Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips

Columnist

British journalist, broadcaster and author

News by Melanie Phillips

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 driving force behind the ban on kosher slaughtering

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 agenda that undermines America’s bond with the Jews

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.

The prospective return of global appeasement

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.

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

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.

Electing a president under an erupting cultural volcano

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.

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

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.

Turning Britain and America into Salem

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.

Trivializing the true evil of Nazism

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.

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

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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

The free world’s craven and hypocritical fifth column

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.

Support for Black Lives Matter repeats a lethal error of history

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 progressive world: An antechamber to evil

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.

The Jewish surrender to the West’s eclipse of reason

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

Both hero and zero: Israel’s strategic incoherence

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.

Why is Israel going to pot?