Opinion

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Parliament should be investigating the hostility, double standards and deafness to facts when it comes to Israel

By Melanie Phillips

3 min read

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 26: The world's biggest passenger liner, the Queen Mary 2 arrives at her home port of Southampton December 26, 2003 in Southampton, England. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will officially name the 550m GBP luxury liner on January 8, 2004. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

By Maureen Lipman

Pool-side anxieties, the Rambam and one golden, salted margarita

4 min read

Emily Damari with her Spurs scarf following her release from Gaza

By Stephen Pollard

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

1 min read

Hussein Al-Sheikh has been confirmed as the de facto successor to Mahmoud Abbas (Image: Getty)

By Israel Kasnett

Abbas’s appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh is a ruse

2 min read

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Disagreement does not divide us – but misjudgment might

3 min read

Samer Elzaenen has repeatedly featured on BBC Arabic, but the Telegraph reported that he took to social media to call for Jews to be burnt 'like Hitler did'

BBC

Another day, another antisemite on BBC Arabic

So used are we now to the Corporation employing rabid Jew haters that no one even bats an eye anymore when it emerges that one of its regular contributors is a Hitler fanboy

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

To demonstrate ‘impartiality’, the BBC shows the worst Jews they can find

Theroux’s settler documentary doesn’t illuminate – it rehearses the same old narrative

4 min read

Louis Theroux's documentary on the settlers on BBC 2 (BBC)

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Meet the Jewish Democrats opposing Trump’s war on antisemitism

High profile politicians are speaking out against the US president’s policy on campus hate

3 min read

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Getty)

By Angela Rayner

The atrocities committed at Bergen-Belsen must always be remembered

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner writes for the JC following the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen

2 min read

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (left) visiting Bergen Belsen. (Image: UK Government)

Leaders

Why were police protecting a hate march and not Jews?

In Southend protesters were allowed to intimidate a small community of worshippers during Passover

By The JC Leader

2 min read

Police speak to a counter protester during the Gaza march through Westcliff (Image: Alamy)

By The JC Leader

A Turkish-Sunni ring of fire looms – but Israel can prevent it with US help

Even as Israel remains locked in a struggle with Iran and its proxies, a more dangerous adversary could be emerging on its doorstep

3 min read

Turkey's growing influence in Syria should spark concern in Jerusalem and Washington alike (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Only Western pressure can avert a nuclear Iran or war

The president himself warned with characteristic bluntness: If the regime does not make a deal, ‘there will be bombing’

2 min read

Only Western pressure can avert a nuclear Iran or war

By The JC Leader

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

Western leaders think Israel must be dragged back from the brink of victory and condemned to the purgatory of endless talks and conflict.

3 min read

Opinion

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Pool-side anxieties, the Rambam and one golden, salted margarita

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

Abbas’s appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh is a ruse

Latest from opinion

Disagreement does not divide us – but misjudgment might

Another day, another antisemite on BBC Arabic

To demonstrate ‘impartiality’, the BBC shows the worst Jews they can find

Meet the Jewish Democrats opposing Trump’s war on antisemitism

The atrocities committed at Bergen-Belsen must always be remembered

Leaders

Why were police protecting a hate march and not Jews?

A Turkish-Sunni ring of fire looms – but Israel can prevent it with US help

Only Western pressure can avert a nuclear Iran or war

With a genocidal enemy, diplomacy is not an option

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