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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 personal and political memoir, Guardian Angel, has been published by Bombardier, which also published her first novel, The Legacy, in 2018. To access her work, go to: melaniephillips.substack.com.

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The media war against Israel

Partisan journalists may have subverted American democracy, but over Israel, they have blood on their hands.

Melanie Phillips

September 12, 2024

Palestinians shoot tear gas at the Israeli army in Ramallah as they clash during the early days of the Second Intifada, or “uprising,” a period of intensified violence that began in September 2000 and lasted five years. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

The Oslo effect

Israelis won’t forgive or forget the left’s weaponization of the hostages to do Hamas’s dirty work for it.

Melanie Phillips

September 5, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a meeting with Pope Francis and Primates of the Anglican Communion at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on May 2, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.

The moral cowardice of European Christian leaders

The pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury are accused of abandoning the defense of the Bible.

Melanie Phillips

August 29, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2024. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons.

The anti-Jewish candidate

Kamala Harris has helped fuel the current tsunami of anti-Jewish hatred by recycling the lies and blood libels against Israel spread by Hamas and its Western stooges since Oct. 7.

Melanie Phillips

August 22, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speak to reporters before a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Israel’s treacherous frenemies

Professions of ironclad support by America and Britain at this dark hour for the Jewish state are humbug.

Melanie Phillips

August 1, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives on July 24, 2024. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Netanyahu’s hour

Congress cheered him to the echo, but that's not enough to save Israel, the United States and the West.

Melanie Phillips

July 25, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) appear on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15, 2024. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images.

A fighting chance for the West

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump may have changed America and the world.

Melanie Phillips

July 18, 2024

Left-wing French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks at an anti-Israel demonstration in Paris on Dec. 2, 2023 in Paris, France. Credit: Owen Franken-Corbis/Getty Images.

The war against the Jews

In Britain, France and America, the left is on the wrong side.

Melanie Phillips

July 11, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to reporters in Tel Aviv, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Can Israel afford to stand up to America?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing Congress because he has no other option.

Melanie Phillips

July 4, 2024