Stephen Pollard

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

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Whatever we do, the media will not stop propaganda on Gaza

Sadly, the new report on Gaza casualty figures will not change the narrative

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A new report by the Henry Jackson Society claims to have found significant errors in the Gaza health ministry's casualty figures. (Photo by YAHYA HASSOUNA/AFP via Getty Images)

ICC’s arrest warrants expose the West’s inability to defend the values on which freedom and democracy are built

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Amsterdam's Anton de Komplein square ahead of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv (Getty Images)

The only issue has been when and where the first mob attack on Jews would happen

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Good Jew, Bad Jew – in the end we are all just Jews to the mob

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The BBC’s credulous reporting of Hezbollah has become almost comical

Its coverage of the “money bunker” under the Al-Sahel Hospital is not just inept – it’s actually funny

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October 23, 2024 16:49

Al-Sahel Hospital main entrance (Getty Images)

Why is the Guardian shocked that terrorists are portrayed as monsters?

The paper’s review of October 7 documentary One Day in October is amoral in criticising the film for sympathising with the massacre victims

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October 10, 2024 11:12

Emily Hand and her father Tom Hand for the Channel 4 documentary One Day in October. (Photo: Channel 4)

Postmodernism and moral relativism have led us to disaster

The recent CAA poll findings about young adults’ attitudes to Israel and Hamas are shocking but entirely unsurprising

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October 7, 2024 14:38

From Saturday's march (Campaign Against Antisemitism)

The October 7 pogrom changed what it means to be a British Jew

What we do not yet know is how

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October 6, 2024 08:09

'Stop The War Coalition' Demonstration in London on Saturday October 5 (Getty Images)

Pro-Hezbollah professor tells BBC that ‘chosen people’ seek to colonise the ‘whole region’. Thank you very much, says BBC

When an Iranian professor was given airtime on the Today programme, Mishal Husain allowed him to spew out a vile rant

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October 1, 2024 13:42

Nobody Wants This review: The premise is stupid, but I quite enjoyed the show

The main characters are two-dimensional in this ‘rabbi rom-com for goys’ but worth watching for the excellent supporting cast

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September 26, 2024 17:21

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah in Nobody Wants This. (Photo: Netflix)

If Ukraine must be allowed to fight, why isn’t Israel?

Ukraine is a vital strategic interest for the West. So, too, is Israel. But while we are rightly keen to give Ukraine the tools to do the job for us, we punish Israel for daring to fight Islamists

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September 16, 2024 12:38

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images)

For the Jew haters, even a new bus route is a sign of nefarious Jewish power

The 310 bus is, they say, really a Jewish plot to force Muslims to live as second class citizens

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September 5, 2024 08:53

For the Jew haters, even a new bus route is a sign of nefarious Jewish power

Simon Sebag Montefiore taking apart William Dalrymple was a rewarding spectacle

It was like watching a panther dismember a goat

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August 19, 2024 15:49

William Dalrymple stands in the ruins of the "Zafar Mahal", the summer palace of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, in New Delhi. (MANPREET ROMANA/AFP via Getty Images)

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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August 5, 2024 15:23