Melanie Phillips

The greater danger is on the left

Despite fears about what is happening on the right, the left is currently much more dangerous, not only to Jews but to the west in general, writes Melanie Phillips

Macron indulges his audiences

Macron tells audiences what they want to hear. But he is not a reliable defender of the Jewish people, writes Melanie Phillips

Not all refugees are pure victims

While many Muslims are good people there is justifiable reason for alarm about aspects of Islam and the community, says Melanie Phillips

Bigotry is not free but costly

What matters is the assumptions that lead people to tolerate the intolerable, writes Melanie Phillips.

Donald Trump is no antisemite

I don’t use my columns to criticise remarks made by a colleague.However, since Jonathan Freedland singled me out for wrong-headedness I fear I must reply.

Shoah uniqueness is now taboo

Before shouting at Donald Trump for downplaying the Jewish catastrophe in Europe, the Jewish world should admit he has merely followed its lead, writes Melanie Phillips

Narrative is where you find fiction

The rate of attacks on Jews proportionate to their population strength is vastly greater than the rate of attacks on Muslims, our writer explains.

A prejudice unlike any other

My letter to the Prime Minister

We subsidise mass murder

Leave vote was about identity

Boris is far from alone