Alex Hearn

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The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

If we're going to invoke Jewish history in our criticism of Shabana Mahmoud’s reforms, we owe it to those who were turned away to get that history right – and to face present realities rather than romanticise the past

4 min read

Jewish Kindertransport refugees from Germany and Austria, at a camp in Dovercourt Bay near Harwich, 11th January 1939 (Image: Getty)

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Image: Getty)

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

3 min read

The Cable Street myth: how the left launders antisemitism in Britain

3 min read

A protester holding a Palestinian flag interrupts a speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves (Getty)

Labour’s genocide vote shows the irrelevance of far left activism

3 min read

Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow

By refusing to say so publicly, the government leaves the field open to MPs and activists who weaponise the charge against the Jewish state and stoke antisemitism

3 min read

September 16, 2025 11:01

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (L), Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and Britain's former Foreign Secretary, now Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy (Image: Getty)

Starmer appointed Mahmood to blunt Reform’s rise – but can she reassure British Jews?

The community will be watching: Will she tackle rising antisemitism, confront extremist groups, and back Rayner’s push to define Islamophobia in law?

4 min read

September 8, 2025 15:46

Newly appointed UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves Number 10 Downing Street as Keir Starmer holds a cabinet reshuffle on September 5, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

Rather than showing moral leadership by reflecting on whether they might have misjudged the situation, their defensive reaction suggests they view the incident through the lens of their own persecution – a troubling disconnect.

3 min read

August 12, 2025 13:40

Israeli hostage Evyatar David looking emaciated. David, who turned 24 in captivity, was abducted during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (Getty: Image)

Antisemitism is degrading the integrity of our universities – here’s how we can fight it

A new study has revealed how academic freedom is being relinquished in favour of indoctrination and conformity

3 min read

May 6, 2025 14:39

The Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck University of London (Image: Alamy)

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

The list of politicians banned by Britain is significant, and includes an Israeli. But suddenly it is considered a special affront that a nation at war is policing its borders from hostile actors

2 min read

April 10, 2025 12:45

Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks as the United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the situation in the Middle East (photo: Getty Images)

Being ‘better than Corbyn’ is a low bar – and Labour hasn’t met it over Clive Lewis

The MP’s social media posts effectively hold Jews thousands of miles away responsible for the actions of the British far right

3 min read

August 15, 2024 07:09

Clive Lewis MP (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Western Hamasniks must come to terms with Israel’s existence

Support for Hamas’ war of elimination will only get more Palestinians and Jews killed

2 min read

June 19, 2024 10:40

"National March for Gaza", in London, on 8 June 2024 (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Pity our poor BBC journalists, victims of an illness that leads to fantasies

It’s diagnosed as institutional antisemitism

2 min read

November 23, 2023 15:27

Pity our poor BBC journalists, victims of an illness that leads to fantasies

It’s time to tackle the extremists fuelling hate

For too long the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have spread poison on British campuses

3 min read

August 10, 2023 11:20

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Photo: Alamy)

The Passion Play brings Christian antisemitism to Trafalgar Square

Stagings of Easter story in public places continue to normalise old themes of prejudice

3 min read

April 11, 2023 16:43

The Passion Play brings Christian antisemitism to Trafalgar Square

You can’t say anything about Israel any more

It is true that people are being silenced in this debate, but it isn’t the people you think

3 min read

March 2, 2023 15:20

You can’t say anything about Israel any more

EHRC decision is not cause for celebration, it's the crossing of a very low bar

As a party that prides itself on being anti-racist, this should not be 'job done' but a step on the path to some serious introspection

2 min read

February 15, 2023 16:56

EHRC decision is not cause for celebration, it's the crossing of a very low bar

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Alex Hearn

Latest from Alex Hearn

The comforting myth of Britain as a safe haven for Jews clouds our immigration debate

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

The Cable Street myth: how the left launders antisemitism in Britain

Labour’s genocide vote shows the irrelevance of far left activism

More from Alex Hearn

Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow

Starmer appointed Mahmood to blunt Reform’s rise – but can she reassure British Jews?

Rabbi Baginsky and Rabbi Levy ignored the spirit of the hostage rally with their speech

Antisemitism is degrading the integrity of our universities – here’s how we can fight it

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

Being ‘better than Corbyn’ is a low bar – and Labour hasn’t met it over Clive Lewis

Western Hamasniks must come to terms with Israel’s existence

Pity our poor BBC journalists, victims of an illness that leads to fantasies

It’s time to tackle the extremists fuelling hate

The Passion Play brings Christian antisemitism to Trafalgar Square

You can’t say anything about Israel any more

EHRC decision is not cause for celebration, it's the crossing of a very low bar