Overview:
Niran Bassoon is an Iraqi Jewish journalist and social activist residing in Israel focused on the Iraqi Jewish community. She was born in 1958 and is the daughter of Salim Bassoon, a well-known Iraqi journalist. Her mother and father, which were part of Baghdad’s intellectual elite, left the country in 1973.
She has a working relationship with the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a Zionist communal organization described as the second oldest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
She regularly does interviews and speeches with Jewish/Zionist groups regarding Iraq, usually discussing Jewish relations with Muslims in the country. However, beyond speaking about inter-religious communication between Jews and Muslims, her work is usually presented in settings and organizations which equate Jews with Israel and Zionism.1
Nira Bassoon consequentially – knowingly or indirectly – acts as an arm for the Zionist lobby in Iraq, attempting to legitimize Israel within Iraqi intellectual circles.
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Related Documents
1. https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/events/middle-eastern-judaism-and-islam-webinar-4
2.https://ida2at.org/news/2019/10/06/2668/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A
3.https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jw3-hasmo-people-who-usually-dont-lecture/
I doubt that you will publish my reply because you don’t want people to know the truth
Prove that I worked in the board of deputies although there is nothing wrong with that. It is the equivalent to ادارة الطائفة that was in Iraq
Woolf institute is part of Cambridge university and not a Zionist organisation
Ghaith Altimimi is another person I met with in UK and that include current and previous Iraqi writers, authors, poets, etc
Ms.Niran
We’re happy that you reached out – if in good faith. According to this article: (1), the Woolf organization is run by a pro-Zionist; Edward Kessler. The Woolf Institute regularly grants Zionist intellectuals with a platform – some of which have relations with the Israeli security establishment. Kessler’s own stated support for Zionist ideals is enough to discredit the Woolf Institute and its stated goal of “interfaith dialogue”.
However, even if we neglect the Woolf Institute’s relation with Zionism (albeit liberal), how do you want to exonerate the openly Zionist Board of Deputies of British Jews and your relationship with them? In short, the people and groups that you worked with (as in at least cooperated with)- such as the Board of Deputies of British Jews – support Zionism and it’s undeniable.
Regardless of your support of the Israeli Apartheid State (on display on your social media pages), if you reject your connection with them and condemn Zionist influence in the world, we’re proud to reflect your change of heart in our database. Nevertheless, if you insist on supporting the Israeli ethno-state, we have nothing to discuss with each other.
Also according to our ethics policy, religion or race are not factors in listing you. It is you who insists on equating Judaism with Zionism.
(1):https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/edward-kessler-the-time-for-decisions-on-israel-has-arrived-for-british-jews-88667.html