Israel MUST Win.

Why Israel must win

My podcast with Brendan O'Neill

MELANIE PHILLIPS NOV 17

I took part this week in a podcast with Brendan O’Neill on his show for Spiked. Brendan is one of the Britain’s most thoughtful and independent-minded commentators. He possesses something which, alas, is becoming vanishingly rare: a truly open mind. We discussed Israel’s war against barbarism, what this has revealed about the state of Britain and western civilisation and why therefore Israel must win. You can listen to the podcast by clicking below.

256: Melanie Phillips: Why Israel must win The Brendan O'Neill Show Episode

You can also listen to it here.

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My most recent exclusive post for my premium subscribers argued that Britain’s supine policies sowed an evil wind; now it's reaping the whirlwind. This is how the piece begins:

How Britain appeased Islamic extremism

As British and other western countries are convulsed by massive, Muslim-dominated demonstrations exulting at the barbaric murder of 1400 Israelis on October 7, and as these mobs call for the destruction of Israel and the further murder of Jews, Muslim preachers in Britain’s mosques have been additionally stoking the fires of hatred against Israel and the Jewish people.

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And you can read my most recent post that’s available to everyone, arguing that Israel is trying to spare civilian lives while US and UK pressure is strengthening Hamas, by clicking here.