(Updated) The barbaric war against Israel

Oct 8, 2023 by Jill

October Declaration from The British Friends of Israel. British citizens or residents Sign letter here. Read ‘It’s time to take a stand for civilisation’ here

Newer items at the top:

What Palestinians and Israelis think about the war in Gaza by Paul Malvern, Mercator

The silent battle for public opinion in the war between Israel and Hamas by Paul Malvern, Mercator

‘Israel did not start this war’ from Spiked

UN employees sacked for alleged involvement in Hamas attack on Israel By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Telegraph

The UK’s solidarity with Israel has been commendable, but we must crack down on Iran and its proxies by James Gurd, Conservative Home

South Africa’s allegations of Israeli genocide are political theatre by Mathew Otieno, Mercator

Israel and Hamas – a time for moral clarity by Brian Cox, VOL

The Struggle for Black Freedom Has Nothing to Do with Israel by Coleman Hughes, The Free Press

“We are in a battle for civilisation”: An Interview with Ophir Falk by Álvaro Peñas, European Conservative

Is a ceasefire in Gaza the right way forward? by Martin Davie, Christian Today

Hamas has unleashed the West’s monsters by Jacob Howland, UnHerd

Christian Leaders Want Ceasefire but That Only Benefits Hamas by David Virtue, VOL

Iran’s betrayal leaves Hamas with nowhere to go by Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Telegraph

How Hamas use their own civilians as human shields by Karen Harradine, TCW

Why Does the BBC Keep Making Anti-Israel ‘Mistakes’? by Will Jones, Daily Sceptic

MeToo unless you’re a Jew by Nicole Lampert, UnHerd

The BBC’s Israelophobia is out of control by Jake Wallis Simons, spiked

The battle for the truth about the 7 October pogrom by Frank Furedi, spiked

After October 7 by Tania Hammer, First Things

The ‘Dresden defense’ and its relevance today by Hillel Neuer

Framing Israel by Melanie Phillips

Fiddling while Rome burns by Miriam Cates, Artillery Row

Inside the anti-Israel plot to bring London to standstill by David Rose, Jewish Chronicle

The spectre of Londonistan by Tim Dieppe, Christian Concern

‘From the river to the sea’ is a call for genocide by Daniel Ben-Ami, spiked

‘I wish we could ask Hamas nicely to leave us alone, and it would.’ Watch Eylon Levy on RTE Ireland

A Special Kind of Hatred by Ian Speir, Juicy Ecumenism

Hezbollah speaks, Hamas miscalcuated – and how Israel has united in the face of terror by Limor Simhony Philpott, Conservative Home

Watch: ‘This was sadism. This was an orgy of brutality and torture against innocent people.’ Boris Johnson, GB News

Watch: This is about survival – Douglas Murray, Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster discuss.

Charity Commission ‘examines’ British mosques that hosted pro-Hamas hate preachers. Sermons made since terrorist group’s October 7 attack include calls to ‘destroy Israel’, ‘kill the Jews’ and ‘wage your war for Allah’ by Ewan Somerville, Telegraph

From the River to the Sea by Frederick Chedham, The New Conservative

We ask ourselves how ordinary Germans could stand idly by in the 1940s by Howard Jacobson, Daily Mail

The war against the Jewish people and the west by Melanie Phillips

The ‘Two-State’ Solution to Murder Jews by Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute

Will Israel-Hamas cause a world war? by Thomas Fazi, UnHerd

The west’s mass psychopathy moment by Melanie Phillips

Israel is damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t by Karen Harradine, TCW

Watch: Hamas Commander vows to cleanse the entire world of Jews AND Christians from Brigitte Gabriel, X

Racism in the mask of anti-imperialism by Brendan O’Neill, spiked

A Political Shift in the UK: The Emergence of the ‘Party of Islam’? by Wojciech Zylm, bnn

British society will pay a terrible price for indulging extremism by Nick Timothy, Telegraph (£)

The whole of history turns on this battle by Effie Deans

Is the west to blame for the war against civilisation? Melanie Phillips podcast

Brazen support for Hamas spreading across Britain since terror attack by David Rose, Jewish Chronicle

Watch: Shocking footage of what Islamists are preaching in British mosques

Yuval Noah Harari backs critique of leftist ‘indifference’ to Hamas atrocities by Robert Booth, Guardian

Netanyahu: Defeating Hamas will make prophecy of Isaiah a reality, Christian Post

Watch: Speech by Lord Wolfson in the House of Lords

Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech in Lords debate on Israel and Gaza

Joint Letter from Archbishops of Canterbury and Jerusalem

Israel Opera sings a beautiful rendition of ‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Misérables as a tribute to the 220+ innocent Israelis who were ruthlessly kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and are currently being held hostage in Gaza. We say, with a unified voice: #BringThemHome. Watch here

In Gaza, there are no good answers to the vital question – ‘And then what?’ by Daniel Hannan, Conservative Home

If the police can scour the internet for hate speech, surely they can arrest protesters calling for the eradication of a nation by Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail

I watched Hamas unleash hell by David Patrikarakos, UnHerd

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett lets rip on BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire

Woke Antisemitism: A Reckoning by David Bernstein, Quillette (£)

It’s Not the Occupation by David Benatar, Quillette

Tube driver leads a chant of “Free Palestine” over the tannoy in London.

Sleeping With the Enemy by Frank Haviland, The New Conservative

Israel is trapped by Western guilt by Tom McTague, UnHerd

Why they kill Jews by Daniel Ben-Ami, spiked

“Never Again,” Again by Faydra Shapiro, First things

The west’s fifth columnists by Melanie Phillips