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Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 PM

The twisted call for the destruction of only Israel by the British Green Party

Screenshot from the UK Times and Sunday Times X account earlier in 2026

"Zionism is Racism". Really? So where does Hamas fit in, a proscribed terrorist group in charge of Gaza that wants not only to murder the Jews of Israel, but also Jews worldwide? Are they all sweet and light? Or...

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 17, 2026, 2:06 PM

Britain’s Israeli Policy Is a Miscalculation

Britain’s foreign secretary has presented sanctions against Israel as a route to Middle East stability. The argument rests on an assumption that history, geography and the record of failed peace initiatives do little to support. The House of Commons has...

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 14, 2026, 8:27 AM

If you tell a lie often enough people believe it as fact

Many have died because of the greedy ambitions of a failing empire to have one last stab at survival. Palestinianism was created by Russia in 1964 using the Egyptian, Yasser Arafat, as a weapon with which to crush Israel and...

Sep 11, 2026, 6:58 PM

With the British Government playing their hand, a distraction has been removed

The British Government's declaration that the West Bank occupation is illegal, accompanied by a host of sanctions for the settlements should not cause alarm but in fact be welcomed with relief. As is reported with dissatisfaction in the Arab...

Sep 11, 2026, 6:34 PM

Jewish News – We must be better than BBC!

Dear Richard, I am writing about the Jewish News article headlined: Former Israeli PM and ex-IDF chief of staff back UK sanctions on West Bank settlers involved in 'Jewish terror' (Linked here.) Journalism. Good journalism. Truth. How can we expect other outlets to...

Sep 11, 2026, 6:05 PM

What if Miliband & the Chief Rabbi are both right?

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said something in Parliament this week with which I find it very difficult to disagree. “Holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli Government is antisemitism, plain and simple.” Of course it is. A...

Sep 11, 2026, 2:27 PM

Miliband’s Sanctions Put Britain’s Relationship with Israel at Risk

Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron, Judea and Samaria (Wikimedia commons)

This week, Britain’s new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, decided to sanction Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Miliband does not believe that the Jewish people have a right to live in Judea and, rather than sanctioning terrorist organisations such...

Sep 8, 2026, 8:21 PM

I worked at Britain’s embassy in Israel. The East Jerusalem consulate had to go

Photo of British Embassy Tel Aviv taken by Shlomo Kates.

Israel’s decision to shut the diplomatic post may look like retaliation, but it exposed a UK Mideast policy built on an untenable fiction

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