While we hear endlessly from celebrities, music and sporting stars, quick to virtue-signal for the latest opportunity to be on trend, at this moment of truly historic depravity, the silence of these same influencers is deafening. Western democracies stand at a line here. While pretending to care about individuals and individual rights, somehow these ideas do not count if the individuals are Jews

Islamic revivalism—be it Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Hezbollah or the Islamic Republic of Iran—will not rest until the obstacle of the 'Little Satan' is overcome to make way for a brave new world of theocratic totalitarianism. Israel, if it wishes to survive in the long term, has no choice but to destroy its mortal enemy or, at the very least, seriously diminish its power, reach and influence

The relentless demonising and delegitimising of Israel continue apace. With […]

Back in 2017, Israel's transport minister proposed that a railway connect Saudi Arabia with Israel’s port of Haifa. Three years ago that seemed fanciful but not any more, not after the Trump-brokered pacts with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Israel is no longer an imposter in the Greater Middle East but a key piece of the puzzle

The political authority of the unelected Supreme Leader and his personally selected Guardian Council to veto  bills and choose presidential candidates makes a mockery of Iran’s supposed 'democracy'. For those who might criticise such a system, a mandatory seventy-four lashes await

On climate change and other issues, Donald Trump has departed the G20 summit at odds with much of the world. That was to be expected, given his compliant predecessor is much missed by Merkel & Co. Nowhere are the two presidents' differences greater than in the Middle East

As Donald Trump jets about the Middle East distributing olive branches it is timely to recall the Oslo Accords and the folly of cutting deals with remorseless killers. Enabling the PLO to build a terrorist kleptocracy in the West Bank has achieved nothing, other than stressing the need for a new approach

The latest carnage in Turkey comes as President Erdogan prepares to face the voters in a contest it is almost impossible to believe he can win. Will the man who destroyed freedom of speech, debased the judiciary and rode roughshod over secularism accept the will of his people?

The US President's actions in striking his pact with the messianic potentates of Tehran have not only guaranteed the nuclearisation of Iran, “the biggest planetary sponsor of terrorism”, but also hindered the chances of Israel preventing this catastrophe