Jonathan Sacerdoti

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The BBC’s rotten decision to repeat the grotesque genocide charge against Israel on October 7

Only a small minority of the association’s members backed the disputed claim, while a separate much larger group of experts rejected it. The broadcaster mentioned the first and ignored the second on a day that should have been about the victims of the Hamas massacres

4 min read

Armed police maintain road blocks and security checks around RAF Fairford on September 28, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Britain’s upside-down approach to Islamism, Iran, and Israel is putting us all in danger

5 min read

Le Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival (Photo: Amati Bacciardi)

Rossini Opera Festival: ‘Le Siège de Corinthe was massacred’

5 min read

Judge Altman puts Israel in the dock (Photo: Simon & Schuster)

Israel on Trial: one judge’s search for truth

6 min read

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

3 min read

May 17, 2026 10:37

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

The New York Times’ faux Eurovision scandal about Israel

There were indeed plenty of political manipulations which broke the song contest's clearly defined rules. But none of them came from the Jewish state

5 min read

May 13, 2026 09:44

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

Press TV exposes Britain’s dangerous permissiveness toward extremism

The UK offers ideal conditions for state and non-state actors – from the Islamic Republic to the Muslim Brotherhood – to exploit liberal freedoms in order to undermine them

5 min read

March 31, 2026 15:28

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

Ali Larijani was no reformer but a central figure in repression – and yet much of British media coverage blurred that reality

4 min read

March 17, 2026 17:23

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)

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

2 min read

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)

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Jonathan Sacerdoti

Latest from Jonathan Sacerdoti

The BBC’s rotten decision to repeat the grotesque genocide charge against Israel on October 7

Britain’s upside-down approach to Islamism, Iran, and Israel is putting us all in danger

Rossini Opera Festival: ‘Le Siège de Corinthe was massacred’

Israel on Trial: one judge’s search for truth

More 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

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