Soft Threats to National Security: Antisemitism, BDS and the De-legitimization of Israel

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Dana Barnett Efraim Karsh

Soft Threats to National Security

Antisemitism, BDS and the De-legitimization of Israel

Dana Barnett, Efraim Karsh

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Popular culture; Human rights; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence

"This book explores the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) phenomenon – its impact and implications for Israel and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the inextricable linkage between its anti-Israeli/anti-Zionist propaganda and antisemitism, unraveled from yet unknown perspectives.

The edited volume offers groundbreaking research: While Israeli public diplomacy focused on security, Palestinian diplomacy focused on a fabricated history. The book analyzes the old Russian anti-Zionist propaganda and its application by the BDS. The public space of BDS activity projects a humane façade, yet the covert part harbors antisemitic and violent supporters including terror groups and Iran. Western universities turned into incubators of pro-Palestinian groups that portray Israel as the source of evil. The academic boycott of Israel worked to isolate and stigmatize Jewish scholars in America because of a presumed Jewish occupation of the American academe. Western ""liberals"" wish to build bridges with the Muslim world, unable to overcome differences on democracy, secularism, women’s rights, etc., they focus on what they agree: animosity towards Israel. So has the UN; the ICC; Bedouin advocacy; and Human Rights Watch.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs."

Edited by: Dana Barnett, Efraim Karsh
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032140926
ISBN 10: 1032140925
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. From underdog to occupier: Israel’s tarnished image 2. The unspoken purpose of the academic boycott 3. Human Rights Watch’s anti-Israel Agenda 4. Israel in modern Jewish identity: an internal debate 5. The Palestinian campaign against Israel at the United Nations Human Rights Council 6. Birds of a feather vote together? EU and Arab League UNGA Israel voting 7. The ICC’s Prosecutor in the service of Palestinian Lawfare 8. The Negev Bedouin as a de-legitimization tool 9. The coalescence of anti-Zionist ideologies 10. The Covert War: From BDS to De-legitimization to Antisemitism 11. The BDS as an example of Soviet political warfare

"Dana Barnett is an expert on post-Zionism in the academe. She has demonstrated a direct connection between the critical, neo-Marxist scholarship mainstreamed by the social sciences, and the anti-Israel sentiments espoused in scholarships. Barnett is the co-founder and CEO of Israel Academia Monitor, a group which follows BDS and anti-Israel writings of academics. She is the author of Post Zionism and Israeli Universities: The Academic Political Nexus (2016). Efraim Karsh is Professor Emeritus of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London and Editor of the scholarly journals Middle East Quarterly and Israel Affairs. He is the author of over 120 scholarly articles and sixteen books, including The Tail Wags the Dog: International Politics and the Middle East; Palestine Betrayed; Islamic Imperialism: A History; Empires of the Sand: the Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East 1798-1923; and Fabricating Israeli History: the ""New Historians"" (Routledge)."