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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.

Anti-Zionism, wherever and whenever it appears, is an attack on Judaism itself.
Anti-Zionism is turning the Democratic Party into a mortal enemy of America.
Something darker is at work here than just a concern over rising fuel prices.
The Iranian regime remains a threat not because it’s strong, but because America is weak.
For the Iranian regime, the purpose of negotiations is to force America to surrender.
Historical truths backed up by ancient artifacts are now pitted against a lethal echo chamber.
Diaspora Jews cannot properly be defended if they do not or fail to comprehend the monstrosity of the scapegoating and demonization of Israel.
We’re living through a throwback to murderous beliefs from before the age of reason.
Diaspora Jewish leaders should get up off their knees and start fighting it.
Shockingly, the West has framed antisemitism and anti-Zionism as conscience itself.
An increasingly hostile public in the United States has little idea of the necessity and importance of the war against Iran.
The pope’s genuflection to Islam spells disaster for Western civilization.