Letters to the Editor, February 6 2026

Labour’s fear of upsetting Muslims is crippling Britain’s fight against Islamist extremism

In a sane world, the Home Office would elevate someone like Fiyaz Mughal – a Muslim campaigner against anti-Muslim bigotry – to speak out about Islamist extremism rather than trying to silence him

Why Saudi Arabia is turning back to Islamism – and against Israel

Economic strain and domestic pressure are pushing Riyadh toward a regional realignment. Washington ought to pay attention

At Columbia, a new Jewish president faces an old antisemitism problem

It should soon be clear whether Mnookin is a role model or someone the university’s Board of Trustees picked to protect the broken status quo

Beresheet Hotel was a glorious setting for our delayed honeymoon

The Foreign Office had warned us not to come here unless our travel was essential. Well, it is. It‘s essential for the soul

From CPS to education, Britain is failing to confront antisemitism

These institutional blind spots guarantee the problem will deepen, while steadily eroding confidence in the state’s commitment to equal citizenship. That is not a drift the country can afford to tolerate

From Pep Guardiola to Hugh Bonneville, celebrities are spreading falsehoods on Gaza

It’s a lot easier to spew out ignorant rubbish than to actually check the facts and risk not being able to launch a broadside against Israel

The Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons against Israel – negotiations only buy it time

The only path to lasting peace in the Middle East and beyond is to empower the Iranian people to overthrow their enemy from within

Western Holocaust erasure and antizionism follows an old Soviet script

It is curious how the day marking the liberation of Auschwitz is the only date in the year when so many people who otherwise obsess endlessly about Jews suddenly lose the capacity to mention Jews at all