Stephen Pollard

Stephen Pollard was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2008-2021

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Warning: Bibi’s ousting from office may not spell the end of global antisemitism...

Should Benjamin Netanyahu be voted out next week, critics who hope his government’s end will alleviate hate could be disappointed

3 min read

Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud campaign rally in Tel Aviv last month (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Image: Getty Images)

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

3 min read

A demonstration during the Green Party Conference in Brighton on October 3, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

This is Britain now: the Greens embrace antisemitism as a Cable Street rally targets Jews

2 min read

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Image: Getty)

What the terror scare on the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight showed about the power of the Abraham Accords

3 min read

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

Whether he is wrecking Britain’s alliance with its most important Middle Eastern ally or ordering a fruity vegan flapjack, our friends and foes alike must surely conclude that our Foreign Secretary is a bad joke

3 min read

September 22, 2026 17:02

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: X)

Why did the archbishop honour a cleric who called bin Laden ‘mujahid’? She worships at the shrine of Palestine

Sarah Mullally is no naif – and that is deeply concerning

3 min read

September 18, 2026 10:54

Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, his wife and Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury (Image: Lambeth Palace)

Twenty-five years on, we have learnt nothing from 9/11 – we still allow Islamist hate to flourish

The attacks of 2001 changed everything, yet extremists continue to radicalise on campuses and preach in mosques, while terrorist supporters march through our streets

5 min read

September 11, 2026 06:06

The World Trade Centre after al-Qaeda terrorists crashed two planes into the buildings on September 11, 2001 in New York Cit (Photo: Getty Images)

How Palestinianism can whitewash racist tropes – even when they are not directed at Jews

While Dame Maureen Lipman is pilloried and needs protection just for defending Israel’s right to live in safety, Miriam Margolyes is still celebrated after using foul epithets to describe a black man on live TV

3 min read

September 7, 2026 13:51

ITV presenters Andi Peters and Christine Lampard with Miriam Margolyes (Image: ITV News/X)

Israeli conductors come first and second in top international competition – in Birmingham

The city that delivered the infamous ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans hosted a stunning triumph for two Israelis this weekend

1 min read

September 7, 2026 10:30

Conductor Michal Oren, 29, is handed her award

The shameful attempt to ostracise Dame Maureen Lipman and other Jewish artists who refuse to disavow Israel

The iconic actress would, of course, never prostrate herself before the self-declared community of the good and for that, she suffers antisemitic abuse, requires protection for her safety and now faces calls for her exclusion. This is where we now are

2 min read

September 2, 2026 11:45

Dame Maureen Lipman (Image: Getty Images)

Guterres condemns part of the UN as ‘out of control’ over Israel – after years of feeding the same bias

It is all well and good for the secretary general to point in the direction of Francesca Albanese et al. The real problem, however, is not a few individuals but institutional hostility to the Jewish state

8 min read

August 28, 2026 17:58

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Damascus on July 26, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

4 min read

August 21, 2026 16:08

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s history of the Middle East is a masterpiece

His massively ambitious book is superbly written, perfectly balanced in the scope of its analysis and storytelling, and will serve both expert and lay readers

6 min read

August 20, 2026 17:29

Gift for the telling detail: Simon Sebag Montefiore and his latest book, The Cauldron (Photo: Weidenfeld & Nicolson/ Marcus Leoni)

This weekend’s pro-Iran march underlines how we have chosen to lose the fight against extremists

We have imported Islamists and made their lives here as comfortable as possible. Not only have we failed to legislate against the threat; under the guise of human rights, we have passed laws that make confronting it harder

3 min read

August 10, 2026 15:46

Attendees at the Arbaeen Procession carrying placards of Ayatollah Khamenei in London, on August 9, 2026 (Image: X)

‘The Jews did it’ – the handy theory of everything, from the Ceuta migrant crisis to whatever may go wrong next

If we are all powerful, something doesn't quite add up. Most of the 69,000 who have crossed from Morocco have been pushed back, and Spain’s anti-Israel government remains in power. Perhaps I left Barcelona too soon

3 min read

August 4, 2026 15:02

Migrants wait to receive water on the beach on August 2, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. (Image: Getty Images)

He enabled Corbyn, gave Assad butchery the green light – and now catastrophic Ed Miliband is our foreign secretary

We all know what is next: Burnham can now launch further sanctions against Israel with the support of a Jewish minister

2 min read

July 21, 2026 11:48

Ed Miliband arrives at Downing Street for Keir Starmer's final cabinet meeting on July 15, 2026 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Stephen Pollard

Latest from Stephen Pollard

Warning: Bibi’s ousting from office may not spell the end of global antisemitism...

Burnham calls out the Greens’ antizionism – but is his hostility to Israel much better?

This is Britain now: the Greens embrace antisemitism as a Cable Street rally targets Jews

What the terror scare on the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight showed about the power of the Abraham Accords

More from Stephen Pollard

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

Why did the archbishop honour a cleric who called bin Laden ‘mujahid’? She worships at the shrine of Palestine

Twenty-five years on, we have learnt nothing from 9/11 – we still allow Islamist hate to flourish

How Palestinianism can whitewash racist tropes – even when they are not directed at Jews

Israeli conductors come first and second in top international competition – in Birmingham

The shameful attempt to ostracise Dame Maureen Lipman and other Jewish artists who refuse to disavow Israel

Guterres condemns part of the UN as ‘out of control’ over Israel – after years of feeding the same bias

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s history of the Middle East is a masterpiece

This weekend’s pro-Iran march underlines how we have chosen to lose the fight against extremists

‘The Jews did it’ – the handy theory of everything, from the Ceuta migrant crisis to whatever may go wrong next

He enabled Corbyn, gave Assad butchery the green light – and now catastrophic Ed Miliband is our foreign secretary