A guest post by Aron White A few weeks ago, Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard drew attention to the BBC`s “soft boycott” of Israel. The term, coined by Mr Pollard, describes the […]
The BBC`s “soft boycott” of Israel
Steve Bell has fun with antisemitic tropes
Here’s a Steve Bell cartoon published on Feb. 4, in response to an apology by Sunday Times’ owner Rupert Murdoch over the controversial Gerald Scarfe cartoon. (The second frame is a reference to a comment by Murdoch in November, […]
More than a cartoon: What Jews talk about when they talk about antisemitism
The Gerald Scarfe Sunday Times cartoon controversy has followed a familiar pattern, with some arguing that the depiction of the bloody trowel wielding Israeli Prime Minister torturing innocent souls – published on […]
A place where Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell can find “real” antisemitism
On the ‘Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Tuesday 29th January, there was a debate between Stephen Pollard of the Jewish Chronicle and Steve Bell, political cartoonist for the Guardian, over the Gerald Scarfe cartoon […]
The moral necessity of despair when Arab teachers object to the humanization of Jews
Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard once commented that, sometimes, the only proper reaction to a particular event is despair. The following represents such an example. According to a recent report, rumors of a UN […]
Guardian publishes clarification of its Jewish Chronicle smear.
Two days ago Adam Levick wrote here on the smearing of the Jewish Chronicle and its editor Stephen Pollard by Guardian Diary Editor Hugh Muir, blogger Richard Silverstein and MPACUK over a […]
The Guardian & Richard Silverstein’s battle to see who can most smear the UK Jewish community
In the Guardian Diary, on their Op Ed Page, on April 19th, with the grossly misleading headline, “A BNP bigwig writing for the Jewish Chronicle. Some mistake surely?, Hugh Muir, writes: With their party […]
CiF Watch Gossip of the Day: Harriet Sherwood “Head Spinning” Edition
Via a highly reliable source, there was a truly quality moment at the 2012 Herzliya Conference today – at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) – as the Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood evidently unwittingly sat next to Simon Plosker of […]
CiF essay by The JC’s Stephen Pollard elicits vitriol against Israel and ad hominem attacks against Pollard
Stephen Pollards CiF piece, (Gaza flotilla II: This time, Israel took the diplomatic route, July 8th) expressing relief that this year’s flotilla wasn’t marred by violence elicited more than a few vicious […]
Should the British Spectator Bow to Lawfare?
A guest post by AKUS It is now common knowledge among those who care about these things that Melanie Phillips will no longer write for the UK Spectator newspaper and has started […]
Harriet Sherwood Selective Outrage Watch: Hamas Edition
Today, the Guardian saw fit to publish an essay at CiF by Musa Abumarzuq, the deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau (Welcome Hamas’s reconciliation with Fatah, May 24), an organization which openly supports […]
In defense of Geoffrey Alderman
Geoffrey Alderman’s essay in The JC, This was no peace activist, which opined that the death of Vittorio Arrigoni, the extremist anti-Israel activist, caused him pleasure influenced at least one Guardian “journalist” to […]
L’Affair Sherwood just got more interesting (Guardian reporter engages in possibly illegal phone recording)
L’Affair Sherwood has just gotten more interesting. As we posted yesterday, Sherwood berated JC Editor, Stephen Pollard, for publishing a piece by Geoffrey Alderman last week expressing relief over the death of Vittorio Arrigoni […]
What Harriet Sherwood won’t scream about: 92 y/o Palestinian woman, on Hamas TV, wishes for the massacre of Jews (like in Hebron)
H/T Elder of Ziyon and Adam Holland Here’s a “Nakba Day” inspired call for the slaughter of Jews which Harriet Sherwood may have missed while she was reaming into Stephen Pollard, of The JC, over remarks […]
On Sherwood’s implosion
You can tell a lot about someone’s politics by what get’s them angry, and what moves them to rage and elicits highly emotive responses. Harriet Sherwood’s recent outburst at Stephen Pollard of […]
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