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Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

Sep 28, 2026, 1:11 PM

Britain’s Extraordinary Hamas Passport Scandal

A man alleged to have been a Hamas operative was granted asylum, settled status and ultimately British citizenship before allegedly helping to organise a terrorist plot against Jewish targets in Europe. The question now is not merely how he...

Sep 20, 2026, 9:37 AM

If Britain Breaks, What Would It Mean for Israel?

Britain breaking up?

What until recently sounded largely theoretical has become a little less so. Meeting in Cardiff this week, the leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin signed an agreement asserting the right of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to...

Sep 17, 2026, 9:18 PM

‘Free, Free Piddington!’

This week, a Labour member of the British Parliament asked whether his country should take “military action” against Israel. Tahir Ali, the MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, was speaking during a debate on the disarmament of Hamas when...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:42 PM

Britain and Israel: A chequered relationship

As a child, I had heard of the Balfour Declaration, a document precious to Jews, couched in the form of a letter from Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, to Lord Rothschild, a prominent member of the Jewish community,...

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, 6:20 PM

Being Pro-Israel Means Knowing the Settlements Are Not Israel

Distinguishing sovereign Israel from the West Bank is legally correct and strategically necessary. Turning that distinction into a trade ban on settlement goods backfires: it punishes civilians, strengthens annexationists and makes separation politically harder. Britain, France and Canada have announced...

Sheldon Kirshner

Sep 11, 2026, 7:29 PM

Britain’s Tough Approach To Israeli Settlements

The current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labors under the grand illusion that its controversial settlement policy in the occupied West Bank will have no adverse effect on its bilateral relations with foreign countries. On September 7,...

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...

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