Name Ben White | ||
Ben White is a British "freelance journalist, writer, and human rights activist," known for his focus on the Arab–Israeli conflict.
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Career
Since graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in English Literature in 2005, White has worked in journalism, education, and for a number of NGOs. He has visited Israel and the Palestinian territories a number of times and spent two years in Brazil. He worked for the Amos Trust, a Christian NGO focusing on social action, particularly in Nicaragua, India, and in Israel/Palestine.;After leaving Amos Trust, White became the external communications officer for the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St. Edmund's College of Cambridge University.
Writings
White has published in print and online media, and has written two books about the Israel-Palestine conflict: Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy.. His opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as The Guardian's Comment is Free blog, Al Jazeera, Electronic Intifada, New Statesman, Christian Science Monitor, and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
Criticism
Marcus Dysch in The Jewish Chronicle has called White an "anti-Israel campaigner", and Jonny Paul, in The Jerusalem Post, has called him an "anti-Israel activist".
White raised controversy in an article published by CounterPunch, where White acknowledged that he can "understand" why people are anti-Semitic as a result of the "state of Israel, its ideology of racial supremacy and its subsequent crimes committed against the Palestinians." He concluded the article by saying, "'I can understand very well that some people are unpleasant towards Jews.' I do not agree with them, but I can understand."