Should we worry? There are 1000s of foreign immigrants who don’t assimilate, live in households where no-one speaks English and send their children to exclusive faith schools. Apparently not if they are Israeli. This report from the Institute of Jewish Policy Research uses the last census to analyse the growing Israeli population in Britain (almost all Jewish). Their reasons for coming here are economic as well as political – escaping from violence. They tend to be better-educated than average so leading to fears of an Israeli brain-drain.

There are many fissures behind the straight face of support that the US shows Israelis. These were on show at JStreet’s Gala when V-P Biden spoke of his frustration at Israeli settlements and refusal to talk – true of the PNA too. So what will US do?

It’s hard to think ot people who have been in power too long who do not suffer from paranoia (though this is NOT what this report says). Thatcher, Papa Doc, Stalin…But with this Zionist Camp bill to limit any PM’s tenure to 2 terms (Bibi has had 4) Netanyahu’s confident swagger seems to be drooping.

Today, at the heart of Jewish identity is the Holocaust – even for those of us whose family was not slaughtered. Yet only Jews have made the Holocaust the centre of identity and history. As there is no event in modern history so cruel and horrible as the Holocuast this is understandable. But it does […]

How did 2 or 3 remarks by Labour members become “a string of party officials and members …outed for making disparaging remarks about Jews in public statements.” There is no evidence of significant antisemitism in Labour or of Corbyn ever having uttered an antisemitic remark. This is an attack on Labour by smear, allusion and hysterical exaggeration.

The uniqueness of Jewish suffering has been made an integral part of the Jewish story and identity. It has been challenged by several historians, most recently in the book of articles (in Hebrew) reviewed very critically by Daniel Blatman, As neither the book nor the reviewer mentions the largest single group of victims – those under Soviet rule – we have added a short section about this.

Uri Ariel, Jewish Home agriculture minister, surprised many in Israel with his harsh critique of the treatment of Palestinians and proposals that Gaza should have a port. In fact, ending petty bureaucracy and oppression is a good move for successful colonial administration and for an ambitious critic of the PM.

There is a short report by Ma’an on the US 2015 country report on human rights in Israel and the oPt. Then the report – over 22,000 words which do not include checkpoints, barrier, wall, occupation and settlements except for their illegal boycott. And not a word on the current state of deprivation and destruction in Gaza. It is strong on Israel’s lack of accountability for security actions.

It is highly unusual for Israel to be the subject of a debate in an election let alone a primary contest. But here comes Sanders raising the question of why Clinton did not mention Palestine at AIPAC – or anywhere. Queen Hillary said she was occupied with her official job of bringing peace and keeping Israel secure.

With walls in every direction Palestinians have plenty of space for practising graffiti and portrait skills. Marwan Barghouti, serving five life sentences in Israeli gaols, is everywhere as a symbol of resistance and unity. He has just produced a new plan for fundamentally changing Palestine’s relations with Israel. Oslo isn’t working.

In the smokescreen of IDF propaganda, the IDF insists on its careful and professional targeting of enemy terrorists. Such as six-year old children. The credulous believe the Israeli message. Here the lawyers take them to task and press the UK FCO to stand for the law and accountability as it does in other countries.

Shock horror! Most Muslims think homosexuality should be illegal. As do most Christians in Africa. As only 4.5% of UK population is Muslim ICM had to go to a densely Muslim area for its face-to-face interviews, hence the least contact with non-Muslims. We picked out the 3 questions on Jews and antisemitism (which the press ignored) and found the prejudices – too much influence in finance – to be pretty much the same as non-Muslims’.

Veteran socialist and Jewish campaigner for Palestinian rights Tony Greenstein has been much in the news. He has been suspended from the Labour party for antisemitism (no evidence given). It seems to be because he’s irreverential about Israel and Zionist organisations. If this is antisemitism how will Labour recognise the real thing if they stumble into it?

‘Please do remember that the risk for me is less than a 1000th of what the risk for every Palestinian is on a day-to-day basis’ writes this young volunteeer with International Solidarity Movement (ISM) to friends and family back home in the UK.

Did terrorism bring Israel into existence? Tomer Persico looks for a clear distinction between terrorism – which murders indiscriminately – and guerilla operations – which pick their targets of power carefully. Terrorism seems to be winning.

Yes, anti-Zionism can be a euphemism for antisemitism or the fantasy that Israel can be destroyed. But it can also, argues Peter Beinart, be a logical response by Palestinians to their subjugation. He is responding to Lord Sacks who pursues the metaphors of a virus and a scapegoat which exempt him from having to face many facts.

Three very different articles on the same theme – distinguishing antisemitism from anti-Zionism. They are easily elided in the US writes Jane Eisner because for many young Jews it’s Israel, not their history in Europe or the US, which defines their Jewishness. Tony Greenstein, PSC member, writes urging the PSC to make a more public stand against the right’s use of the charge of antisemitism to bash the left. Larry Derfner tersely writes that the overlap between antisemitism and anti-Zionism is a fraction of the overlap between Zionism and Islamophobia.

This begins with a judicial-political dispute over natural gas but segues into the far-right’s intolerance of legal limitations. Their views would not have been heard in public in Israel a decade ago. Now they are commonplace and if the court objects, well just abolish it and create another.

This week, April 4th to 10th the website is very full. It has been a week that is rich in news and comment. Timeless, and most moving is the lament from Rita Khoury. Both Palestinians and Israeli Jews love their children, friends, families. They are both grievously hurt when one of them is killed. None […]

This a rare piece that touches on the harrowing feelings of loss and helplessness that afflicts those who have to go on living when one of theirs is killed – stabbed or executed. And still neither the Israeli nor the Palestinian leader takes responsibility for making a political resolution.