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Stephen Pollard
Stephen Pollard is Editor at Large of The JC.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore taking apart William Dalrymple was a rewarding spectacle
It was like watching a panther dismember a goat
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The hypocrisy in reaction to the riots is striking
While those who attend the riots but don’t actually riot are rightly condemned, those who attend the hate marches alongside antisemites are described as “decent”
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Why Natalie Portman’s first TV drama left me bored senseless
It is packed to the rafters with Jewy things and it’s beautifully acted, so the JC’s editor-at-large should have loved it. I did not
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For the BBC, Ismail Haniyeh was ‘moderate and pragmatic’, for the rest of us he was a monster
Why is the corporation incapable of describing him as what he was
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Imagine if it had been The Jewish Vote rather than The Muslim Vote
Does anyone really think the reaction would just have been a shrug of the shoulders and a feeling that we should consider their grievances? There would, rightly, have been outrage
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This election makes Britain ever more vulnerable to sanitised Islamism
With so many small majorities, Labour MPs are set to lean towards the demands of The Muslim Vote
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Friday night dinner doesn’t make you a slacker
The Tory party offended us all by attacking Sir Keir Starmer for observing Jewish traditions
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Last night’s debate will impact the Middle East as well as the US
The issue now is not whether Biden should be president for another term – it’s whether he should be president for the remainder of this term.
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Kid Sister, review: How not to write a comedy about Jews
I lost hours of my life this predictable, badly acted, and really very annoying series
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Labour’s plan to recognise Palestine is gesture politics of the worst kind
It makes a negotiated settlement less likely
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Don’t forget the role of stupidity in the debate about Israel
It’s especially prevalent when it comes to pro-Palestinian campaigners. While many are extremely clever at winning arguments, many of their fellow travellers are just stupid
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It’s wrong to compare Hamas and the IRA
The ICC’s chief prosecutor should know that the war against Hamas is nothing like Britain’s fight to quell the Troubles
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Buying London review: High-value homes with a very low denominator
This show is the streaming version of self-loathing and intellectual nausea, but the truth is I’d have watched all seven episodes even if the JC hadn’t made me
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Discussing conspiracy theories without mentioning Islamism is like writing about Henry VIII without his wives
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Eurovision’s message to the Israel haters: the world does not share your bigotry
The public vote tells us a lot about support for Israel
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Biden’s weapons threat has made peace less, not more, likely
By publicly threatening Israel, the US president has emboldened Hamas and Israel’s other enemies
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