Melanie Phillips

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Israel has become the Gideon Falter of the whole world

Just like the campaigner, the Jewish state is victim blamed

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Israel has become the Gideon Falter of the whole world

A placard supporting George Galloway in Rochdale (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

When we appease antisemitism, this is shameful result

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The Gaza rally outside Parliament (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The demonisation of Israel has destabilised British politics

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The BBC (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

We need to face up to the scale of the axis against Israel

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Even now, the threat to British Jews is not being taken seriously

Marching against antisemitism is great, but it needs to be backed by action

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November 30, 2023 15:17

Even now, the threat to British Jews is not being taken seriously

The Hamas pogrom is the result of the West's refusal to accept the idea of evil

Every aggressive cause is thought to be amenable to compromise

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October 9, 2023 11:30

Families of civilians abducted by the terrorist organization Hamas hold a press conference in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, October 8, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** חטופים מסיבת עיתונאים מבצע חרבות ברזל חמאס עזה

Israel’s protesters are the real threat to its democracy now

Ignore the misleading, boilerplate columns, the protests are part of a manipulative, aggressive plot

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August 24, 2023 13:55

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 24: Police officers use water cannons to evacuate protesters from a main road on July 24, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Some 20, 000 anti-government protestors marched from Tel Aviv and converged in Jerusalem outside the parliament as the contested bill is voted, after weeks of protest against the government's plans to restrain the judiciary. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

There are no good reasons to oppose the boycott bill

A dismaying number of Conservative MPs opposed it in the Commons — and Labour’s opposition was a wake up call to those who think that everything is now fine with the party

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July 4, 2023 16:51

A tourist photographs a sign painted on a wall in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem on June 5, 2015, calling to boycott Israeli products coming from Jewish settlements. The international BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) campaign, that pushes for a ban on Israeli products, aims to exert political and economic pressure over Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories in a bid to repeat the success of the campaign which ended apartheid in South Africa. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC's 'disinformation' reporter should look at the way it covers Israel

The Corporation is fixated on the view that Israeli aggression drives the action in the Middle East conflict

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May 18, 2023 11:51

TOPSHOT - People take cover as a building is hit by an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2023. Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fire on May 12, as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel's enemies are gleefully rubbing their hands at all this

This chaos has been enough of a blessing for Israel's enemies, we don't need our community making it worse

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March 30, 2023 14:25

Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה ירושלים רפורמה בית משפט עליון משפט רפורמה

Unelected judges should rule… Seriously?

Melanie Phillip makes the case for Netanyahu's reforms

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March 23, 2023 09:55

TOPSHOT - Israelis take part in ongoing protests against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government, in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Westminster Holocaust memorial is a tragic betrayal of the dead

Backed by establishment toadies, the planned monument and learning centre is the wrong building in the wrong place with the wrong remit — and it is a desecration of the Shoah

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February 9, 2023 10:25

Westminster Holocaust memorial is a tragic betrayal of the dead

Why Ben Gvir and Smotrich are modern-day Maccabees

The Maccabees were not apostles of peace and love, but violent religious zealots

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December 22, 2022 13:28

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R) are pictured during the swearing in ceremony of the new Israeli government at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2022. - Israel swore in a new parliament today hours after a deadly attack, as veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu advances talks on forming what could be the country's most right-wing government ever. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Making use of the Kanye and Pelosi incidents for partisan purposes is disgusting

It masks the fact that misfits draw on conspiracy theories because they're at war with society

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November 3, 2022 11:48

Making use of the Kanye and Pelosi incidents for partisan purposes is disgusting

The key question: will King Charles be good for the Jews?

Some of his interventions have caused anxiety — such as his ‘Defender of Faith’ comment. But a look at his record shows that Charles has been a consistent friend to our community

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September 13, 2022 12:30