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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.

Iran has destabilized the entire region by using proxy armies to impose its murderous brand of Islam throughout the world.
The war with Iran is clarifying who is for civilization against barbarism—and who is not.
Jews should be aware of the cry of pain behind a resurrected antisemitic libel.
The war against Iran may defeat the axis of evil—and put America and Israel at the head of a new world order.
It seems, though, that nothing can be allowed to challenge the narrative of heartless Israelis and wretched Palestinians.
Jewish victimization should not be dismissed as unbeatable. It must be fought harder and better.
The proper response to this war against a people is not to deflect it, but to fight it better.
Qatar represents the Jeffrey Epstein of world politics.
The world hasn’t learned the key point—that it was a uniquely monstrous crime aimed specifically at the extermination of the Jewish people.
The old world order is dead because Western universalists destroyed it.
Ending the Islamic regime in Tehran would help reset the West’s moral compass.