The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/robert-philpot/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:05:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Robert Philpot | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/robert-philpot/ 32 32 UK founder of Muslims Against Antisemitism challenges coreligionists to fight rising hate https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-founder-of-muslims-against-antisemitism-challenges-coreligionists-to-fight-rising-hate/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:10:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3861114 Many British Muslim leaders privately denounce the Jew-hatred permeating the country and some of its institutions. Fiyaz Mughal is asking them to speak up before it's too late

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]]> Former UK diplomat: Foreign Office has lost its ability to discern friends from enemies https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-uk-diplomat-foreign-office-has-lost-its-ability-to-discern-friends-from-enemies/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:39:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3797039 Edmund Fitton-Brown, who for decades served as envoy to Gulf nations, believes Islamic extremism is poisoning his country's diplomatic well. Can a Burnham government bring new hope?

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]]> Special election win by Starmer rival could lead to UK PM’s fall: 5 key players and where they stand on Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-special-election-could-topple-starmer-5-key-players-and-where-they-stand-on-israel/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:31:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3845737 Vote won by Andy Burnham seen as proxy battle over Labour’s future, with would-be successors in party positioning themselves to take a run at the premiership. But are they good for the Jews?

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]]> With gallows humor, UK author Howard Jacobson takes on post-Oct. 7 ‘bloodlust’ for Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-gallows-humor-uk-author-howard-jacobson-takes-on-post-oct-7-bloodlust-for-jews/ Sat, 02 May 2026 04:06:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3808407 A Jewish teacher slowly unravels as he sees the world’s reaction to the barbarity of Hamas's assault, in new novel 'Howl,' that finds the comically absurd in today's darkest events

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]]> Iran ‘is our war,’ says UK lawmaker Greg Smith — contrary to PM Starmer’s claims https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-is-our-war-says-uk-lawmaker-greg-smith-contrary-to-pm-starmers-claims/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:55:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3798627 The new head of the Conservative Friends of Israel lambasts the Labour party's handling of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as antisemitism in Britain reaches 'appalling' levels

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]]> My grandfather, the Nazi: A German historian helps families unravel forebears’ crimes https://www.timesofisrael.com/my-grandfather-the-nazi-a-german-historian-helps-families-unravel-forebears-crimes/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:44:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3800907 After discovering his own patriarch's role in the Holocaust, scholar Johannes Spohr offers workshops that confront uncomfortably specific truths amid a wider culture of remembrance

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]]> Historian Simon Schama: With parts of London ‘no-go zones,’ Jews have lost basic civil rights https://www.timesofisrael.com/historian-simon-schama-with-parts-of-london-no-go-zones-jews-have-lost-basic-civil-rights/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:29:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3793463 Amid violent attacks throughout the UK, the acclaimed British author finds antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment increasingly normalized. He also sees 'moments of fantastic hope'

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]]> The elderly were among the most vulnerable in the Holocaust – and the most overlooked https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-elderly-were-among-the-most-vulnerable-in-the-holocaust-and-the-most-overlooked/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:58:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3756243 'Eldercide,' on display at London's Wiener Holocaust Library through April 30, explores how older Jews were especially unlikely to survive the Nazis, while those who did faced enormous challenges

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]]> UK extremism expert: As Islamist narratives go mainstream, politicians fear confrontation https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-extremism-expert-as-islamist-narratives-go-mainstream-politicians-fear-confrontation/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:17:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3769673 Charlotte Littlewood says Britain is losing an 'uphill battle' as groups like the Muslim Brotherhood use antisemitism as a strategic tool to undermine Western societies

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]]> UK Green Party’s election upset is a crippling blow to Labour – and a major boon to anti-Zionism https://www.timesofisrael.com/green-partys-manchester-election-upset-is-a-crippling-blow-to-labour-and-a-major-boon-to-anti-zionism/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:42:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3763622 As ruling Labour comes in a dismal third in Manchester's heavily Muslim district of Gorton and Denton, voters seem to heed the BDS-supporting Greens' call to punish Starmer for supporting Gaza 'genocide'

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]]> Nazi-era teen girl’s diary charts unraveling of France — and her prominent Jewish family https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-era-teen-girls-diary-charts-unraveling-of-france-and-her-prominent-jewish-family/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:33:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3730306 Released in the UK on Jan. 22, 'Ninette's War' by journalist John Jay examines darkest chapter in French history through a Dreyfus scion's diary entries, family papers and interviews

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]]> UK’s Jewish answer to Zohran Mamdani is now one of PM Keir Starmer’s biggest challenges https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-jewish-answer-to-zohran-mamdani-is-now-one-of-pm-keir-starmers-biggest-challenges/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:25:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3717652 One of Britain's fastest-rising politicians, Zack Polanski, is taking his Green Party further down the road of far-left, anti-Israel politics -- and reaping the political dividends

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]]> UK parliamentarian: BBC coverage of Israel is so ‘distorted,’ only bottom-up change can help https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-parliamentarian-bbc-coverage-of-israel-is-so-distorted-only-bottom-up-change-can-help/ Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:54:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3718174 Ruth Deech, who served on the public broadcaster's board of governors, says staff have an 'absolute obsession' with the Jewish state, but little training or historical knowledge

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]]> ‘Rehabilitated’ postwar West Germany’s government was riddled with Nazis, study reveals https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-reveals-how-rehabilitated-postwar-west-germanys-government-was-riddled-with-nazis/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:23:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3672067 Research by German scholars lifts the lid on Third Reich officials’ lingering influence as a recovering country desperate for experienced administrators looked the other way

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]]> From tears for Arafat to ‘Death to the IDF’: How BBC’s Israel coverage has gone from bad to worse https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-tears-for-arafat-to-death-to-the-idf-how-bbcs-israel-coverage-has-gone-from-bad-to-worse/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:20:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685758 Top bosses at the BBC have quit over documentary about Trump – but longstanding allegations of anti-Israel bias have soured British Jews' confidence in national broadcaster

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