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October 22, 2010

Op-eds and Features Terrorism and the British Academy Just Journalism Executive Director Michael Weiss and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, a Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King's College, London, have published an article at The Weekly Standard on Islamic radicalisation on British university campuses. One the problems that Britain has faced in trying waging a liberal intellectual campaign against radical Islam is that the British catechism of multiculturalism makes doing so all but impossible. This conflict in starkest in the academy, which tacitly acknowledges the threat of campus radicalization and yet refuses to deal with, or even acknowledge, one of its main causes, Islamist ideology. The result is that peculiarly English phenomenon: a hotbed of cold feet... Read more >> The Wire BBC's Colin Tweedy comments on Israeli soldiers Wed. 20 Oct. 2010 @ 17.16 - Whilst commenting on Zoe Heller's novel The Believers for BBC Radio 4 program 'A Good Read', Chief Executive of Arts and Business Colin Tweedy expressed his delight at a comment made about Israeli soldiers killing Palestinian children. Tweedy said, in relation to a conversation that takes place within The Believers, the story of a radical American Jewish family, a daughter of which undergoes a conversion to Orthodox Judaism: "I also found it wonderful when Audrey in the park turns on her daughter when she the daughter says 'I'm going to Jerusalem'. She Audrey says 'What about Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian children?' and Rosa has no answer, and she says 'Well what does your God think about that?', and I thought good on Audrey, one of the only times I thought good on Audrey"... Read more >> Adrian Hamilton's double standards Thur. 21 Oct. 2010 @ 10.35 Just a week after declaring that Israel's Jewish identity is an affront to the majority Muslim Middle East, Adrian Hamilton declares that 'Multiculturalism needs defenders'. Last Thursday, The Independent published 'Israel has no future as a purely Jewish state' by commentator Adrian Hamilton, in which he raised his objection to Israel's self-definition as a Jewish state, exclaiming... Read more >> New poll shows support for third intifada Thurs. 21 Oct. @ 14.24 - A new poll today, released by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, and quoted in the Jerusalem Post, has suggested that 41% of Palestinians would support the resumption of an intifada, should the current peace talks fail. According to the poll, 78% of Israelis support a continuation of the peace talks, as opposed to just 30% of Palestinians. However, on the issue of the settlements, on 29% of Israelis support the idea of a settlement freeze, with 28% supporting unlimited construction in all settlements... Read more >> Donate Just Journalism is an independent research organisation focused on how Israel and Middle East issues are reported in the UK media. We produce analysis of print, broadcast and online media and regularly publish research on trends in the media's coverage. We are a not-for-profit company that relies solely on the donations of its supporters. You can donate easily online via PayPal by clicking the button below. For alternate methods of donating such as cheque or wire transfer, please email donate@justjournalism.com.

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