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					Israel, no-platforming – and why there’s no such thing as ‘narrow exceptions’ to campus free speech
				
Eric Heinze argues that it is contradictory to the principles of free speech to criticise the Israeli ambassador to Britain online and then no-platform him at a university talk.

					Free Speech? Not for critics of Israel
				
Avi Shlaim argues that when it comes to debates concerning Israel, free speech has become stifled in British academia.

					Barack Obama, John Kerry, and the Palestine saga
				
Avi Shlaim explores whether there was anything Obama could have done to salvage his reputation in the remaining weeks of his lame-duck presidency.

					Antizionism and antisemitism in British politics
				
Avi Shlaim explores the quality of debate within British politics of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and argues that an anti-racist movement has been portrayed as a racist one.

					Self-censorship in Israeli society, or: what can and cannot be said about Gaza
				
Maja Sojref examines the subordination of free speech to politics and security in Israeli society.

					From taboo to tort – free speech and the Israeli ‘boycott law’
				
Maja Sojref examines how a law on the prevention of harm to the State of Israel exposes the tension between freedom of expression and national security. 

					Clueless in Gaza: Western media and the Arab-Israeli conflict
				
John Lloyd explores the history and weakness of Western media coverage, and suggests one way it could be improved.

					Why hate speech should not be banned
				
Restrictions on hate speech are not a means of tackling bigotry but of rebranding often obnoxious ideas or arguments are immoral, argues writer Kenan Malik.

					The Israeli whistleblower
				
Israeli whistleblower Anat Kamm leaked 2,000 classified military documents obtained during her service with the Israeli Defence Force. Maryam Omidi discusses the claims of national security versus public interest.
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