Melanie Phillips

Obama's third term

Israel scarcely needs the absence of a phone call to tell it that it has a grave problem with the new occupant of the White House. Opinion.

Christian leaders remain silent as the church recycles its oldest hatred

Moderator of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, openly suggested that Israeli Jews were demonic. Opinion.

The tragedy for haredim from COVID has created a crisis for Judaism itself

They fear that if they shut their schools, they will lose an entire generation that learning Torah is more precious than life. Op-ed..

Will America stay the strong horse when it comes to Iran?

The Iran accord—whose limitations were a farce and allowed Tehran to lie and cheat as it always does—was rotten to its core. Opinion.

As America reels from political trauma, Jewish continuity points way to national unity

A covenant is a commitment going beyond mutual advantage, requiring joint obligations in an unconditional and unbreakable union. Opinion.

A disaster and a tragedy for America, Jews and decent people everywhere

Those trying to defend principles of law and constitutional order against the left have been grievously undermined. Opinion.

Lessons from Britain’s Brexit breakthrough

The UK success provides an object lesson in strategy for democratic nations facing the Middle East or foreign aggressors' threats. Op-ed.

The driving force behind the ban on kosher slaughtering

This oppressive maneuver is supposedly motivated by concern for animal welfare, but exposes the court's lack of consistency or logic.Op-ed.

The agenda that undermines America’s bond with the Jews

Instead of promoting his nation’s strength, Biden will advertise its weakness—and he will call this virtue.Opinion.

The prospective return of global appeasement

A foreign policy delusion of 'appeasement' means that tyranny is incentivized and war more likely. But Biden seems to be going there.Op-ed.

Two public figures left the world: One inspirational, one despicable

The contrast is between those who choose life and those who inflict death those who promote love and those who incite hatred. Op-ed.

Electing a president under an erupting cultural volcano

There is a mighty cultural force field of "Trumpism" that brought even the Amish out to vote, and his foes cannot understand it. Op-ed.

The BBC isn’t just too ‘woke’—over Israel, it incites baseless hatred

Boris Johnson reportedly intends to install a new chairman who will challenge BBC leftism, but what about its Israel-bashing? Op-ed.

Turning Britain and America into Salem

Critical race theory accuses all white people of abuse of power. Jews are seen as powerful, therefore they are oppressors. Op-ed.

Trivializing the true evil of Nazism

Democrats, including Jewish ones, call Trump a Nazi, distorting the meaning of Nazism and turning it into an empty political smear. Op-ed.

The West turns a blind eye to Palestinian incitement in word and deed

Liberal virtue signaling has led many in the West to completely ignore the Palestinian Authority's open incitement. Op-ed.

Melanie Phillips:

The free world’s craven and hypocritical fifth column

It is time for a unified resolve to stop Iran's evil. But standing up for that are only the United States, Israel and the Gulf states. Op-ed

Support for Black Lives Matter repeats a lethal error of history

Many Jews, particularly in Israel, are brown or black-skinned. Whiteness, though, is deemed to be less about pigment than power. Op-ed.

The progressive world: An antechamber to evil

The passivity that greeted the British rapper’s brazen Jew-hatred shocked many Jews into concluding that a line has been crossed. Opinion.

The Jewish surrender to the West’s eclipse of reason

Under no circumstances should I mention President Trump, abortion, the Democratic Party, or heaven forbid, the Israeli settlements. Opinion.

Both hero and zero: Israel’s strategic incoherence

As Covid-19 threat was perceived to have retreated, its second-to-none security apparatus bowed out, civil infrastructure took over. Opinion

Why is Israel going to pot?

With all the Covid and security threats, a move to risk public health by normalizing cannabis should be dismissed out of hand. Opinion.