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Kennedy’s False Note

Much hoo-ha was made of the BBC’s “censorship” of Nigel Kennedy’s remarks about Palestine at the Proms. In truth, Kennedy knew all along he’d be taken off air

September 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Israel·Music

Israel’s Tragic Hero-Victim

Unapologetic terrorist or revolutionary? Menachem Begin is rightly de-demonised, but not whitewashed, in Avi Shilon's new biography

February 25, 2013

Books·Israel·Middle East

Bush V. the Appeasers

The once derided, now unmentionable George W. Bush shames the Obama Administration in their respective attempts to promote peace in the Middle East

February 25, 2013

Counterpoints·Israel·US Politics

Nations United in Hypocrisy

The UN general general assembly displays the limits of multilateralism as the debate on the Palestinians' observer status showed

December 17, 2012

Dispatches·Israel

A Long Way From Cable Street

Robert Wistrich's new study of anti-Semitism brilliantly elucidates how the Left has betrayed the Israel for which it once campaigned

August 29, 2012

Books·Israel·Judaism·UK Politics

Dayan’s Lesson

The great, but flawed, Moshe Dayan understood what the Israeli Left now cannot: that Israelis need a commitment to their security

June 27, 2012

Counterpoints·Israel

Strike Off the Band

Cowardly Irish folk band Dervish bows to leftist pressure not to play in Israel; now the Jewish state views Ireland as the most hostile member of the EU

May 29, 2012

Counterpoints·Ireland·Israel

Israel Left Behind

‘The seriousness of a left-wing movement in today’s Europe can be measured by its stance towards Israel’

May 29, 2012

Europe·European Eye·Israel

Betrayed by Günter Grass

'I was fond of my father's old friend Günter Grass. I'd like to think he knew better'

April 24, 2012

European Eye·Germany·Iran·Israel·Judaism

Best of Enemies

'The message is clear. The world can stop Iran getting nuclear weapons until the spring. After that, Israel might'

November 22, 2011

Israel·Points East & West

The Settlements: Life Between the Lines

"When the media talk about evacuating settlements, they are thinking of caravans. Look at what we've built. You want to remove this?"

May 23, 2011

Dispatches·Israel·Judaism

American Jews and the Defence of Western Civilisation

Two distinguished US academics, Ruth R. Wisse and Jack Wertheimer, discuss the need to rebuild Jewish life and stand up for Israel with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson

April 22, 2011

Dialogue·Israel·Judaism·Middle East·US Politics

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