How Israel killed Khamanei
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, was presented with irrefutable evidence yesterday, including footage, confirming the death of Iran’s so-called…
Donald Trump makes his move against Iran
This morning, the long-anticipated Israeli and American strikes on Iran finally arrived. At 08:10 am local time, Israel and the…
The Gail’s attacks are brainless – and terrifying
If anti-Israel agitators wish to avoid being described as terrorists, they might begin by ceasing to terrorise ordinary people. The…
Is Trump being played by Iran?
Half of America’s deployable air power sits within striking distance of Iran, and yet Washington is negotiating. Gaza is promised…
What’s wrong with Zionism, Hugh Laurie?
The question arose within hours of a death that should have remained a matter of grief. On 16 February, Dana…
Hamas is inching towards another war
Perhaps the biggest talent of humanity is our gift to adapt to challenging circumstances with creativity and ingenuity. It may…
Terrorism no longer shocks Britain
British Jews are under threat. That was the blunt warning from Sir Stephen Watson after a jury at Preston Crown…
Terror tunnels and snipers: Life on the frontline in Gaza’s suspended reality
The first thing that struck me as I crossed into central Gaza yesterday was how ordinary the landscape looked. Grassy…
Britain’s shameful tolerance for terrorism
The news that Shahid Butt, a man convicted of terrorism who served five years for conspiring to bomb the British…
Why won’t Britain just ban the IRGC?
The European Union has finally done what it long argued it could not. Yesterday, the bloc formally designated Iran’s Islamic…
Why Jew-hate doesn’t add up
Life expectancy across Europe is 81 years. An 81-year-old European dying today would have been born on the day Auschwitz…
How Israel did the impossible – and brought the hostages home
On 25 October 2023, speaking as Israel prepared to expand its ground campaign in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Is Donald Trump making the Middle East more dangerous?
The Middle East has entered a phase where events no longer necessarily resolve into outcomes. They pause, harden, and then…
The Middle East is once again in flux
The Middle East has long been organised around two competing logics: pragmatic alignment and ideological alignment. Before the 7 October…
Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s proxy war in Yemen
The escalation that emerged overnight in southern Yemen did not originate on the battlefield but in a relatively quiet logistical…
We need to talk about Islam
I did not come to Islam through theology. I came to it through fear, threat and hatred directed at me…
Why is Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s return a ‘top priority’ for Keir Starmer?
Apparently it has been a “top priority” for Keir Starmer and his government, since the moment they came to office,…
Iran has a ceaseless obsession with Israel
When Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Florida at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in a few days’ time, near the top of…
The police crackdown on ‘globalise the intifada’ chants is too little, too late
Protesters chanting ‘globalise the intifada’ will now be arrested, according to the heads of Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan…
Why won’t the West defend Jews?
Bondi Beach is not occupied territory. Yet a Jewish celebration there ended in blood. It is not within a military…
For Jews, the Bondi beach shooting is grimly recognisable
The attack at Bondi beach during a Hanukkah celebration, killing nine, has sent a fresh wave of horror through the…
Piers Morgan fell into Nick Fuentes’s trap
When Michael Gove introduced me to Piers Morgan last week at the Spectator Christmas reception, Morgan seized my hand and beamed,…
The BBC’s antisemitism training is an offensive parody
The BBC has unveiled its compulsory training course for all staff on how not to be racist to Jews. I…
Marwan Barghouti isn’t the ‘Palestinian Mandela’
Some scoffed when Donald Trump thought to tap Tony Blair’s decades of involvement in the Middle East for his future…
Nigel Farage must come clean about his Dulwich College schooldays
The allegations concerning Nigel Farage’s conduct as a schoolboy have returned with unusual force, not because the country is suddenly…
