Ceasefire Means Surrender
Peter Mandelson attacks ‘ridiculous’ calls for Starmer to back Gaza ceasefireNew Labour guru compares Israel’s war on ‘cold-blooded murderers’ in Hamas to UK’s fight against IRAThe IndependentAdam Forrest
Anti-semitism
In the wake of terror: anti-Semitism today - Battle of IdeasThis special online discussion is free, but please register via Eventbrite. The first weekend of October was the darkest in Israel’s history. A murderous Hamas attack on southern Israel killed at least 1,400 and wounded about 3,000.
Petitions
An open letter from faculty at Columbia University. Signed by 2x more faculty than the prior letter to which this is a forthright and effective rejoinder: "There is no justification for raping and murdering ordinary citizens in front of their families, mutilating babies,… pic.twitter.com/W4DulEU6Qy — Wesley Yang
News
A small group of concerned individuals–some Jews but mainly non-Jews–have come together to create a resource for anyone who feels that abhorrence for Hamas's October 7th pogrom has dissipated far too quickly. Inspired by the moving speech from Mayor Adams, that "your fight is our
Civilisation v. Barbarism
The normalisation of savagerySocieties that give up on freedom will soon find it replaced by violence.spikedBrendan O’Neill
Anti-semitism
A wave of brazen support for Hamas has swept Britain since the October 7 massacre both in radical mosques and on social media channels with huge audiences, according to the JC.
Anti-semitism
Bari Weiss and Oliver Weisman write in The Free Press about a worrying development: The Hatred on Our Doorsteps.
Civilisation v. Barbarism
Mick Hume writes in The European Conservative, that It’s Civilisation or Barbarism.
Petitions
Join tens of thousands of 'British Friends of Israel' and sign and share The October Declaration. Read more about the declaration and why it's necessary, in Allison Pearson's article, It’s time to take a stand for civilisation and Tom Slater's article,
Identity Politics
In Why Jewish lives don’t matter to BLM, Sean Collins argues that the Hamas apologism of Black Lives Matter activists has exposed the "twisted, hateful logic of identity politics".
Anti-semitism
Daniel Ben-Ami and Sabine Beppler-Spahl joined a panel organised by MCC in Brussels to discuss Israel and the new Anit-semitism.
Middle East
An important article by Gadi Taub in The Tablet, argues that Biden's presence in the Middle East puts Israel in 'mortal danger': Biden’s Three Nos