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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.

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.
Much of the West believes the antisemitic lie that the Jews are responsible for their own destruction.
The moral corruption of this global body has knocked the free world off its compass.
If Netanyahu won’t alert Americans to their government’s abandonment of Israel, U.S. politicians must step up to the plate.
Finally, people are pushing back publicly against the outlet’s lethal distortions.
Conservatism and the nation need each other to survive.
The IHRA definition has led defenders of the Jewish people down a blind alley.