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Thanks for the background on *Fathon*, Jonathan. I'll check out the *Prospect* item with interest. I was alarmed myself when I noticed they were touting a forthcoming contribution by Philip Mendes, whose book, *Boycotting Israel is wrong: the progressive path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis*, is a lame attempt at anti-BDS propaganda that I reviewed <https://bureauofcounterpropaganda.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-defeat-of-straw-men.html> some time ago. It's not obvious why John would want to draw such a thing to the attention of the list when to all appearances it's not even tangentially related to anything being discussed here? In solidarity, Harry On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 04:06, Rosenhead,J <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A word of warning. > > > > Fathom is the house journal of BICOM (British Israel Communications and > Research Center) – the premier PR firm acting for Israel. As the Wikipedia > entry says > > “*The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre or BICOM is a > lobby and political action group for the benefit of **Israel > <https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Israel>. The lobby group is bankrolled by its > Chairman Poju Zabludowicz <https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Poju_Zabludowicz>[1 > <https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Britain_Israel_Communications_and_Research_Centre#cite_note-1>* > > Zabludowicz was born in Finland and lives in London, but the family is in > essence Israeli, and the billions were made initially by his father in > armaments. > > > > In its first few years the Director of BICOM was Daniel Shrek, a senior > member of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, later Ambassador to France. He said *"AIPAC > is assisting BICOM with developing grassroots networks in Britain and with > organising pro-Israel events similar to AIPAC’s conference, but on a much > smaller scale."* AIPAC is well known as the most powerful component of > the Israel Lobby in the USA. > > > > So you would not expect unbiased commentary from BICOM’s house journal – > at least you will only get a very partial picture. Alan Johnson Fathom’s > editor is an active proponent of the idea that BDS (boycott, divestment, > sactions) is antisemitic. As it happens I had a run-in with him in the > pages of Prospect magazine (a centrist journal) 3 or 4 years ago. Those > with time on their hands might like to look at it > <https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-duel-is-it-anti-semitic-to-boycott-israel> > and form their own opinion. > > > > To get a fuller picture of him and Fathom, though, see this no-holds-barred > Fathom attack > <https://fathomjournal.org/fathom-report-institutionally-antisemitic-contemporary-left-antisemitism-and-the-crisis-in-the-british-labour-party/> > last year on the Labour Party as institutionally antisemitic. > > > > Not a website I would recommend to seekers after truth > > Jonathan > > > > > > *From:* email list for Radical Statistics <[log in to unmask]> *On > Behalf Of *John Bibby > *Sent:* 24 March 2020 11:41 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Fathom – Fathom 22 |. NOT STATISTICAL BUT ... > > > > A VERY INTERESTING WEBSITE ON MODERN ISRAEL. THE BOOK REVIEWS ESPECIALLY > > > > > https://fathomjournal.org/fathom-22-editorial/ > ****************************************************** Please note that if > you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of > this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's > 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to > [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are > the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the > range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find > out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read > current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web > site www.radstats.org.uk. > ******************************************************* > ****************************************************** Please note that if > you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of > this message. 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