Hilary Aked is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath, researching the pro-Israel lobby in the UK. A freelance researcher and journalist for Spinwatch, she is co-author of ‘Giving peace a chance? The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre’ (2013) and ‘The Henry Jackson Society and the degeneration of British neoconservatism: Liberal interventionism, Islamophobia and the ‘War on Terror’” (2015). She previously studied at the University of Oxford and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Publicado no/na: HomeThe undeniable overlap: right-wing Zionism and IslamophobiaA considerable faction of right-wing Zionists, of the sort who have long dominated pro-Israel politics, are often...
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Publicado no/na: openDemocracyUKTaking racism seriously: Islamophobia, civil liberties and the stateRacism and Islamophobia are driven by the practices of the powerful. Self-proclaimed 'liberals' need to know this.
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Publicado no/na: openSecurityThe five pillars of IslamophobiaVague categories like ‘extremist’ and ‘radicalisation’ are trawling Muslims in a very large ‘counter-terrorism’ net.
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Publicado no/na: openDemocracyUKSo much for free speech: Southampton University and the pro-Israel lobbyIf our universities can’t stand up to the Israel lobby and uphold free speech, how will the international community...
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Publicado no/na: openDemocracyUKThe UK’s pro-Israel lobby in contextThe pro-Israel lobby is not only important in the US, but is a transnational phenomenon, fostered by transnational...
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Publicado no/na: openDemocracyUKBBC bias? Reporting on Israel and the Palestinians
When it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict, both lobbies claim that the Corporation is 'on the other side'. Is...