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Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her new book, Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege, has just been published by Wicked Son. Her previous book, The Builder’s Stone: How Jews and Christians Built the West and Why Only They Can Save It, was published in 2025. Access her work at: melaniephillips.substack.com.

Liberal society contains the seeds of its own destruction.
Media outlets are enabling anti-Jewish evil in a time of war.
The depravity shown by Hamas has entered the collective mind of the West itself.
Increasing tensions between Christians and Jews in Israel are complicated and disturbing.
The mob attack in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur has far wider resonance.
Raisi’s triumphalism at the U.N. is a result of the West’s surrender
The Palestinian leader’s bigotry is in lockstep with the West’s hypocritical outrage.
Taking sides in this contest reflects the deep moral confusion of the West.
The distinction between hating Jews and hating Israel is bogus.
The protesters won’t stop until they bring Netanyahu’s government down.
Israel needs to deliver an entirely different message to its two-faced U.S. ally.
In obsessing over Israel’s policies, the free world is looking the wrong way.