Jewish NewsJeremy Havardi Archives - Jewish News https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/writers/jeremy-havardi/ Britain's Biggest Jewish Newspaper Online Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 OPINION: Jews have always been allies to others against racism https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-jews-have-always-been-allies-to-others-against-racism/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:32:32 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1430132 Anti-Zionist tropes marginalise the Jewish community, writes Jeremy Havardi

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]]> OPINION: Lessons in resilience from a nation in turmoil https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-lessons-in-resilience-from-a-nation-in-turmoil/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:40:26 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1421607 Israelis know what justice demands: the total defeat of a monstrous, genocidal enemy that lusts for the blood of Israelis and victimises Palestinians.

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]]> OPINION: The poison of extremism on our streets must be finally rooted out https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-the-poison-of-extremism-on-our-streets-must-be-finally-rooted-out/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:05:59 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1417829 Rishi Sunak was right to warn of the ‘poison’ of extremism in his Downing Street speech last week, following the Rochdale by-election and the ceasefire vote debacle a week earlier

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]]> OPINION: Postwar political landscape of Gaza hinges on the fall of Hamas https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-postwar-political-landscape-of-gaza-hinges-on-the-fall-of-hamas/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:39:19 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1415656 Premature recognition of Palestinian statehood is a reward for the terrorism that has scuppered peace all these years, writes Dr Jeremy Havardi, director of the B’nai B’rith UK Bureau of International Affairs.

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]]> OPINION: It is antisemites who don’t understand irony https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-it-is-antisemites-who-dont-understand-irony/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1412500 Stephen Fry's Alternative Christmas Message has generated a spiteful backlash that illustrates the whole point of his broadcast

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]]> SPECIAL REPORT: Lineker, Coogan, Jolie and co – seduced by a lie that will not die https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/special-report-why-lineker-coogan-jolie-and-co-are-seduced-by-a-lie-that-will-not-die/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:46:08 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1409167 After 7 October, why do Israel’s most impassioned critics still cleave to a narrative in which the Jewish state is the villain, entirely deserving of its fate?

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]]> OPINION: How much longer can the UK ignore mounting evidence of this existential threat? https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-how-much-longer-can-the-uk-ignore-mounting-evidence-of-this-existential-threat/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:42:50 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1398228 Send a clear message to Tehran that its messages of hate and support of armed resistance to Israel are unacceptable, says Jeremy Havardi, B’nai B’rith UK’s Bureau of International affairs.

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]]> OPINION: Exposing media distortions in the wake of Jenin https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-exposing-media-distortions-in-the-wake-of-jenin/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:54:27 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1396774 The narratives promoted within the BBC and the Independent in the wake of last week's Jenin campaign only serve to demonise the Jewish state, writes Jeremy Havardi.

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]]> OPINION: Is the Guardian’s anti-Jewish hate radar permanently switched off? https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-is-the-guardians-radar-for-detecting-anti-jewish-hate-simply-switched-off/ Tue, 02 May 2023 12:12:16 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1391962 In an age that emphasises the power of unconscious bias, it is high time the newspaper's staff educated themselves about the historic ledger of sick anti-Jewish tropes, writes Jeremy Havardi.

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]]> OPINION: False historical equivalence empties Nazi era of its unique horror https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-false-historical-equivalence-empties-nazi-era-of-its-unique-horror/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:51:47 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1388596 Don’t trivialise Nazism to score political points, warns authorJeremy Havardi.

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]]> OPINION: Lavrov and the contemptuous distortion of history and politics https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/lavrov-and-the-contemptuous-distortion-of-history-and-politics/ Wed, 04 May 2022 09:56:09 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1371842 The implication that Jews are responsible for their own suffering is a vile and intellectually mendacious insinuation.

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]]> OPINION: Putin’s war, and a parallel with the Iranian nuclear negotiations https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/putins-war-and-a-parallel-with-the-iranian-nuclear-negotiations/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:51:30 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1368876 Sadly, we are now seeing a parallel with the Iranian nuclear talks that are taking place in Vienna, another abject tale of appeasement and political folly

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]]> OPINION: Tutu showed even the most cherished anti-racists can succumb to bigotry https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tutu-showed-even-the-most-cherished-anti-racists-can-succumb-to-bigotry/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:06:09 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1362797 Following the death of anti-apartheid activist and Cristian leader Desmond Tutu, Jeremy Havardi looks at his history of controversial comments towards Jews and Israel

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]]> OPINION: Miller was fired for verbally abusing Jewish students, NOT Israel https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/miller-was-fired-for-verbally-abusing-jewish-students-not-israel/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:25:30 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1355802 David Miller attempted to pit one student body against another, to drive a wedge between them at a time of heightened online hatred, which was irresponsible and dangerous

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]]> OPINION: The Afghan pull-out is a humiliating failure  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-afghan-pull-out-is-a-humiliating-failure/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:06:21 +0000 https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/?p=1352594 Jeremy Havardi says nothing about the current crisis and Taliban take-over was inevitable, and analyses the impact of the situation on the wider region

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