Stephen Pollard

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

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Jews are talking about leaving and Starmer must take some of the blame

The PM acted against antisemitism in his own party – but he has done little about the tsunami of hate since October 7

3 min read

Reaching out: Sir Keir Starmer at the Community Security Trust (CST) in London last month (Photo by CARLOS JASSO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Blackshirts are back – this time round, though, the fascists are Islamofascists

3 min read

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

3 min read

Maccabi supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Johan-Cruijff stadium, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law

3 min read

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

While the Israeli air raid on Hamas leaders in Doha failed in its aim of assassinating them, it was brilliantly successful in a more important respect: ending the war

5 min read

October 12, 2025 13:33

Trump greets Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Spare us the pearl-clutching from broadcasters who fan the flames of antisemitism

The broadcasters bewailing the terror attack in Manchester are the very people who have portrayed Israel as uniquely evil

3 min read

October 6, 2025 14:08

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks to the media outside the Heaton Park synagogue. (Photo: Getty Images)

Manchester was always coming –authorities have let Jew-haters roam free

We know nothing yet of the attacker’s identity. But we know everything about the climate that made this atrocity possible: years of antisemitism on Britain’s streets, tolerated until it turned deadly today

1 min read

October 2, 2025 13:14

Members of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester and Police officers following a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Manchester was always coming –authorities let Jew-haters roam free

1 min read

October 2, 2025 13:04

Never Again by Jake Wallis Simons review: ‘A book for our times’

The author’s new work superbly distils the issues facing the West

4 min read

September 30, 2025 17:04

Don’t make the mistake of dismissing Netanyahu as shallow caricature

However strongly one might disagree with his policies and behaviour in government, the Israeli PM has a serious and deep understanding of history, of strategy and of tactics

3 min read

September 30, 2025 12:32

US President Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the end of a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Yvette Cooper’s ahistorical assertions expose the fatuity behind recognising Palestine

In her first major speech, the Foreign Secretary misrepresented the past to defend a policy that contradicts the concept of land for peace and the idea of negotiations towards a two-state solution

3 min read

September 25, 2025 13:22

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper attends a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestinian statehood (Image: Getty)

An ‘Israel genocide’ finding by a body dedicated to attacking Israel is not a finding

Even former UN general secreatary Ban Ki-moon has condemned the anti-Israel bias of the Human Rights Council

4 min read

September 18, 2025 13:22

A diplomat observes the room a the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 9, 2024 (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jews are getting what they deserve – isn’t that what you meant to say, Giles Coren?

We have translated the Times columnist’s latest piece on Israel and Gaza so you don’t have to read it

2 min read

September 9, 2025 13:44

The march against antisemitism in London (Getty)

Starmer discusses statecraft with a leader who funds terrorists

Mahmoud Abbas’s trip to London comes as Starmer’s office refuses to confirm whether the PM will meet the Israeli president when he visits later this week

2 min read

September 8, 2025 14:59

Starmer (R) meets Abbas at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

With Levy out, Tottenham has a chance to finally fulfill our potential

Daniel Levy’s stewardship of Tottenham was too careful and too cautious, but it wasn’t all bad

3 min read

September 5, 2025 10:17

Daniel Levy, the Jewish former chairman of Spurs (Getty)

Israel hits Houthis; critics lose grip on reality

For detractors like Mehdi Hasan and Cenk Uygur, even Islamist terrorists who have dragged their own country into a bloody civil war can be recast as a respectable government – so long as it helps them smear the Jewish state

3 min read

September 1, 2025 17:06

Funeral of Houthi leaders in Sanaa, Yemen, September 1 (Image: Getty)

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Stephen Pollard

Latest from Stephen Pollard

Jews are talking about leaving and Starmer must take some of the blame

The Blackshirts are back – this time round, though, the fascists are Islamofascists

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law

More from Stephen Pollard

Forget the rumours, this is the real deal behind Trump’s peace plan

Spare us the pearl-clutching from broadcasters who fan the flames of antisemitism

Manchester was always coming –authorities have let Jew-haters roam free

Manchester was always coming –authorities let Jew-haters roam free

Never Again by Jake Wallis Simons review: ‘A book for our times’

Don’t make the mistake of dismissing Netanyahu as shallow caricature

Yvette Cooper’s ahistorical assertions expose the fatuity behind recognising Palestine

An ‘Israel genocide’ finding by a body dedicated to attacking Israel is not a finding

Jews are getting what they deserve – isn’t that what you meant to say, Giles Coren?

Starmer discusses statecraft with a leader who funds terrorists

With Levy out, Tottenham has a chance to finally fulfill our potential

Israel hits Houthis; critics lose grip on reality