The Self-Hating Age: How Oikophobia is Dissolving the West
11 September 2024
by A. Gibson
News Round-Up
11 September 2024
A damning new report reveals that the BBC, during the Israel-Hamas conflict, breached its own guidelines over 1,500 times and showed a "deeply worrying pattern of bias" against Israel.
Oxford was keen to acknowledge racial tensions in the recent riots, but this felt like a cruel joke to Jewish students, coming from a university that has never recognised the open targeting of Jews since October 7th.
Bosses at Heathrow Airport have told an upset Jewish passenger that staff are allowed to wear Palestinian flag badges to show they can speak Arabic, even though policy prohibits wearing political or religious items.
Ex-Labour MP Stella Creasy has had her office vandalised, with smashed windows and "Labour child bombing liars" graffitied on the pavement outside.
Israeli passengers have voiced outrage over harassment and "degrading treatment" by customs officials wearing pro-Palestine badges at Heathrow Airport.
What do 'Queers for Palestine' and radical Islamists have in common? They are both authoritarian movements seeking to impose their beliefs on everyone else, says Prof James Alexander.
Pro-Palestine protesters have targeted 20 Barclays across the U.K., smashing windows and throwing red paint over the bank branches in London, Bristol and Manchester.
Durham University is under fire for failing to protect free speech, following its decision to cancel a Gaza war debate due to pro-Palestine protesters locking students in a chamber for over two hours.
Amid outcries over Gary Lineker's remarks on Rwanda and criticism of its Gaza coverage, the BBC is set to review its portrayal of ethnic minorities and class for "groupthink".
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's comparison between Israel and Hamas is utter nonsense, says Ramesh Thakur. Where to even begin when a man in such a critically important office betrays such jaw-dropping ignorance?
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