Jonathan Sacerdoti

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That utterly bonkers, gloriously dreadful Eurovision where the audience just loves Israel

It would have been satisfyingly wonderful if Noam Bettan had won but Bulgaria’s Dara stood out by defying the nasty snubbing of the Jewish state and liking the song Michelle on Instagram

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Noam Bettan performing Michelle with dancers and diamond-shaped prop in the final (Corinne Cumming/EBU)

Israeli singer and Nova survivor, Yuval Raphael, stormed to second place in the 2025 Eurovision contest (Image: Getty)

The New York Times’ faux Eurovision scandal about Israel

5 min read

Press TV exposes Britain’s dangerous permissiveness toward extremism

5 min read

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

4 min read

Inside Gaza, the ceasefire holds… at least for now

There is an eerie calm across the border with the IDF – but the margin for error is thin

6 min read

February 19, 2026 16:11

Palestinian neighbourhood in Gaza (all images: Jonathan Sacerdoti)

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

It would be a striking gesture were the heir – or the King – to visit the Jewish state soon, signalling solidarity with a democracy facing multi-front threats, including from Iran. It would also acknowledge that those threats are aimed at Britain, too

4 min read

February 12, 2026 16:49

Prince William and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Image: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace)

Fear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revolts

Iran’s internal drama unfolds against a backdrop of American action that is both unusually visible and deliberately unsettling

3 min read

January 8, 2026 12:10

Why did Bondi hero overshadow mass murder of Jews in the headlines?

Questions over media coverage linger even if there may have been good reasons for delay in saying attack was antisemitic

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December 15, 2025 14:01

Mourner at tribute to victims of the Bondi Beach attack (Photo by Izhar Khan/Getty Images)

Four Figures Four Eggs at Woolwich Works: Inam Zimbalista’s meditation on the mundane

The Israeli artist’s one-day exhibition offers a quiet reflection on human relationships and the everyday

3 min read

December 12, 2025 16:24

Inam Zimbalista's piece 'Woman, man & hose'.

The BBC is just like Harry and Meghan – and we’ve had enough

As with the estranged royals, we’re all bored of hearing of every new self-inflicted embarrassment, but somehow they keep on coming

4 min read

November 10, 2025 11:02

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness (Image: Getty)

Rossini Opera Festival review: ‘Comic and serious works reimagined in ways that make one think’

After the Royal Opera House’s recent PLO flag debacle, I arrived at Italy’s Adriatic Coast feeling gloomy. I left feeling restored

3 min read

August 19, 2025 16:15

Provocative: the Islamic mob in L'italiana in Algeri is camped up to a RuPaul level (Photo: Amati Bacciardi)

The opera singer who won’t be silenced on Israel

Born in St Petersburg to Ukrainian and Russian parents, acclaimed soprano Ilona Domnich grew up with the message: ‘Don’t disclose. Hide your Jewishness.’ Now she is done hiding

7 min read

July 4, 2025 13:02

Chai note: Ilona Domnich (Photo: Omer Barr)

Israel had the right to ban British MPs – it is what the UK’s done in the past

Israel has no obligation to invite in politicians who seek to damage it from within

3 min read

April 7, 2025 14:52

Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed (Roger Harris Photography) and Yuan Yang

US president’s vision has the potential to end the conflict

The president’s bold approach could deliver a solution after decades of failed diplomacy

3 min read

February 13, 2025 16:32

Trump's bold relocation plan could offer an escape from the vicious cycle of violence, diplomatic stagnation, and failed solutions (Image: Getty)

From anti-Zionist to warrior against hate: Meeting Germany’s only Jewish antisemitism commissioner

How an East German Jew was won over by Israel

3 min read

July 24, 2024 08:46

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev president Professor Daniel Chamovitz tells of how his students have rallied to offer support to those affected by October 7 attacks

3 min read

November 9, 2023 11:58

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role

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Jonathan Sacerdoti

Latest from Jonathan Sacerdoti

That utterly bonkers, gloriously dreadful Eurovision where the audience just loves Israel

The New York Times’ faux Eurovision scandal about Israel

Press TV exposes Britain’s dangerous permissiveness toward extremism

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

More from Jonathan Sacerdoti

Inside Gaza, the ceasefire holds… at least for now

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

Fear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revolts

Why did Bondi hero overshadow mass murder of Jews in the headlines?

Four Figures Four Eggs at Woolwich Works: Inam Zimbalista’s meditation on the mundane

The BBC is just like Harry and Meghan – and we’ve had enough

Rossini Opera Festival review: ‘Comic and serious works reimagined in ways that make one think’

The opera singer who won’t be silenced on Israel

Israel had the right to ban British MPs – it is what the UK’s done in the past

US president’s vision has the potential to end the conflict

From anti-Zionist to warrior against hate: Meeting Germany’s only Jewish antisemitism commissioner

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role