Silent Night, Holy Land
As our minds turn once again to the baby that was born in Bethlehem two millennia ago, amidst social unrest, foreign occupation, political turmoil and religious zealotry, we might reflect…
Palestine
BBC ranked third in global antisemitism list for 2021
BBC News hasn't (yet) reported the fact that the Corporation has been ranked third in the world for antisemitism, coming in just after Iran and Hamas, who were ranked first and second respectively, principally for denying the Holocaust and pledging…
Amidst all the buffoonery, Trump is right to reject the Palestinian definition of ‘refugee’
I never expected much good to originate from the election of the Buffoon. Sure, the fact that Hillary Clinton will from time unto eternity be remembered as 'she who enabled…
Bishop condemns Labour antisemitism and demands immediate expulsions
"For too many on the Left, Jewish suffering does not touch them the way Muslim suffering or gay suffering or black suffering touches them," wrote Stephen Daisley in 2015 on…
Israel at 70: a blessing to all the nations of the earth
On 14th May 1948, 70 years ago today, David Ben Gurion declared the independence of the State of Israel. In celebration of this momentous anniversary, God raised up Netta Barzilai,…
Let’s not forget that Corbyn defended Rev’d Stephen Sizer, who spread an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Israel was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks
"The Labour Party has deep historical connections with British Jewry and its sister party in Israel," observes the Times, as the whole Labour movement becomes mired in Jeremy Corbyn's anti-Semitism…
The whole world should recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – simply because it is
There is no greater view in the world than that of Jerusalem from the top of the Mount of Olives. There isn't a more wonderful picture of world history, of…
Balfour 100: we are not ashamed of (re-)creating the State of Israel
A hundred years ago today, the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Rothschild, leader of British Jewry, to convey the intention of the UK Government to re-establish the nation…
If it’s the “so-called Islamic State”, why is Mohammed not the “so-called Prophet”?
The BBC and Channel 4 News appear to have a policy of referring to the ISIS/ISIL/Daesh as the "so-called Islamic State". Senior BBC News Producer David Waddell has explained why…
Do smutty and sexual Ariana Grande lyrics increase the risk of terrorism?
"My daughter saw things no child should ever have to see," said the mother of young Ariana Grande fan earlier last month. She told of the emotional and mental impact…
UNESCO eradicates Jews and Judaism from the history of Temple Mount
UNESCO – where the 'E' stands for 'education' and the 'C' for 'culture' – is the "intellectual agency" of the United Nations, charged with "a commitment to peace-building, mediation, conflict…
Lichfield Cathedral hosts anti-Semitic conference which bars Zionist Jew from asking questions
"The daily life of the Cathedral is the responsibility of the Dean", explains the Lichfield Cathedral website. And the Dean of Lichfield Cathedral is the Very Rev'd Adrian Dorber, who…
Methodist church visitors’ book calls for Jews to be burned alive
When Hinde Street Methodist Church in London erected their 'Israeli checkpoint' exhibition (or, since it looks like a plywood chicken coop, Israeli checkpoint 'exhibition'), it was denounced by the Board…
ISIS is committing genocide, but Tory MPs are whipped into denial
The legal definition of genocide is not restricted to genus: it is defined as the intent "to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious…
Mosque without minaret? Baroness Warsi spectacularly misses the point
What's the main problem with Islam? The mosque and minaret, or the Wahhabi-Salafist apprehension of Mohammed? Professor Sayeeda Warsi (of St Mary’s University, Twickenham) explains: “What I would like…
Marsha Levine – the Cambridge academic who refused to answer Israeli child's question, citing BDS
Dr Marsha Levine was a fellow and senior research associate in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University, which "serves as an interdisciplinary hub aiming to provide…
Cameron's desire to bomb ISIS in Syria is moral, but not the solution
‘Cameron ready to bomb Syria’ announces the Telegraph on its front page today. As headlines go it’s not exactly a major revelation. The PM has been keen to intervene…
Helen Mirren: "I love Israel – I think it's a great, great country"
In 1967, shortly after the Six-Day War, Helen Mirren worked on a the HaOn kibbutz on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. She hitch-hiked throughout Israel, and slept…
Labour Friends of Palestine host Holocaust denier at Party Conference
Politics endangers the soul. Where there was once principle and conviction, there is compromise and obfuscation. Doctrine adapts and morality is murky. Truth is abstracted, or swallowed in bitterness.…
Why does Jeremy Corbyn grasp the oppression of every minority except Jews?
"For too many on the Left, Jewish suffering does not touch them the way Muslim suffering or gay suffering or black suffering touches them," writes the discerning Stephen Daisley…