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Kyle Orton argues those drawing parallels to Israel’s 2006 are radically mistaken. In 2024 Israel intelligence, planning and... Read more > October 2024. ‘Anti-Zionism’ is a distraction from, not a solution to, the existential global challenges we face. And the clock is ticking.
Fathom – No More Heroes: Contemporary Antisemitism and the …
1 day ago · The more victimhood one suffers, the more one can demand from society. The ideology of victimhood is what anthropologists Didier Fassin and Richar Rechtman called, approvingly, ‘a reconfiguration of the contemporaneous moral economy.’. Now the victim represents ‘the Good’ and no evil can emanate from them.
Fathom – Winter 2024
Fathom – Winter 2024. For a deeper understanding of Israel, the region, and global antisemitism. DONATE TO FATHOM. Join over 9000 global opinion formers by subscribing to Fathom's influential Weekly Newsletter. Fathom > Winter 2024.
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence - Fathom
1 day ago · Introduction. A trend in Western discourse has developed in the past few years, observable in full vigour since 7 October, of presenting Islamophobia as the companion bigotry of antisemitism. Some of the prime movers behind this trend (e.g., journalists, politicians, university administrators, entertainers) may be well-intentioned, convinced ...
Review | On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice
Adam Kirsch, an editor at the Wall Street Journal, seeks answers to these and other questions in his slender, eloquent volume On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice. Kirsch begins with a review of the academic literature of settler colonial ideology (‘SCI’) as it developed in universities before spreading to mainstream ...
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Fathom welcomes fully edited submissions about all aspects of Israeli politics, culture, society and security; the peace process and peacebuilding; Israel’s diplomatic relations with regional states, world powers, and international bodies; trends and challenges within the Middle East; developments in UK-Israel relations; and the nature of contemporary or …
Opinion | How the state of Israel became ‘the Jew’ writ large
Another possible explanation for massive levels of interest in the conflict is the involvement of Israel. The only Jewish state, founded in the wake of genocide and currently in control of major religious sites, Israel has long drawn much international attention. …
Fathom – January 2024
Peacebuilding Special Issue | Interview: Givat Haviva. By Mohammad Darawshe and Michal Sela. Fathom deputy editor Jack Omer-Jackaman speaks to Mohammad Darawshe and Michal Sela of Givat Haviva, an Israeli civil... Read more > January 2024.
Fathom – Fathom Long Read: A Progressive Pogrom – Of Shani …
In this Fathom long read, in the wake of the return of Shani Louk’s body to Israel, Deputy Editor Jack Omer-Jackaman re-reads Jean Améry on left anti-Zionism. He surveys the celebratory responses t...
The pleasures of antisemitism - Fathom
There are (at least) three principal sources of pleasure which anti-Semitism provides: first, the pleasure of hatred; second, the pleasure of tradition, and third, the pleasure of displaying moral purity. Each of these is an independent source of satisfaction, but the three interact in various ways, which often strengthens their effects.