Alex Hearn

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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

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)

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)

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

4 min read

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

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

3 min read

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

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

3 min read

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 13:45

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 08:09

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 11:40

"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 12:20

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 17:43

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

Twitter has the power to increase antisemitism, but how will Musk handle his new kingdom?

Like the printing press 500 years ago, mass communication can be dangerous for Jews

2 min read

November 3, 2022 17:03

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks up as he addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. - The meeting, held in Stavanger from August 29 to September 1, 2022, presents the latest developments in Norway and internationally related to the energy, oil and gas sector. - Norway OUT (Photo by Carina Johansen / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Why are Jews left to fight antisemitism alone?

Anti-Jewish racism is a symptom of a growing rot that will affect the whole of society in time

3 min read

June 1, 2022 13:14

Aleksandr Dugin: The sinister ideologue who's Putin's favourite philosopher

Dugin’s death cult seeks the total destruction of his opponents

5 min read

March 11, 2022 13:53

Aleksandr Dugin: The sinister ideologue who's Putin's favourite philosopher

Amnesty's Israel apartheid claim is a continuation of the Nazis' antisemitic propaganda

The same methodology was followed by Iran, at Durban and now by Amnesty

3 min read

February 15, 2022 09:50

Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right at podium) speaking at the opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban.

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Alex Hearn

Latest 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

More from Alex Hearn

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

Twitter has the power to increase antisemitism, but how will Musk handle his new kingdom?

Why are Jews left to fight antisemitism alone?

Aleksandr Dugin: The sinister ideologue who's Putin's favourite philosopher

Amnesty's Israel apartheid claim is a continuation of the Nazis' antisemitic propaganda