In this clip, Melanie explores the Arab-Israeli conflict and offers her insight on the geo-political situation which has led to tensions escalating in recent times.
Melanie’s column currently appears in The Times, but over the years she has been published by the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and Daily Mail. She also writes for the Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News Syndicate.
Her best-selling book Londonistan, about the British establishment’s capitulation to Islamist aggression, was published in 2006 by Encounter, New York. She followed this in 2010 with The World Turned Upside Down: the Global Battle over God, Truth and Power, and in 2018 with her first novel, The Legacy. This is the third time she and John have sat down to talk.
See full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFtdHa1Ph9s
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What a pity. John is no different to Jordan Peterson it seems. Both zionists who are more loyal to Israel than their own countries. Selling out the western people, for shame
Ooops lookout
Here speaks a Zionist. Total polemic. total misinformation total introspection. Total rubbish. Totally Laughable were it not so sinister.
Tolerant religious people is the biggest oxymoron there ever was…
Let them slaughter each other….
Isreal needs a lot more immigrants
Every sane person in The West supports Israel taking care of this PERMANENTLY; especially those of us with empirical experience of muslims/islam.
I love listening to people who really know their stuff! Every man and his dog has an opinion, very few really know ! Melanie Phillips is one of those cherished few
She is crazy.
Israel got what it wanted in 1948. Compare a map of Israel in 1948….to present day and the expansion still goes on. I guess they need resources too?
We cannot blame the jews of Israel to defend themself nor blame the palestinians to do the same. The conflict dates back to jewish colonisation , i.e. the creation of the Jewish state. Three possible resolution types: Jews eliminates the Palestinians, Palestinians with their arab states supporters eliminate the Israeli jews, Political solution that both sides can live with. The clock is ticking and time is not playing on the side of Israel. Israel was made possible by the domination on the world of the US empire and its current hegemony decline may be the end of this project.
World class liar this one.
The West created so many peoblems in other places now we see it taking place within our Countries now.
The west is an empire of lies – said a man who is fighting bravely that empire.
As a young person I couldn’t understand why Melanie was always on tv and disagreed with her on so much. Now I’m older and have lived she speaks so much sense and I really admire her. Funny old world.
Donald Trump is Israel's best friend. This wouldn't have happened, if he were in office. Now a bunch of 🕍 Jewish lawyers from New York are trying to put Trump in jail, so he can't be President. Let me know how that works out for you, New York. 🗽✈🏢
When did these natives of Palestine turn into a North European caucasians?
Sad but true
Why jews cannot return to Europe
?
They can share Jerusalem
Israel will control the skies, bittom line!
150 thousand missiles ?? Really !! I would love to see the source for this.
Oil oil oil ……Britain has dealt shamefully with Israel , but never fear …..Israel is still a Covenant People that belongs to the God of Abraham , Issac and Jacob ….
Evacuate Gaza via Egypt and retake the whole area right up to the sea.
Totally agree Melanie.
The Palestinians cannot be negotiated with. Their premise is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. So, go for it Israel and don't count on Biden the Demented or any of his administration.
Were gonna fight to defend our stolen land! 😉
Not our fight.
I have never understood why governments expect Israel to bend its knee when those around them doesn’t.
Pro Israeli bots have been awfully busy in this comment section.
God bless Israel 🇮🇱
Every nation must have its' own Homeland. This includes England which is on shaky ground right now
Phillips is the indispensable voice on the absolute need to defend Israel (and, by extension, Western liberal democracy) against its monstrous enemies.
The corruption of the west by oil…..Read Revelation 18, the fall of Babylon. Its all there and foretold in Biblical prophecy…
When the arbiter of truth is unwilling to look reasonably at the evidence the verdict will always be wrong. I was born a month before the state of Israel came into existence. My existence was affirmed. Israel's has not been affirmed despite the attempt by the United Nations to partition Palestine. The Zionist leadership accepted the plan whereas the Palestinian Arabs and surrounding Arab states rejected the plan. War ensued and the rest is the history of the region repeated over and over with the same results.
Britain is done! Destroyed by ideological evil from within.
Melanie Philips an intelligent and eloquent lady. 😊
The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course…
GW
“Steal there land”….
She does not bother to explain how she arrived at that figure of 150,000. One might hope that she didn't just pluck a really big and scary number from thin air.
Clueless… the west doesn't just say, sorry it's your problem so you deal with it (the west causing the problem in the first place with the mandate) where do you think Israel gets their weapons from… 😅
Hogwash, same can be said about both sides. This is pure cope. Israeli govt action has led to this horrible attack. Innocent israeli's and palestinians will continue to die if we keep entertaining this narrative. People dont just wake up one day and choose violence… theres always an agenda
Some will say Who is the 1? Who comes as a thief? Yet in the same time Not stealing! New ears has to be given. To hear unto all who have an Ear let them HEAR! THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS FOOLISHNESS UNTO THEM WHO ARE PERISHING? HIERS PROGRAMMERS WILL SAY! PRESERVE. INSTEAD OF OFFERINGS PERISH!!!!!
Imagine china invades australia and subdues 50% of the population. Fast forward 50 years and the other 50% they couldnt bring under subjugation are still fighting to get there land back. China would call them 'terrorists' we would call them, 'patriotic freedom fighters'
Just don't sell your soul and become the very enemy you despise in the process.
I think it is not possible to believe anything that is purported by Israel or America.
Melanie, you have said a lot of good things in the past… that I respect.
But all of this was an unmitigated load of claptrap.
Israel is not innocent… no-one in this conflict is innocent.
Once the dogs of war have been slipped – then whatever innocence might still exist will be sacrificed on the alter of hatred and vengeance. Hamas and Israel have chosen the hill they wish to die on – and so they will.
They all have chosen the way of blood – and blood they shall have.