Israelophobia
{{Short description|2023 book by Jake Wallis Simons}}{{Infobox book
| author = Jake Wallis Simons
| isbn = 978-1-40871-927-5
| pub_date = September 7, 2023
| publisher = Constable
| name = Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| genre = Polemic
| subject = Anti-Zionism
| image = Israelophobia book cover.jpg
| pages = 221
| website = https://jakewallissimons.substack.com/p/israelophobia
}}
Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What To Do About It is a polemical book written by British journalist Jake Wallis Simons and published in 2023 by Constable. The book argues against anti-Zionism and presents methods for combating it.
Background
Jake Wallis Simons is a British journalist and author{{Cite news |last=Peled |first=Daniella |date=2014-05-17 |title=Yes, I Came to Israel: Why This British Writer Is Against the Boycott |url=https://haaretz.com/life/books/2014-05-17/ty-article/.premium/bucking-the-boycott/0000017f-e860-df5f-a17f-fbfe2e350000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122062456/https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2014-05-17/ty-article/.premium/bucking-the-boycott/0000017f-e860-df5f-a17f-fbfe2e350000 |archive-date=2022-11-22 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=Haaretz}} who has been the editor of the London-based Jewish Chronicle since 2021.{{Cite news |last=Landler |first=Mark |date=2024-09-30 |title=A 180-Year-Old Jewish Paper Is Roiled by Fabrications and a Secret: Who Owns It? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/europe/jewish-chronicle-uk-fabricated-stories-owner.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930041517/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/world/europe/jewish-chronicle-uk-fabricated-stories-owner.html |archive-date=2024-09-30 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=The New York Times}}
Synopsis
In the book, Simons argues that the State of Israel is a target of an antisemitic campaign of delegitimization,{{Cite news |last=Chesterton |first=George |date=2023-09-15 |title=Israelophobia review: Is Israel treated differently? Yes and that should shame us |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/israelophobia-review-antisemitism-different-treatment-britain-b1107242.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130214112/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/books/israelophobia-review-antisemitism-different-treatment-britain-b1107242.html |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=London Standard}}{{Cite journal |last=El-Eini |first=Roza I.M. |date=2024-01-02 |title=Israelophobia: the newest version of the oldest hatred & what to do about it: by Jake Wallis Simons, London, Constable, 2023, x + 211 pp., £12.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-40871-927-5 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537121.2024.2298042 |journal=Israel Affairs |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=195–197 |doi=10.1080/13537121.2024.2298042 |issn=1353-7121}} contends that anti-Zionism is merely a new incarnation of antisemitism,{{Cite news |last=Coughlin |first=Con |date=2023-08-18 |title=The Left's cowardly anti-Semitism hides behind criticism of Israel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/israelophobia-jake-wallis-simons-review-anti-semitism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121193012/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/israelophobia-jake-wallis-simons-review-anti-semitism/ |archive-date=2024-11-21 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=The Daily Telegraph}} lists eight identifiers for antisemitism, and presents five methods for combating anti-Zionism.
Reception
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The book received four out of five stars by Con Coughlin, a defense editor for The Daily Telegraph. A review in the journal Israel Affairs by Roza El-Eini said that the book left "no doubt as to the full extent of the threat [Israelophobia] is to the Jewish people and to Israel." George Chesterton of the London Standard called the book "particularly timely," whereas Roger Boyes of The Times opined that it could have made a stronger argument against anti-Zionism.{{Cite news |last=Boyes |first=Roger |date=2023-09-09 |title=Israelophobia by Jake Wallis Simons review — is this the oldest hatred's new face? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/israelophobia-by-jake-wallis-simons-review-zb3sg8t6p |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250130222803/https://www.thetimes.com/article/israelophobia-by-jake-wallis-simons-review-zb3sg8t6p |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=The Times}}