Next week I shall be returning to Israel for the first time in 10 months. This is not really a holiday break. My elder son, who made Aliyah last year, will be joining the IDF. This is a surreal moment for me. Read More »

How often do we hear or read about how terrible Israel is preventing Palestinians in dire need of medical treatment getting through checkpoints and borders quickly enough? How many reports have you read which characterise the massive humanitarian Read More »

According to the BBC , Islamists in Egypt have won the election. All the warnings about Islamist and the Arab Spring which were so poo-poohed by over-optimistic Western leaders seem to be coming true. Read More »

H/T Elder of Ziyon Hey, guess what, the Israeli army contains proud Israelis who are Muslim. Who would have thought it. That Apartheid system must be really bad for Muslim Arabs to join up and be proud to serve. Read More »

About 20 years ago I was travelling back to Manchester from London on a crowded train. As the train was about to leave the station, a man sat down opposite me carrying a dark briefcase and proceeded to take out his mobile phone. That man I instantly recognised as Alastair Burt who was the MP for the constituency neighbouring mine. Read More »

Those who risked their life to save Jews during the Shoah are almost by definition extraordinary human beings. One such is “Mademoiselle” Andree Geulen. These ‘righteous among the nations’ are honoured in Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem national Holocaust memorial. I had not heard of Andree Geulen before. I have now. Read More »

Watching the news coming out of Syria daily, the reports off 5000 dead troops firing on unarmed protestors, cities being shelled, the wounded dragged from hospitals, I couldn’t help notice how little outrage has been evident within the very righteous anti-Zionist community. Read More »

Well, my last blog post ‘Why Newt Gingrich is wrong about Palestinian identity ‘ appears to have placed me as one swimming against the tide or rather, outside the shoal. Notice I said he was wrong about Palestinian identity and not the fact of the invention of a Palestinian people. These two things, identity and peoplehood are subtly different. Read More »

Newt Gingrich’s leaked comments which describe Palestinian identity as ‘invented’ have a profound importance in the Middle East conflict and these remarks have to be challenged. Read More »

Thus said Kasim “Kaz” Hafeez in the final session of the Politics thread at the Big Tent For Israel in Manchester on November 27th. Kaz was part of a panel discussing “How to change the narrative in the Muslim community”. Read More »

The Big Tent for Israel conference at the Mercure Piccadilly hotel in Manchester city centre on Sunday November 27th was an outstanding success for the organisers, the Manchester Jewish community and the inspiration behind the conference, Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag of the Whitefield Hebrew Congregation. Read More »

It’s only a few hours away now and I am beginning to get a feeling in the pit of my stomach similar to that I felt on the eve on my wedding, or my sons’ barmitzvahs. I have never been so closely involved with an event of this magnitude, and I am proud to be a part of it. Read More »

You’ll forgive me for flying the flag for The Big Tent For Israel but as I am involved you may want to see the latest Press Release below: PRESS RELEASE Manchester’s Big Tent for Israel event, due to take place on Sunday November 27th, has received a Read More »

Yesterday the Israeli navy intercepted two yachts trying to break the naval blockade of Gaza. This blockade has been declared legal by the Palmer Report into the Mavi Marmara incident last year when IDF soldiers killed 9 Turkish ‘activists’ leading a convoy to bring aid to the Gaza Strip. Read More »

This is a follow-up to Scott Piro’s guest post  on ‘Pink-washing’ which he was kind enough to allow me to publish. I wanted to add my two cents. It should be beyond belief that anyone in the LGBT community should stand with groups who are inimical to that community. Read More »

This is a superb guest post by Scott Piro (@ScottPiro)  which exposes the utter hypocrisy of the  ‘pink-washing’ slur on Israel. (RC) In 2007, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated a nation-branding campaign informally known as ‘Beyond the Conflict. Read More »

This is a short blog just to demonstrate the complete one-sided and biased reporting that is being spewed from the BBC website. This is what passes for journalism on the UK’s premier news site. A brilliant website which I use a lot, but something has to be done about this crude anti-Israel propaganda that passes for balanced comment. Read More »

I just loved this statement to the the UN Security Council by former Ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor. Read More »

Can you imagine this BBC headline in September WWII: “100 German infantry killed by Polish bombers – SS vow revenge” And then decide to report that the Wehrmacht have begun operations in Poland in retaliation for earlier Polish air attacks. Read More »

My wife shops near her school Fridays to get bread and stuff for Shabbat from the Jewish baker. She then goes next door to the newsagent to get her Jewish papers. The owners are devout Muslims. They are always friendly, polite, respectful. Read More »