The National Union of Journalists (NUJ)—Britain’s main professional association of journalists and reporters—recently joined an international boycott of Israeli goods. In the UK, such boycotts have become something of a spring ritual, akin to elaborate animal-mating dances. Much has been said about the questionable motives behind these campaigns and their obsessive targeting of Israel. No other government—no matter how grievous a violator of human rights—is, apparently, worthy of such treatment.

Since the discovery of Iran’s covert nuclear program, Europe has taken the lead in the diplomatic offensive to persuade Teheran to desist on its pursuit of a nuclear bomb. While Iran denies any such intention, its non-compliance with the non-proliferation regime, of which Iran is a member through its signature of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, continues to alarm Western diplomacy, especially in light of its parallel ballistic missile program.

Readers may recall the debate over the creation of Independent Jewish Voices, a new network of “independent” Jews in the UK. IJV’s manifesto is first and foremost a political document, lacking any real conncetion to the religious sensibilities and needs of Jews. A testament to this is the fact that the group’s second public outing took place Friday at the City Circle, a new Muslim organization whose aims are: