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Ithamar Handelman-Smith
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Ithamar Handelman-Smith is a British writer, columnist, filmmaker and playwright based in London. His work is published in English and Hebrew. 

 
 
 
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November 12, 2019
Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Jeremy Corbyn has been pegged as anti-Semitic by both British and Israeli media. Deconstructing this narrative reveals a highly misleading populist agenda.
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September 18, 2019
On Tyranny: A close inspection of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts a dark shadow over the the future of Israeli democracy, as western democracies face similar challenges.
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September 16, 2019
Why BDS?
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Last May, Germany’s Bundestag became the first parliament in Europe to label the BDS movement anti-Semitic. But is it legitimate to characterise it as such?
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OPED
July 23, 2019
The old man’s back again: Antisemitism on the rise across the West
topic:Anti-Semitism
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Antisemitism is on the rise once more across the West. Jews must continue to embrace their heritage and culture in the face of this ugly phenomenon.
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OPED
May 18, 2019
Israel’s “pinkwashing” Eurovision
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Calls to boycott the Eurovision in Israel intensify, as the latter uses the contest as a PR stunt to conceal its oppression of Palestinians.
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OPED
April 23, 2019
Israel’s Bibi, the avant-gardist of the contemporary populist disease
topic:Democracy
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith, Josef Reich
Benjamin Netanyahu's recent victory in the Israeli elections sheds light on the country's toxic addiction complex with its populist leader.
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OPED
December 27, 2018
The Pittsburgh killings and the hypocrisy of Israeli government
topic:Anti-Semitism
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith, Josef Reich
The Israeli government does more to align itself with Anti-Semitic elements than protect Jewish victims of racism and violence.
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Story
May 10, 2018
Shooting and laughing
topic:Human Rights
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
60 years ago, the Israeli author and philosopher, Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz published a highly critical political essay on the Six-day war.
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April 16, 2018
The unbearable double standards of the Israeli occupation
topic:Human Rights
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
“To be a Jew means always to be with the oppressed, never with the oppressors.” (Marek Edelman, one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
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March 23, 2018
Israel’s Bibi-mania problem
topic:Transparency and Corruption
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith, Josef Reich
The corruption allegations now standing against Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, are yet another reminder of Israel’s misaligned political sphere.
 
 
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