Stephen Pollard

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

Latest from Stephen Pollard

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

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

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

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

6 min read

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

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

3 min read

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

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

3 min read

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)

Gidon Sa’ar backing Argentina in the World Cup needlessly antagonises ordinary Brits

In the context of calls for Israel to recognise the Falklands as Argentinian, the foreign minister’s social media post is more than banter

2 min read

July 20, 2026 16:16

Israeli foreign minister Gidon Sa'ar and Argentina's ambassador to Israel Shimon Axel Wahnish (Photo: X)

If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is easier to enlist than the Charedim, Israel has a problem

It is increasingly clear that the October election will be about more than politics and security. It will be about Israel’s soul as hard liners and extremists who would once have been shunned are handed power and influence

2 min read

July 15, 2026 15:42

Israeli security forces attempt to disperse strictly Orthodox Jews trying to block the entrance to the Abu Kabir holding facility in Tel Aviv in protest against the arrests of Charedi draft dodgers on June 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Surely England can beat Argentina – and if not, proper football that really matters starts soon

I don’t claim to be an expert – I support Spurs, after all – but if you ask me, this team are ripe for the taking. They struggled against Cape Verde and Egypt and were outplayed by Switzerland for most of their quarter-final

2 min read

July 14, 2026 13:13

The moment when Diego Maradona flicks the ball with his hand past the outstretched arm of Peter Shilton during the quarter-final match against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup (Image: Wikipedia)

Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism

The prime minister-in-waiting has apologised for Labour’s stance on Gaza. But when you give a bigot what he wants you don’t sate his hunger; you create an even bigger appetite for bigotry

3 min read

July 10, 2026 12:17

Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

It’s like a mash up of Smersh, Spectre and all the baddies from Team America: World Police – a spectacle choreographed by the IRGC and covered with cloying reverence by much of the media

4 min read

July 7, 2026 16:01

BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Khamenei's funeral in Tehran (Image: BBC)

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

The UK and EU are always so ready to leap into ministerial statement-mode when the Jewish state does anything with which they disagree. The hypocrisy and double standards are blatant

2 min read

July 3, 2026 16:40

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

The press freedom group that counts dead terrorists as reporters killed by Israel

Shamed by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who have themselves outed many supposed journalists as jihadists, the Committee to Protect Journalists is finally reviewing its list

5 min read

June 30, 2026 15:23

Mohamed Skheil, listed by CPJ as a media worker killed by Israel in Gaza, was later identified by Palestinian Islamic Jihad as one if its commanders (Image: Salo Aizenberg on X)

My two-word review for Larry David’s new show: Watch it ★★★★★

I’m not exactly objective – I have a signed photo of the comedian in my hall – but let’s just say this sketch show about events in US history is everything you would want it to be

2 min read

June 29, 2026 11:14

Larry David playing a man trying to kiss a nurse on V-J Day in 'Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' (Image: HBO Max)

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The accusations are unsubstantiated and violate the United Nations’ own standards for fact-finding missions. None of this will be reported, of course

4 min read

June 24, 2026 17:14

Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, Navi Pillay (Image: Getty Images)

Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power

The last two years will go down as the worst in living memory for relations with Israel. The only question that remains now is how much worse this will get under Andy Burnham

3 min read

June 22, 2026 15:15

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

Restore Britain’s success in the Makerfield by-election should send a shiver down the spine of every JC reader

3 min read

June 19, 2026 16:36

Leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, speaks to media during the Makerfield by-election on June 18, 2026 in Wigan, England. (Image: Getty Images)

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Stephen Pollard

Latest from Stephen Pollard

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

More from Stephen Pollard

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

Gidon Sa’ar backing Argentina in the World Cup needlessly antagonises ordinary Brits

If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is easier to enlist than the Charedim, Israel has a problem

Surely England can beat Argentina – and if not, proper football that really matters starts soon

Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism

Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

The press freedom group that counts dead terrorists as reporters killed by Israel

My two-word review for Larry David’s new show: Watch it ★★★★★

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power

The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits