October 13, 2014
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Writer: Jack Mendel
October 10, 2014
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Modiano Nobel Prize for evoking ‘ungraspable human destinies’ under Nazis
French author Patrick Modiano, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effects, has won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature, writes Jack Mendel In what one academic called “crystal clear and resonant” prose, Modiano, a 69-year-old resident of Paris, is an acclaimed writer in France. Modiano was born in Paris in July 1945, two months […]
October 9, 2014
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Basketball star Danny Green apologises for ‘lol Holocaust’ post
By Jack Mendel An American basketball star has issued an apology after posting a sickening caption above a picture of him at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial. The image, which has since been deleted, was published on his Facebook page. Green, who was in the German capital to play an exhibition match with his team San Antonio Spurs, wrote: ‘You know I had […]
October 7, 2014
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Union of Jewish Students dedicates Alan Senitt Room
The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) announced that it has dedicated a room in their office to the late Alan Senitt, writes Jack Mendel Alan held positions of UJS chairman, National President for the Bnai Brith Youth Organisation and an Israel Lobbyist for BICOM (Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre). His untimely murder in 2006 left a legacy […]
October 6, 2014
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Israel’s health ministry warning over sexual orientation ‘therapies’
By Jack Mendel Israel’s health ministry has issues a public warning against ‘therapists’ that practice conversion ‘therapies’ and ‘treatments’ for sexual orientation. In a landmark decision, the public warning outlines that “therapists using this method create a false impression of scientific recognition”. Health Minister, Yael German outlined that “Sexual orientation is part of a person’s […]
September 30, 2014
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VIDEO: Netanyahu’s UN address attacks ISIS, Hamas and Iran
At the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli and Palestinian leaders took to the podium, locking diplomatic horns over Gaza and ISIS, writes Jack Mendel Watch highlights of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, in which he bites back at Iranian and Palestinian leaders’ criticism for Operation Protective Edge, claiming that Hamas and ISIS terrorism are ‘branches of […]
September 23, 2014
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Jewish teen murder suspects gunned down in dawn raid
The abductors of three Israeli teens have been successfully targeted by Israeli security and defence forces overnight, writes Jack Mendel Israeli forces sought to apprehend Hamas terrorists Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha, who were responsible for the death of three Israeli teens, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel. The terrorist suspects had been located in Hebron through ‘precise intelligence’ […]
September 17, 2014
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NUS cancels amendment claiming rise in anti-Semitism ‘fabricated’
The Union of Jewish Students has welcomed the removal of a divisive amendment to a National Union of Students motion, which claimed anti-Semitism on campus had been fabricated for political gain, writes Jack Mendel The motion goes to great lengths to combat anti-Semitism, and was successful in being voted for nearly unanimously by the National Union of Students National Executive Committee […]
September 17, 2014
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Hamas arrests terrorists that fired mortar from Gaza
Hamas have arrested militants that have attempted to breach the ceasefire with Israel, writes Jack Mendel In a desperate attempt to protect the flimsy ceasefire that exists in the wake of operation protective edge, the governing body of the Gaza strip had to act swiftly. A source in defence according to Israel Radio (Jpost), claimed that Hamas told mediators […]
September 17, 2014
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Death threat sent to George Galloway MP triggers police investigation
Firebrand Member of Parliament for Bradford West, George Galloway, has received a death threat and the Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation, writes Jack Mendel According to Officers from the Palace of Westminster, following the receipt of the death threat on Monday, contact was made with the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command. A Met police spokesman said: “Officers from the Palace of […]
September 15, 2014
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UJS President ‘disgusted’: NUS prevents Jews from self-defining anti-Semitism
By Jack Mendel The President of the UJS (Union of Jewish Students) has expressed ‘disgust’ towards the NUS (National Union of Students) National Executive Committee. Ella Rose accused the NUS NEC of withholding Jewish students the right to self identify the prejudice they suffer, and condemned their accusation that fabricated anti-Semitism was used for political gain by […]
September 5, 2014
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OPINION: The attack on Galloway makes it harder to win the debate
By Jack Mendel, politics graduate George Galloway MP was recently attacked in West London, offering up a new insight into public views surrounding physical violence in the political process. The MP for Bradford West is synonymous with Anti-Israel sentiment in the UK, amongst other issues surrounding the anti-war movement, and riles emotions for many. But even if you […]
August 22, 2014
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OPINION: Israel’s a knotted rope. The harder its pulled, the tighter it gets
By Jack Mendel, blogger and international relations and politics graduate In approximately 928 B.C., upon the death of King Solomon, the tribes of Israel split into the houses of Judah and Israel. The Jews and the Hebrews. Separated, the twelve tribes were weaker, and were both conquered. After thousands of years of institutionalised Jew hatred in […]
July 16, 2014
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REVEALED: The hate-filled Twitter racists posing as anti-Zionists
By Jack Mendel, blogger and International Relations & Politics graduate Regardless of one’s opinions on Israel, there has been a worrying growth in the number of people calling for death to Jews due to Israel’s actions. In recent weeks, the growing escalation in violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has offered a juicy opportunity for […]
October 18, 2013
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Strictly-Orthodox rabbis accused of “shocking failure of leadership”
Senior community leaders have accused a group of strictly Orthodox rabbis led by the former head of the London Beth Din of a “shocking failure of leadership” and “tactical power play” after they called for a boycott of the Limmud conference. Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu was among seven signatories of the letter last week urging “any […]
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