"Choose life, and fight for it"
Something of priceless value is emerging on the battlefields of Gaza. Opinion.
Melanie Phillips
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British journalist, broadcaster and author
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The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel
The distinction between Hamas and “ordinary” Palestinian Arabs is largely spurious. Opinion.
Chilling winds towards Israel from Britain and America
Obsessional hostility has even infected counterterrorism experts. Op-ed.
The revival of an ancient calumny
In response to the genocidal Hamas agenda, churches have turned on its Jewish victims. Opinion.
The persistent ‘two-state’ delusion
If the West wants a solution to the Middle East conflict, it must take a long look in the mirror. Opinion.
The moral collapse of the West
No one is calling for Hamas to surrender, which would stop all the killing immediately. Op-ed.
The BBC and other Western media outlets are far more than mere useful idiots.
The devastating Hamas weapon of war is the Western media. Opinion.
The infernal choice behind the hostage deal
Israel is in this terrible situation principally because of America. Opinion.
Is Britain going wobbly on Israel?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been outmaneuvered by the poisonously anti-Israel liberal establishment.Opinion.
Just whose side is America really on?
Biden’s early support for Israel is turning into something more ominous. Opinion.
How Israel tries to protect Gaza's civilians
Despite general media malevolence, the truth sometimes emerges. Op-ed.
The fracturing of the ‘progressive’ West
Leftists are now crying because suddenly, they feel the hot breath of the Jew-haters on their own necks.Opinion.
The West’s fifth columnists
Media outlets are enabling anti-Jewish evil in a time of war. Opinion.
Civilization’s fifth columnists
The depraved frenzies of bloodshed shown by Hamas have entered the collective mind of the West itself. Opinion.
Spitting in God’s eye
Tension between Christians and Jews in Jerusalem is more complex than disgust at the deplorable spitting incident this week. Op-ed.
Israel’s ‘democracy’ protesters destroy their own platform
The disgraceful mob attack in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur has far wider resonance.Op-ed.
The moral bankruptcy of the world
Raisi’s triumphalism at the U.N. is a result of the West’s surrender. Op-ed.
Abbas voices his monstrous antisemitism, again
The Palestinian leader’s bigotry is in lockstep with the West’s hypocritical outrage.Op-ed.
Musk vs. Greenblatt is the unspeakable vs. the uneatable
Taking sides in this contest reflects the deep moral confusion of the West. This is not a fight in which Jews can properly pick a side.Op-ed
Israelophobia is the newest form of the oldest hatred
The distinction between hating Jews and hating Israel is bogus.Op-ed.
Why compromise is unlikely in Israel’s crisis
The protesters won't stop because they think they can bring Netanyahu’s government down.Op-ed.
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Herzog’s lamentable performance
Israel needs to deliver an entirely different message to its two-faced U.S. ally. Op-ed.
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The malevolent reporting on Israel’s Jenin operation
Much of the West believes the antisemitic lie that the Jews are responsible for their own destruction. Op-ed.
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It’s time to dismantle the United Nations
The moral corruption of this global body has knocked the free world off its compass. The world needs an alliance of democracies. Op-ed.
Challenging the BBC on Israel
Finally, people are pushing back publicly against the outlet’s lethal distortions. Op-ed.
The Jews’ lesson for the West
Conservatism and the nation need each other to survive.Op-ed.
The Biden administration’s anti-antisemitism travesty
The IHRA definition has led defenders of the Jewish people down a blind alley.Op-ed.
Jew-hatred struts the stage in Berlin
The obscene spectacle staged by musician Roger Waters exposes the moral vacuum in Holocaust memorializing. Op-ed.
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As Gaza’s rockets are fired at Israel, so are media missiles
Behind Western hostility to Israel and indifference towards Iran lies a baleful explanation. Op-ed.
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The antisemitism that drives identity politics
For many in the West, Jew-hatred is invisible and grossly misunderstood.Op-ed.
Israel’s protests are now crossing sacred red lines
The battle is existential and reflects a similar struggle in the West.Op-ed.
The real lesson for Israel from Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
U.S. Democrat administrations have continued to interfere in Ireland in deeply partisan ways, incentivizing terrorist violence Op-ed.
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The true agenda of Israel’s mass protests has been laid bare
That agenda includes America's outrageous attack on Netanyahu's right to govern. Op-ed.
Israel’s post-democracy moment
The massive protests rocking Israel are about far more than judicial reform. What is striking is the irrationality at their core Op-ed.
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Israel’s two-faced allies
The UK and US undermine Israel’s security by sanitizing, promoting and funding Palestinian Arabs, who wish to destroy the Jewish state.Op-ed
The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform
While the West is increasingly alienated from democracy, Israel’s internal convulsions present terrifying dangers.
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Biden’s less than ironclad commitment to Israel
The administration crosses two ominous red lines.Op-ed.
Can the whole world be wrong?
A new book is essential to understanding the lunacy over Israel and the global jihad.Op-ed.
The entrenchment of Western Jew-hatred
As the culture hurtles towards the precipice, Diaspora Jews are like rabbits caught in the headlights. Op-ed.
Netanyahu at bay, but what about the facts?
Israel’s political upheaval reflects partisan tunnel vision on all sides. Op-ed.