Soft threats to national security : antisemitism, BDS and the de-legitimization of Israel / edited by Dana Barnett and Efraim Karsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnett, Dana, editor.

Karsh, Efraim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.

Physical Description:

viii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

explores the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) phenomenon - its impact and implications for Israel and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the inextricable linkage between its anti-Israeli/anti-Zionist propaganda and antisemitism, unraveled from yet unknown perspectives. The edited volume offers groundbreaking research: While Israeli public diplomacy focused on security, Palestinian diplomacy focused on a fabricated history. The book analyzes the old Russian anti-Zionist propaganda and its application by the BDS. The public space of BDS activity projects a humane facade, yet the covert part harbors antisemitic and violent supporters including terror groups and Iran. Western universities turned into incubators of pro-Palestinian groups that portray Israel as the source of evil. The academic boycott of Israel worked to isolate and stigmatize Jewish scholars in America because of a presumed Jewish occupation of the American academe. Western "liberals" wish to build bridges with the Muslim world, unable to overcome differences on democracy, secularism, women's rights, etc., they focus on what they agree: animosity towards Israel. So has the UN; the ICC; Bedouin advocacy; and Human Rights Watch. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. From underdog to occupier: Israel's tarnished image / Yoav Gelber

2. The unspoken purpose of the academic boycott / Martin Kramer

3. Human Rights Watch's anti-Israel Agenda / Gerald M. Steinberg

4. Israel in modern Jewish identity: an internal debate / Evyatar Friesel

5. The Palestinian campaign against Israel at the United Nations Human Rights Council / Eytan Gilboa

6. Birds of a feather vote together? EU and Arab League UNGA Israel voting / Carmela Lutmar

7. The ICC's Prosecutor in the service of Palestinian Lawfare / Assaf Derri

8. The Negev Bedouin as a de-legitimization tool / Havatzelet Yahel

9. The coalescence of anti-Zionist ideologies / Henri Stellman

10. The Covert War: From BDS to De-legitimization to Antisemitism / Lev Topor

11. The BDS as an example of Soviet political warfare / Nelly Atlan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781032140919

1032140917

OCLC:

1272867546

Publisher Number:

99989711293