Alex Hearn

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Zionism isn’t racist – the Green Party is

From Nazi propaganda to Soviet doctrine, the slogan has a poisonous lineage. Its real target is not Israel, but British Jews

4 min read

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign flag at the Green Party annual conference in Brighton on October 2, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the backs of British Jews

3 min read

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband departs after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on September 8, 2026 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Miliband’s repetition of anonymous Gaza ‘stories’ as fact is no small lapse. It’s the whole problem

3 min read

Restore Britain co-founder Charlie Downes (YouTube/NextGenerationPodcast)

Restore Britain activists are coming after me – they’ll need to join the queue, behind the far left

3 min read

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

In her telling, to stand against the Jewish state is not merely permitted. It is the measure of whether you are a good person at all

4 min read

June 25, 2026 12:55

Sally Rooney at the Winter TCA 2020 in Pasadena, California, January 17, 2020 (Image: Getty Images)

Zeteo UK won’t speak truth to power – only grievances to its echo chamber

At Mehdi Hasan’s new “progressive” platform, the staff tend to share a certain worldview, particularly on Israel, where every bias points in the same direction

3 min read

June 11, 2026 16:54

When being Jewish in Britain, watching short films for Jewish culture month, felt, well...normal

I got to enjoy doing the things other communities in our country do without a second thought, no justifications required. Just us, seeing our stories on screen, laughing and crying together

3 min read

May 21, 2026 17:45

Cinema with audience. (Image: Getty Images)

Fighting antisemitism was high up in the King’s Speech – but British Jews have heard promises before

It feels, at last, like we are seeing the political will to enforce the law and protect citizens. The test, though, is not what was read from the throne but what follows

4 min read

May 15, 2026 12:36

King Charles III sits with Queen Camilla in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament on May 13, 2026 (Getty Images)

The situation is so bad in Britain, even a rally against antisemitism needs airport-style security

Maybe what we needed from this protest was reassurance that people cared – when we already know they don't. I'm not sure what was worse: the safety measures or the apathy

3 min read

May 11, 2026 16:45

Cowardice led people to go along with a small, organised mob stirring up hatred against Jews

It’s not the level of antisemitism as such that is so astonishing but how quickly the rest of the country cooperated with it. But if collaboration is the mechanism, then refusing to collaborate is the answer

3 min read

May 5, 2026 11:54

A police cordon in the Golders Green neighbourhood following a stabbing attack on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty)

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

The 2021 ‘Promise of the Hereafter’ conference sets out what would befall the survivors of a ‘defunct (Jewish) state’ – from death and expulsion to forced labour

3 min read

February 25, 2026 16:50

Memorial for the victims of the Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival (Image: Getty)

Reduced to one word – Jew

Comedian. Actor. National treasure. None of it protected Matt Lucas on that escalator from Soviet-era totalitarian racism right here in Britain

3 min read

February 18, 2026 15:58

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

December 3, 2025 11:18

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

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

Drawing upon the brand of anti-Israel populist extremism which swept New York’s mayor to power will take Labour down a dangerously mistaken path

3 min read

November 14, 2025 14:45

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

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

Invoked as a tale of anti-fascist heroism, Cable Street has become a cover for today’s extremists, while antisemitic marches go unchecked and Jews are left exposed

3 min read

October 28, 2025 14:11

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

How can anyone claim to seek peace while erasing Hamas's war crimes and the very events that triggered this war?

3 min read

September 30, 2025 12:50

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

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Alex Hearn

Latest from Alex Hearn

Zionism isn’t racist – the Green Party is

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the backs of British Jews

Miliband’s repetition of anonymous Gaza ‘stories’ as fact is no small lapse. It’s the whole problem

Restore Britain activists are coming after me – they’ll need to join the queue, behind the far left

More from Alex Hearn

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

Zeteo UK won’t speak truth to power – only grievances to its echo chamber

When being Jewish in Britain, watching short films for Jewish culture month, felt, well...normal

Fighting antisemitism was high up in the King’s Speech – but British Jews have heard promises before

The situation is so bad in Britain, even a rally against antisemitism needs airport-style security

Cowardice led people to go along with a small, organised mob stirring up hatred against Jews

The Hamas blueprint for October 7 that the world chose to ignore

Reduced to one word – Jew

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