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For Holocaust Memorial Day:

Belsen and Auschwitz on the BBC

The images of the Warsaw Ghetto and Belsen in the two documentaries discussed below, and the stories of Ringelblum, Winer and Gradowski, are more powerful than any of the words of the film writers..

Belsen and Auschwitz on the BBC

Debating rape: the politics of sexual violence

Rape has becone a political issue: If the rapist is white, he will be condemned by all, if he is Muslim, authorities and feminists will worry about votes and being called racists and try not to mention his ethnicity. How the scales of justice have broken apart. Opinion.

Debating rape: the politics of sexual violence

The rise of antisemitism in the arts

What is happening in the UK world of arts and academia is shocking. Is it a foretaste of worse things to come? Opinion.

The rise of antisemitism in the arts

Friends, Jews and the drama of Israel

This isn‘t just a fight between Jews and gentiles, though there is that divide. It’s a fight which divides Jewish friends and colleagues even more fiercely.

Friends, Jews and the drama of Israel

David Lammy, Joe Biden and Israel

Lammy, Biden and now Harris have their opportunistic eyes on two sets of voters: the growing Muslim vote and the youth vote, both of which have been passionately anti-Israel since October 2023. They have thrown Jewish-Americans and Jewish-Brits under the bus. Opinion.

David Lammy, Joe Biden and Israel

Critical friends: three different takes on Israel and Gaza

An analysis of the situation in Israel today from a very pro-Israel, non right- wing writer living in the UK. Opinion.

Critical friends: three different takes on Israel and Gaza

Mortality in Gaza: lies and statistics

Media and politicians have consistently (and knowingly?) misled people about the number of deaths in Gaza but a series of articles in various publications have questioned their veracity., so that the tide is turning. It's about time. Op-ed.

Mortality in Gaza: lies and statistics

The BBC and Israel: an update

Just a few examples of anti-Israel biased BBC reports. The “Defund the BBC” movement is growing and for the very first time I can begin to see why. Opinion.

The BBC and Israel: an update

Stories missed: Israel and the fog of war

X (formerly known as Twitter) showed a clip of an angry Palestinian in Gaza criticising Hamas. MSM ignore the clips of anti-Hamas Gazans, refrain from asking UNRWA questions and more. Op-ed.

Stories missed: Israel and the fog of war

The treason of the intellectuals - again

Reactions to the October 7th masssacre, the college president debacle in the US Senate, double standards on campus and more. Op-ed..

The treason of the intellectuals - again

Questions about Gaza

British - and other - coverage of the conflict betrween Israel and Hamas is marred by obvious bias and unasked questions. Opinion.

Questions about Gaza

Jews, Ukraine and the BBC

Iin a recent program on BBC Radio 4, Ukraine: How did we get here? there was, oddly, not one single reference to the Jews of Ukraine. Op-ed.

Jews, Ukraine and the BBC

Ken Loach, Labour and anti-Semitism revisited

The Guardian ran a piece on Loach, with no reference to his anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism or his infamous BBC interview.Op-ed.

Ken Loach, Labour and anti-Semitism revisited

Is David Baddiel right that Jews don’t count?

There are 2 kinds of silence about UK University antisemitism. One at the universities, and two, leading TV and radio news programs. Op-ed.

Is David Baddiel right that Jews don’t count?