book of Seumas” here yesterday, this is a cross-post from Judy at Adloyada Chapter 1 And was it not told, that in the days of the mighty CyrusPScott, he that […]
LaRit: “Some of my dearest friends ….”
One of the nastiest CIF posters is La Ritournelle, usually abbreviated to LaRit (‘La Ritournelle’ means ‘the old story’). She was recently ‘outed’, reportedly on CIF though Harrys Place picked it up. (She […]
All About Zion?
This is a guest post from Seismic Shock As Israeli professor Neve Gordon makes headlines around the world following his call for a wholesale boycott of Israel on CommentIsFree, it is no surprise […]
The Book of Seumas
1. And it came to pass after many years that the tribe of Judah won a famous victory in only six days against the Egyptians, the Jordanians and the Syrians who had […]
How Low will they Go? Pro-Israel Posters Accused of Being on Israeli Government Payroll
In the latest Lerman thread, a self-confessed anti-Zionist commenter stated “[p]lease remember that the Israeli Foreign Office pays people to post here. This means that any pro-Israeli view is more than likely […]
When It Comes To Defending Jews from Trumped-Up Charges of Racism, Comment Is Not Very “Free” At All
Remember when the estimable David Hirsh of Engage was censored by CIF from defending Maureen Lipman against a libellous allegation of racism? (Thanks to the CIFWatch reader who reminded us)
Defining Antisemitism: ‘Exiledlondoner’s’ Allegations
‘Exiledlondoner’ accuses us on CIF of adapting the EUMC Working Definition of Antisemitism to our purposes. On this site he accuses us of ‘doctoring’ and deliberately ‘altering’ the text of the Definition. […]
Finger on the Scale: “Debate” About CiF Watch Rages at CiF
The fun and games have begun over on CiF in the Beaumont thread. For example, we have exiledlondoner in full throttle at 4.50pm BST trying (and failing, given that it’s coming from […]
Watch what I do, not what I say……
In tomorrow’s JC, the Guardian says “We reject completely the charge of antisemitism”. Calling Israel “racist” is antisemitic. Here is “Ilan” (Pappé?) doing precisely that on CIF a few hours ago. The […]
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