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UCCF blogger gives Carte Blanche to ‘Israeli Apartheid Guide’

The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) blogger Daniel Blanche reviews Ben White’s new book at Shiny Ginger Thoughts: So, my friend Ben wrote a book. As a result of writing this book, and of the other work he does, … Continue reading

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Dr Harry Hagopian recommends Ben White book at Ekklesia

According to his website, Dr Harry Hagopian ‘is a qualified lawyer who holds a Doctorate in Public International Law and an LL.M in Alternative Dispute (Conflict) Resolution. He is also the Middle East Consultant for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in … Continue reading

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War on Want a.k.a. War on Israel

Carol Gould writes about War on Want’s disgraceful ban on Jonathan Hoffman: I will pause here and say it was a blessing in disguise that I delayed by a week or so writing up this story. It has now become … Continue reading

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Israel is not Apartheid

A simple letter in the Belfast Telegraph worth reading: David Morrison’s comparison between sport in Israel and apartheid South Africa (Writeback July 20) was shown up by events at the Oval on Wednesday night when Glentoran took on Israeli side … Continue reading

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The Theology Behind the ‘Israeli Apartheid’ Gospel

Petra Marquardt-Bigman has an excellent post at her ‘Warped Mirror’ blog about Ben White and his new book, which she terms as the “Israeli apartheid gospel.” How true that really is. Whilst current reviewers of Ben White’s book have looked … Continue reading

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Ben White recommends Roger Garaudy essay in ‘Israeli Apartheid Guide’

Ben White writes on Liberal Conspiracy: ‘A favourite tactic of die-hard defenders of Israel is to smear critics of the country’s policies through guilt by association, lies, and decontextualised quotations.’ White’s article is analysed by Modernity here. White draws attention … Continue reading

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Ben White complains about censorship on Philip Weiss’ blog

So here’s the story. Jonathan Hoffman is the Vice-President of the Zionist Federation in the UK. Last month he wrote on Harry’s Place of his experiences at Ben White’s book launch in the Houses of Parliament. At the event, Hoffman noted … Continue reading

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Jonathan Hoffman writes about Ben White’s ‘Israeli Apartheid Guide’

Jonathan Hoffman has a new guest post at Z-Word which deserves to be read.

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Ben White replies

Modernity notes that Ben White has responded to Jonathan Hoffman’s book review. Following the Sookhdeo-White debacle earlier this year, Ben White interestingly finds himself on the other side of the fence, this time having to defend his writings in a … Continue reading

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Haaretz on Ben White and War on Want

Well done to Haaretz, who are covering the story of War On Want’s shameful exclusion of Jonathan Hoffman, Vice-Chair of the Zionist Federation. Cnaan Lipshitz writes of Ben White: ‘Author Ben White has argued that Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not … Continue reading

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