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Paul James Kearns

Sep 30, 2026, 12:12 AM

“Genocide” “Ignorance, Hypocrisy, Stupidity” Yup, it’s those football matches.

Young Arab Israelis Playing football in Jaffa-Tel Aviv.

We are now in a bizarre state of purgatory between those two matches. In case anybody has completely missed this increasingly sorry and bitter saga, the controversy surrounding UEFA Nations League matches between Ireland and Israel has occupied an extraordinary...

Sep 29, 2026, 6:47 AM

The Decline of the Western World, or Is It the End of the World?

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

There are moments in history when change happens gradually, almost invisibly, and there are moments when you can actually feel the foundations of society shifting beneath your feet. Looking at the world today, at the wars, the polarization, the...

Sep 27, 2026, 2:59 PM

Playing Against a Ghost

Israel's players line up for the Nations League Group B3 soccer match between Austria and Israel in Linz, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

The Ireland-Israel fixture and football's selective conscience

Sep 21, 2026, 6:33 PM

Why BDS Is Effectively Dead in India

Visit of PM Narendra Modi to Israel. February 26, 2026. (Source: PMO India/X)

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was designed for a particular kind of political environment: one where public opinion could be mobilized to treat a relationship with Israel as a moral liability. India no longer offers that environment,...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:38 PM

Britain’s Palestine campaign is in office

Britain, once again off track, is holding its fight over Israel in the wrong building. Andy Burnham's government announced economic measures against Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria on 8 September. The Chief Rabbi, the Board of Deputies, and the...

Sep 15, 2026, 5:56 PM

The Question Only a Jewish Minister Gets Asked

Ed Miliband announced sanctions against Israeli settlements in the House of Commons. By the next morning, Britain was debating how often he goes to synagogue. Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Britain’s chief rabbi, called the measures a dark day for British Jews...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:49 AM

Adidas Caved. Shalev Biton Didn’t.

Adidas apologized this week for featuring an Israeli amputee in an ad, and I’m still trying to figure out what exactly they were apologizing for. Shalev Biton lost his leg in 2021 when Hamas fired an anti-tank missile at his...

Sep 9, 2026, 8:56 PM

Separation Is Not Justice

Illustrative. AI image created by the author.

A boycott cannot build coexistence. Ed Miliband's speech deserved a serious answer; his policy deserves a firm rejection. The British foreign secretary spoke movingly about the sanctuary Israel gave his grandmother after the Nazis murdered his grandfather and 60 other...

Paul James Kearns

Sep 9, 2026, 2:31 PM

Boycotts are Back – The Israeli Left’s Case for Boycotting the Occupation

“A gross interference in the democratic elections of a sovereign nation” that apparently “will directly harm, unfortunately, Palestinians, robbing them of business and employment.” So says President Herzog about the United Kingdom. We are talking about international boycotts. Twelve Western countries –...

Sep 9, 2026, 2:16 PM

Labour’s Israel policy is electoral pandering

There is something almost admirable about the efficiency with which Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband have converted a modest trade restriction into a diplomatic crisis with Israel. But then again, Labour has a peculiar knack for turning domestic token...

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