A report on the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute website:
Responding to mounting signs of a resurgence of aggressive antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere, the British government recently hosted an unusual gathering to discuss ways of fighting the threat. Known as the London Conference on Combating Antisemitism, the mid-February gathering brought together 125 members of parliaments from 40 nations for two days of emotional calls to action, along with scholarly analyses of what speakers called “the new antisemitism.” [...]

Dear Lord Malloch-Brown

You face an important challenge tomorrow when you address the second day of the inaugural conference of the interparliamentary coalition for combatting antisemitism (ICCA), which the FCO is hosting in London…
It’s disappointing that the conference agenda appears to fudge the vexed question of the link between criticism of Israel and antisemitism. [...]

Just two articles today: 1. Antony Lerman An open letter on antisemitism. Thoughts for Lord Malloch-Brown when he addresses the interparliamentary coalition for combatting antisemitism. 2. Conor Foley, Both sides of Israel’s story. Israeli blogger Seth Freedman shows us that dialogue is about both listening and talking in his book Can I Bring My Own [...]

0 8 / F e b r u a r y / 2 0 0 9 Israelis and Palestinians: two peoples, one future Summary A: General – information and action 1. Next JfJfP signatories meeting, 15 February 2. Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR), Israel 3. American Jewish statement against Israel’s war on Palestine – a [...]

0 2 / F e b r u a r y / 2 0 0 9 Israelis and Palestinians: two peoples, one future This mailout contains A: Some forthcoming events B: Areas for action C: Selected reading N.B. If you complained to the BBC about their decision not to show the DEC appeal, they are [...]