Israel’s ‘democracy’ protesters destroy their own platform
The disgraceful mob attack in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur has far wider resonance.Op-ed.
Melanie Phillips
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British journalist, broadcaster and author
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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.
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An ancient spoon stirs American mischief against Israel
The Department of Homeland Security has internalized the Palestinian Arab big lie. It is all utter garbage. Op-ed.
The Israeli canary in the West’s cultural coal mine
The attacks on Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount excursion defy reason. Op-ed.
The religious culture war comes to Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu and King Charles turn out to have something in common, Op-ed.
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The European Union’s subversion of Israel
Israel’s controversial Maccabean Three may be channeling Jewish history all over again. Op-ed.
How the White House attempt to counter Jew-hatred undermines itself
Someone needs to teach the Biden administration just what antisemitism is. Op-ed.
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The Good Jew/Bad Jew demonization strategy
Hysteria over the new Israeli government will harm the wider Jewish world. Op-ed.
Diaspora Jews keep making the same mistake
Herzl would recognize all too well the tragic fantasy of assimilation. Op-ed.
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The humbug of the West over murdered Israelis
Through Palestinian propaganda, what was once confined to Nazi Germany has now poisoned much of the free world. Op-ed.
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Deep changes in American society are a security risk for Israel.
It’s time for Israel to untie the American apron strings. No need to cut them, however. Op-ed.
Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America
Most Israeli Jews know which is which, most American Jews do not.Op-ed.
Israel joins the West’s culture wars
Those clutching their pearls over the “fascists” poised to join Israel’s new government should look in the mirror. Op-ed.
The unholy alliance between Republicans and Islamists
Conservative despair about the liberal erosion of the West is delivering it to its mortal foes. Op-ed.
The false distinction between anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing
Such lethal myopia now stretches from Australia to a London theater. Op-ed.
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Hysteria greets British PM Liz Truss’s embassy move proposal
Britain’s elites loathe Israel on a scale that just doesn’t exist in America. Op-ed.
Democracy’s watchdog has abandoned its role
American voters have been left ignorant of the peril posed by Biden's two-faced approach to both Israel and Iran. Op-ed.