Three myths about Zionism
The historical record shows that Zionism started as and remains a movement for national self-determination
Opinion
130 postsShort opinion pieces.
GUEST POST: Why left populists have turned against Israel
Leftist parties, by detaching themselves from their national moorings, have opened themselves up to a fanatical anti-Zionism
A flawed approach to tackling anti-Zionism
Ten things that the Movement Against Antizionism gets wrong
When Islamism began
Islamism emerged as a political movement in the 20th century in response to specific historical developments
Why the new class has embraced anti-Zionism
These are the notes for my speech at the July 2026 Telos conference in Potsdam
An outrage to common sense
How anti-Semites come to see Jews as symbolising the evils of the modern world
Anti-populism vs Israel
The rise of an anti-populist narrative among western elites helps explain the growing animosity to Israel and divisions within the Jewish state
Why Trump always chickens out
While Islamists have a clear sense that they are fighting a civilisational war the West is unsure about what it stands for
Not the oldest hatred
The key challenge in understanding anti-Semitism is grasping its contemporary drivers
Why people fail to see Islamism
There are several reasons why it is hard to see the key distinction between Islam as a religion and Islamism as a political ideology
Islam as a permission structure
Progressives take anti-Semitism among a section of the Muslim population as a sign that animosity to Jews is no longer taboo
Defending Israel’s existence
It is more vital than ever to defend Israel’s right to self-determination
Stalinism in a keffiyeh
The obscene Kufiyas in Buchenwald protest planned for this Sunday reflects a concerted leftist drive to equate Israel with Nazi Germany
The fallacy of Marxist anti-Zionism
Contemporary anti-Zionism is better seen as an expression of the abject historical defeat of the left rather than a straightforward legacy of Soviet thinking