Melanie Phillips

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Britain’s moral blindness on Palestinian torture

JC’s investigation shows faith in Mahmoud Abbas’s regime has been major misjudgement

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Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories - November 30, 2012: Hundreds of Palestinians gather to watch the speech by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in the bid for Palestine's "nonmember observer state" status at the United Nations, projected on the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, November 29, 2012. Hours later, the UN General Assembly voted 138-9 in favor of the upgraded status for Palestine, with 41 nations abstaining.

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

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Why are Jewish leaders cosying up to Keir?

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The Liberty Bell in historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA)

Ukraine shows how vital the nation is in defending freedom

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Israelis be warned: Ukraine shows how Biden treats friends

Both are small states and American allies. Both face existential threats. But the sight of the United States standing by while Kyiv burns raises fears for Israel as a nuclear deal looms

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March 3, 2022 13:27

Resignation isn’t the right answer to the BBC Jewish problem

Rabbi YY Rubinstein crossed a line in labelling any Jew who appears on the BBC as lacking pride in their Jewishness. The best way to counter BBC bias is by speaking on its programmes

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January 13, 2022 17:03

Resignation isn’t the right answer to the BBC Jewish problem

The shameful Rafiq affair is really about vile identity politics

It’s possible for those who are the victims of bigotry to be bigoted themselves

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November 25, 2021 11:29

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq looks on frustrated as his team struggle to make a break through during day one of the Specsavers County Championship Division One match between Surrey and Yorkshire at The Kia Oval on September 12, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)

This new Holocaust memorial would be an awful desecration

The new Communities Secretary should intervene to stop the proposed Holocaust Memorial being built next to Parliament. It’s a misguided and impractical idea, in the wrong location

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October 7, 2021 18:28

This new Holocaust memorial would be an awful desecration

Brits and Israelis are very different in how we respond to Covid

In Britain, significant numbers believe that restrictions are an assault on freedom by the state — whereas in Israel the state is seen as having the interests of people at heart

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August 19, 2021 18:21

Members of the public queue outside to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary Covid-19 vaccine centre at the Tate Modern in central London on July 16, 2021. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The media is feeding the big lie that Israel is malign and wrong

Coverage of the recent Gaza hostilities credulously repeated fictitious civilian casualty figures for Palestinians. The truth was that the IDF was uniquely successful in its targeting

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July 1, 2021 15:46

BRADFORD, ENGLAND - APRIL 24: The Respect Party's George Galloway during election campaigning on April 24, 2015 in Bradford, England. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)

Starmer and Labour are still yoked to a holy war on the Jews

It was Starmer’s words that were truly shocking, writes Melanie Phillips

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May 13, 2021 14:02

Starmer and Labour are still yoked to a holy war on the Jews

In Britain there is much antisemitism under the surface

Tuvia Tenenbom’s latest book couldn’t find a publisher in this country – which itself shows the truth of the central thesis of his latest book, that antisemitism is barely concealed, writes Melanie Phillips

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March 19, 2021 10:14

Israel born writer Tuvia Tenenbom addresses a press conference in Berlin on December 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

Why can those on the left never see their own antisemitism?

People who hold Marxist assumptions cannot cope with seeing Jewish achievement, says Melanie Phillips

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February 5, 2021 13:52

DARWEN, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures to photographers after giving a speech to supporters at an election campaign event at Darwen Library Theatre on November 07, 2019 in Darwen, England. Conservative held Darwen is the first stop for the Labour Party's 'battle bus'. Politicians have stepped up a gear in the election campaign, bidding to win the December 12 general election and put an end to the Brexit deadlock. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Let’s look forward with a Jewish spirit of hope

' Judaism is a religion that looks forward. It’s programmed to create one good thing after another. It is quintessentially a religion of hope.'

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December 24, 2020 09:32

Let’s look forward with a Jewish spirit of hope

A shameful day for the UK at the United Nations

'By supporting the verbal erasure of the Jews’ connection to Temple Mount, Boris Johnson’s government has crossed a new and still more shameful line.'

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November 12, 2020 13:26

A shameful day for the UK at the United Nations

Holocaust education can foster ignorance and hatred

'Of course people need to be taught about the Holocaust. But the greater need by far is to teach them about the Jewish people, their history in both the land of Israel and the diaspora and about Judaism’s unique characteristics and record of survival.'

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October 1, 2020 14:03

Holocaust education can foster ignorance and hatred

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Melanie Phillips

Latest from Melanie Phillips

Britain’s moral blindness on Palestinian torture

Critics of this act of communal myopia will not be silenced

Why are Jewish leaders cosying up to Keir?

Ukraine shows how vital the nation is in defending freedom

More from Melanie Phillips

Israelis be warned: Ukraine shows how Biden treats friends

Resignation isn’t the right answer to the BBC Jewish problem

The shameful Rafiq affair is really about vile identity politics

This new Holocaust memorial would be an awful desecration

Brits and Israelis are very different in how we respond to Covid

The media is feeding the big lie that Israel is malign and wrong

Starmer and Labour are still yoked to a holy war on the Jews

In Britain there is much antisemitism under the surface

Why can those on the left never see their own antisemitism?

Let’s look forward with a Jewish spirit of hope

A shameful day for the UK at the United Nations

Holocaust education can foster ignorance and hatred