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Dave Rich

29 Nov 21

The second @BristolUni QC’s report into David Miller has been leaked. It exonerates Miller just like the first one did: nothing he said was antisemitic. How did they reach this conclusion? They used the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wins… 🧵👇

The QC was “asked to take into account” the IHRA definition of antisemitism, but devotes several pages of the report to criticism of IHRA by Tomlinson, Sedley, Feldman & Stern. Only one opinion supporting IHRA is given, even though it is backed by most Jewish orgs in this country

Instead they clearly preferred the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism's definition of antisemitism as “hatred, discrimination, prejudice or hostility against Jews *as Jews*, or Jewish institutions *as Jewish institutions*” (their emphasis) - and this is the problem.

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3 Jul 21

David Miller, whose academic methodology is to identify funders of research he deems to be Islamophobic and then cherry-pick evidence about them to build a guilt-by-association case, was himself funded by the UK state & the EU. What if we apply his methodology here?

E.g. Victor Orban is an EU head of state and has said loads of antisemitic things in the past. By Miller's logic this arguably calls into question his ability to produce fair & balanced research about Jews, because that's how research funding works apparently 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ridiculous, isn't it? So is Miller and all his stupid so-called research. He cherry-picks bits of evidence to support preconceived conclusions and ignores anything that contradicts it. Here's an example from his latest paper exposed on @GuidoFawkes...

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@daverich1

1 Jul 21

THREAD: This week's @JewishChron tells the story of how an anti-fascist informant codenamed 'Arthur', who infiltrated the far right for @CST_UK & Searchlight, identified the London nailbomber as BNP member David Copeland in 1999 thejc.com/news/uk/how-th…

'Arthur' did so much more than this: he spent a decade inside the far right, attending over 400 meetings, rallies and leafleting sessions, and told us all about everyone he met, everything he saw and everything that was being planned.

He was surrounded by vicious antisemitism, racism and misogyny, and a casual attitude to violence that was utterly chilling.

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@daverich1

12 May 21

Conflict rages in Israel and antisemitism rises in the UK. It happens every time with wearying predictability. Here's a thread of top tips for people who want to support Palestinians in a non-antisemitic way:

Don't blame British Jews for what the Israeli government does. Don't demand that British Jews condemn the Israeli government. Don't deliberately take your Palestinian flags and banners to wave at Jews. It's antisemitic.

Be precise in your language. If you say "Jews", you mean all Jews around the world. If you say "Zionists", you mean everyone who thinks Israel should exist. If you say "Israelis", you mean all Israelis. How about "the Israeli government/army"?

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Dave Rich

@daverich1

26 Feb 21

I've spent two weeks waiting to see if any academics will speak out publicly about David Miller's antisemitic conspiracy theories and his targeting of Jewish students. Finally they have spoken... in his defence. This is the list of shame docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The letter itself is a masterpiece of euphemism, obfuscation and untruths. Miller was not "approached to provide a statement on Israel-Palestine". He gave a speech at a meeting in which he identified the Jewish Society at his own university as an enemy & a bunch of racists

Miller followed up that speech with another statement claiming that Jewish students at Bristol University who have complained about him are "directed by the State of Israel". This is antisemitism.

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Dave Rich

@daverich1

18 Feb 21

This thread is impressive in the way it gets so much wrong in so few tweets. There is no contradiction between having good security to protect Jews *and* reaching out to educate, support & build alliances to reduce antisemitism. Neither approach is exclusive to right or left.

https://twitter.com/levvity/status/1362341655945367552

Many Jewish community establishment orgs & leaders spend huge amounts of time & effort supporting other minorities in their struggles. The Board of Deputies' Uyghur campaign. CST's SAFE programme. Support for the Markaz in Golders Green. There are loads of examples over decades.

Meanwhile the radical left is proud of its tradition of beating up fascists. Maybe they got it wrong and should have tried working with them to raise their consciousness instead? Or maybe it is only certain types of antisemites that get this particular free pass.

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