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1 month ago | fathomjournal.org | Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki

The Abraham Accords are not simply a series of normalisation agreements between Muslim countries and Israel, motivated by a shared enemy or political dividends writes Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki. Instead they reflect the arrival on the scene on an official level of an Islam that eschews replacement theology on – and this is critical – traditional grounds.

1 month ago | fathomjournal.org | Alan Johnson |Matti Friedman |Susie Linfield |John Strawson

Ben Freeman writes about his recent book, The Jews: An Indigenous People. While our primary concern is how we understand ourselves, Freeman writes, indigeneity also offers a way for the wider world to comprehend our experience and identity. The Jews are indigenous to the Land of Israel. My new book, The Jews: An Indigenous People (released on February 27, 2025), presents the first-ever scholarly work to conclusively prove this.

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Dec 4, 2024 | fathomjournal.org | Shalom Lappin

Shalom Lappin is the author of The New Antisemitism: The Resurgence of an Ancient Hatred in the Modern World(Polity) which won the 2024 LCSCA Book PrizeSince the Hamas terrorist attack of 7 October 2023, Diaspora Jews have found themselves under sustained assault on a variety of fronts, from much of the radical left, and its Islamist allies.[1] People who pose as guardians of equality and anti-racism are leading violent demonstrations praising mass murder attacks against Israelis.

Nov 12, 2024 | fathomjournal.org | Alex Joffe |Asaf Romirowsky |Jack Omer-Jackaman |David Hirsh

Fathom > November 2024 > Fathom Long Read | Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence Fathom Long Read | Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence tweet share email print Scott Abramson is a historian of the modern Middle East and the senior research officer at the Center for Israel Education. A trend in Western discourse has developed in the past few years, observable in full vigour since 7 October, of presenting Islamophobia as the companion bigotry of antisemitism. Some...