I am Jonathan Coulter. The main purpose of my blog is to advocate for honest reporting and freedom of expression in the UK, particularly on so-called “sensitive” topics concerning Palestine and the Middle-East.
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Journalists, check your evidence on antisemisim!
In the face of a near three-year political and media campaign alleging rampant and institutional antisemitism in the Labour Party – especially on the left – we present here hard statistical evidence that the allegation is wildly exaggerated or based on misinformation. The relevant data we present below has been almost completely ignored in media reporting and commentary and the findings rarely if ever referred to, or reflected upon.
Lib Dem members: party line on Labour anti-Semitism is ‘ill-judged and uncritical’,
We are a group of Liberal Democrats proud of the recent growth in support for our party, but seriously concerned that our leaders’ repeated utterances about alleged antisemitism have not been based on sound evidence. We have tried to raise this issue with them and get it discussed within the party, but much to our disappointment, have encountered a total refusal, as if the topic were taboo. The experience has led us to publish this article.
Where does the buck stop in the South Hebron Hills?
Israeli PR typically portrays the army of occupation (IDF) as acting in the interests of security, when it is really confiscating property in the interests of settlers. In area described in this paper, IDF has no such "security fig leaf", because Palestinians resist in an entirely peaceful manner. At the end, I ask who is really responsible for the lamentable situation faced by the people, even as they resist peacefully.
How to be right—- when you are wrong?
Jonathan Coulter writes about James O’Brien who runs a well-known chat show for LBC, and has just published: ‘How to be right – – – in a world gone wrong’.
He takes a progressive position on a range of issues, from the position of Muslims to the fixed-odd gambling terminals, but is what I would call Progressive except on Palestine (PEP). Moreover, he sometimes treats people deplorably, as I found in two clips where members of the public questioned views he had been propagating about antisemitism in the Labour Party.