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Inviting a denier of genocide to an antisemitism conference brings shame on Israel

The Chief Rabbi pulled out of the conference over concerns about other guests

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Bosnian Muslim survivor of the Srebrenica 1995 genocide, walks among headstones as she visits graves of her relatives at the memorial cemetery (Getty)

Introducing the Holocaust historians who do not understand antisemitism

3 min read

President-elect Donald Trump: poised to crack down on US universities (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

American Jews, beware of being used by Trump

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Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas (Getty Images)

Israel will triumph, but diaspora Jews will pay the price

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The sad truth is that 10 months of war may have all been for nothing

Is there hope for Israel and Gaza? I can’t see it

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August 27, 2024 16:37

Right-wing Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba, against the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee following the October 7 attack in Israel, on July 29, 2024. The military said it has opened an investigation into the "suspected abuse" of a detainee at the Sde Teiman base set up for holding Palestinians arrested in Gaza since the war broke out. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Most people find it easiest not to think for themselves

In these polarised times, those on both the left and the right are falling for simplistic narratives at the expense of a more complex, moral and truthful view of the world

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July 3, 2024 09:11

Damon Albarn at Glastonbury (BBC Music via Youtube)

Ferocity of the Gaza protest rhetoric presages a violent, terrorist future

Throughout Christian history Jews were powerless, so the very idea of Jews fighting back against murders that imitated medieval massacres is an affront to traditional attitudes

3 min read

May 8, 2024 09:46

A protest outside Parliament in central London on 15 November 2023 (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

We’re just waiting for the terrorists to strike us again

Violence in the UK feels inevitable, and we know that when it happens Jews will be blamed

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March 13, 2024 11:04

LONDON - JULY 07: Flowers are laid in order to remember the victims of 7/7 bombings at Russell Square underground station on July 7, 2006 in London, England. On July 7, 2005 three London Underground trains and the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square were targeted by suicide bombers, killing 52 people. (Photo by Dave Etheridge-Barnes/Getty Images)

It’s time to abandon winner-takes-all politics in Israel

The Islamist savages of Hamas and the political extremists in Israel only lead us nowhere

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January 24, 2024 16:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Find me an Oxford college that says it is a safe place for Jews

Jewish fathers may soon advise their kids to go to this rather than that college because it takes antisemitism seriously

3 min read

December 7, 2023 14:15

Find me an Oxford college that says it is a safe place for Jews

Left antisemitism will always be sent packing by voters

It’s understandable but wrong to conclude from the appalling scenes on our streets that no one cares about dead Jews — voters showed in 2019 just what they thought of Corbyn et al

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October 19, 2023 14:52

TOPSHOT - People holding placards and flags of Palestine take part in a 'March For Palestine', part of a pro-Palestinian national demonstration, in London on October 14, 2023, organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and CND. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on Israel Friday to take "every possible precaution to protect civilians" in its response to last weekend's deadly attack by Hamas. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

All sorts of nonentities are honoured with statues but there is nothing to commemorate the role of French resistance hero Michel Hollard

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August 31, 2023 08:38

The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

The left wants diversity but not when it comes to views

Labour is forever seeking ‘minority’ candidates but the first thing they look out for isn’t their sex, ethnicity or religion

3 min read

July 13, 2023 10:04

The left wants diversity but not when it comes to views

I'll always respect Amis, the man who called out the far left on Islamism

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 Martin Amis saw what it really meant

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May 24, 2023 13:01

370799 02: Author Martin Amis poses for a photographer June 12, 2000 at a book signing at the Beverly Hills Library in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Online USA)

Israel’s citizen army has made history

It’s heartening to see Israelis refusing to allow populism to trample their democracy

3 min read

April 4, 2023 15:11

Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside PM Netanyahu's house in Jerusalem, July 10, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** שמאל משטרה ירושלים הפגנה בלפור

Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs

Many feel bitter about Sir Keir's record, but history shows that politicians who compromise, not brave dissidents, are the ones who bring societies back from the brink of extremism

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February 16, 2023 11:54

Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs

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Nick Cohen

Latest from Nick Cohen

Inviting a denier of genocide to an antisemitism conference brings shame on Israel

Introducing the Holocaust historians who do not understand antisemitism

American Jews, beware of being used by Trump

Israel will triumph, but diaspora Jews will pay the price

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The sad truth is that 10 months of war may have all been for nothing

Most people find it easiest not to think for themselves

Ferocity of the Gaza protest rhetoric presages a violent, terrorist future

We’re just waiting for the terrorists to strike us again

It’s time to abandon winner-takes-all politics in Israel

Find me an Oxford college that says it is a safe place for Jews

Left antisemitism will always be sent packing by voters

The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

The left wants diversity but not when it comes to views

I'll always respect Amis, the man who called out the far left on Islamism

Israel’s citizen army has made history

Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs