The objection is not to fighting antisemitism for most people. It is to redefining it to the benefit of a foreign state. Seven of the eleven examples attached to the IHRA definition concern the State of Israel, not hatred of Jews. Kenneth Stern, who drafted the definition, warned in 2019 that it was being weaponised to silence criticism of Israel. When anti-Zionism is counted as antisemitism, the fight against real antisemitism is the first casualty.

"Israel's genocide is a lie." You've heard it from podiums, editorials, reply threads. Here's a test: ask the next person who says it which article of the Genocide Convention sets out the crime — or backs their denial. They can't tell you. They've never read it. And the denial depends on nobody ever looking. The Convention. The case law. Srebrenica, Rwanda, the record at The Hague, and why denying a genocide is the same act as denying the Holocaust. fireline.press/p/israels-gen…

The Board of Deputies says it stands "with Jewish Greens, whose concerns have been rejected in the most callous way." Jewish Greens took no position on the motion. Their own briefing says members are very divided. Some support it "in its entirety." Several are listed as its official supporters. The Board has not defended Jewish Greens. It has decided which of them count as "real Jews."

Long-form journalism is crucial to understanding the complex world and the events happening around us. Social media timelines and shorts flatten complex issues into binary soundbites. They leave no room for the creativity and critical thinking needed to think issues through, let alone find solutions. The timeline tells you what to feel, and with too little knowledge, or with misinformation and disinformation, the feeling is often wrong. Long-form gives you the facts to find out.

One year into the Gaza ceasefire, more than 100 organisations, Amnesty among them, say it exists in name only. The UN has documented 1,076 Palestinians killed since it began. The deal promised 600 aid trucks a day. Israel, which controls the crossings, now says 250, less than half of what it signed. The overall toll stands above 74,000, a count the Israeli military itself has accepted, before the missing under the rubble are counted. A ceasefire that one side keeps and the other doesn't is not a ceasefire.

Antisemitism is being redefined, and the people who wrote the definitions are among those warning about it. Seven of the eleven examples attached to the IHRA definition concern the State of Israel. Kenneth Stern, its lead drafter, told the US Congress it "was never intended as a tool to target or chill speech" on campus. The ADL's 2023 audit counted 1,317 pro-Palestine rallies as antisemitic incidents, an institution using its influence in a way that stifles free speech. Now the IHRA definition is heading for British classrooms. When criticism of a foreign state is counted as hatred of a people, real antisemitism becomes harder to see, not easier. #Antisemitism fireline.press/p/the-vocabul…

The Prime Minister cites storms and cyberattacks. The government's own checklist also includes war. With talk of war with Russia, the public deserves to know which of those he's actually preparing for.

This isn't about Britain's remembrance. It's about shielding Israel's war from it. Calling mourning for dead Palestinians "hate" protects a foreign government's record, not British veterans.

The government has accepted all 27 recommendations of the Bell review on antisemitism in schools. Its own pages undermine its headline. "Three in five Jewish students" rests on 92 respondents. The report says the data "should be treated with caution." The executive summary drops that warning. The summary calls antisemitism in schools "increasingly significant." The report's own CST figures show incidents targeting schools fell 23%, from 266 to 204. The same teacher survey is described as 1,000 responses, then 2,000. A key teacher statistic is unpublished. Antisemitism is rising, and we cannot combat hate with faulty or inflated numbers. In a world of increasing misinformation and disinformation, we must have rigorous, accurate reporting and scientific data collection.

Horrific. Every child deserves to be safe at school. Jewish children, Muslim children, all children. Same Home Office figures: 3,162 offences against Jews, up 10%. 5,132 against Muslims, up 15%. Race hate: 107,926.

Rightly. And the same recognition should extend to anti-Muslim hatred, up 20% in a year by the Home Office's own figures. Children deserve one standard of protection, whatever their faith.