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Dec 2, 2016, 6:13 PM

Tommy Robinson visited Israel: A response to the Jewish Chronicle’s attack

I invited Tommy Robinson to Israel for two reasons. I wanted to show him the real boundaries of Zionism today and give him a glimpse of the almost unfathomably deep connection between Jews and Israel. I achieved both on our...

Nov 3, 2016, 3:04 PM

WATCH: J-Street Makes Best Pro Trump Israel Video Ever

There’s a pretty big gulf between how J-Street Jews think of Israel and indigenous Jewish lands and how I think. This video brings that gulf into sharp relief. J-Street made what they thought was an anti Trump video to scare American...

Apr 13, 2016, 6:02 PM

Why is Merkel acting like Erdogan’s Dhimmi?

News out of Germany: a comedian has been arrested under a German law that apparently prohibits the mocking of foreign heads of state. Setting aside the surprising revelation that there are comedians in Germany, which part of “freedom” didn’t they...

Aug 5, 2015, 11:00 PM

Jonathan Arkush waiting for unicorns, mermaids and a reformed Islam

Ari Soffer of Arutz7 is in the UK right now and he’s taken the chance to interview the new head of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. It’s a long interview but I’ll highlight some interesting parts. Since I...

Jun 9, 2015, 10:37 PM

What divides Jews: Rabbi Sacks or Israel?

Yesterday, at the prestigious Herzliya Conference, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks spoke at a roundtable discussion titled “Islam and BDS in Europe: a strategic threat?” As reported in The Times of Israel: The moral critique of Israel on human rights, embodied in the...

Dec 3, 2014, 1:53 PM

AP Using “The Philip Morris Handbook for Amoral Corporate Damage Control”

A new volley has been fired in the ongoing story of the rotten state of the Associated Press's Jerusalem Bureau. Former AP staffer Matti Friedman has made more explosive revelations, this time in a long, detailed article in the...

Oct 23, 2014, 1:30 PM

The Associated Press proves all its detractors right

True story: one day, a few years ago, I was sitting on a beach when I noticed the sea started going out. It kept going out. In fact the sea, which had been practically lapping at my feet a...

Sep 22, 2014, 5:03 PM

Do British Jews Deserve Their Leaders?

At the end of August, just as Hamas had finally agreed to stop its indiscriminate rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, the elected leadership of the UK’s Jewish community decided to do something astonishing. They picked a widely discredited, somewhat marginalised...

Sep 16, 2014, 6:29 PM

The Rotten State Of The Media

Remember the old adage: “nobody ever got fired for buying IBM”? That’s what it’s like in a news room choosing to use Associated Press (AP) news wire stories. It’s assumed to be safe: AP has checked their facts and their sources,...

May 30, 2014, 9:46 AM

It is necessary to clearly name the enemy of human civilisation

I was in Washington D.C. a few weeks ago and invited to attend the Israeli Embassy’s Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) party celebrating 66 years for the modern State of Israel. The wine was Israeli and of course excellent; the...

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About Me

Brian of London made aliyah from the UK to Israel in 2009. For many years he has blogged and broadcast about Israel, technology and other subjects. Most recently he's focused on the experience of driving an electric car every day. Brian has a scientific PhD but today owns a business in Israel.