Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a column for JNS every two weeks. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her personal and political memoir, “Guardian Angel,” has just been published by Bombardier. Her work can be found at her website, www.melaniephillips.com.
How black and white thinking clouds realpolitik
Black and white thinking, which divides the world into absolute camps of good and evil, is associated with religious fanaticism from medieval Christianity to the Islamic world.
There are now troubling signs that a secular...
In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs
If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote.
This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
Boltonism must not be allowed to disappear
John Bolton’s departure from the Trump administration should have had the left cheering from the rafters.
Bolton has long been a bogeyman in liberal circles on account of his refusal to appease the enemies of...
Puncturing the big lie of Palestinian identity
Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, recently claimed that the Palestinians were the descendants of the Canaanites. “This land is for its people, its residents and the Canaanites who were here 5,000 years...
Boris Johnson: Will He Be Good for the Jews?
Britain now has its first celebrity prime minister.
On Tuesday, Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Tory Party following Theresa May’s resignation over her failure to deliver Brexit. On Wednesday, Johnson “kissed hands” with...
What to do about the ‘fangs’ of anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour?
In recent days, plotting within the British Labour Party to get rid of its far-left leader Jeremy Corbyn has moved up a gear as deep concern over the party’s precipitous plunge in the opinion...
The dark shadow Iran is casting on the world
In Israel, as the drumbeats of war grow ever louder, people are preparing with a mixture of dread, stoicism and determination for the long-feared, ultimate showdown with Iran.
After reported Iranian attacks on two oil...
The dangerous drive to correlate Islamophobia with anti-Semitism
The Somali-born congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has made a number of anti-Semitic remarks, is currently embroiled in controversy over her marriage history. When claims against her of bigamy and immigration fraud first emerged...
Tlaib strives to alter narrative of hate fomented by Arabs
What has caused the deeply alarming upsurge in anti-Semitism across the West? As many have observed, there are three principal sources: the political left, Islamic culture and neo-fascist or white-supremacist cults.
One further factor, though,...
Of compromise and betrayal: From the Golan to Brexit
Two current sources of uproar tie Britain, the United States and Israel into a matrix of hypocrisy, double standards and spinelessness.
The first was the welcome announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States...