I went to see this exhibition this morning. It is incredibly well done and so worth taking the time to go, you may be surprised by how you feel and your reaction to it.

If a country sitting on a rock in the North Atlantic comes to regard a conflict nearly 4,000 kilometres away as more important than almost anything else, it is worth asking why. I like Ireland. It is a small country living next to a much larger neighbour. A country that has never been afraid to speak its mind or stand on its own feet. In that respect, it reminds me of something. But Ireland's apparent obsession with condemning Israel at every opportunity is not healthy. Especially when many of the arguments involved turn out to be the same exaggerations, distortions and manipulations that have long been commonplace in Middle Eastern politics. Why is it not the starting point of public debate in Ireland that Israel, as a state, has every right to exist? Why is it not the starting point that Israel has repeatedly been attacked by opponents who have never reconciled themselves to the establishment of a Jewish state nearly eighty years ago? Why is it not the starting point that the current war began when Hamas committed the worst massacre of Jews since the Second World War on 7 October 2023? Why are so many people in Ireland willing to accept even the most extravagant accusations coming from the Palestinian side, while showing remarkably little interest in hearing the counterarguments? And then there is the critical question. If Israel were to lose this war against Hamas - an outcome that some voices in Ireland seem surprisingly relaxed about - what exactly would follow? Hamas is not a liberal democratic movement. It is an Islamist movement whose ideology has far more in common with groups such as ISIS than with any Western political tradition. An Israeli defeat would be celebrated as a major victory by Hamas and by the Iranian regime, a regime that has spent decades repressing its own citizens and destabilising the wider region. I do not believe that many Irish people genuinely wish to see Hamas achieve its political objectives. Nor do I believe that many Irish people would welcome a major strategic victory for Iran. Or rather, I hope not. Because if there really is a large majority in Ireland that believes a victory for Hamas and Iran over Israel would be a positive development, then the discussion should no longer be about Israel alone. It should also be about Ireland itself - and about what role Ireland wishes to play in Europe.

At the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Dr Dave Rich (@daverich1) – UK antisemitism expert and Director of Policy at @CST_UK – explains how anti-Jewish hatred always adapts to the moral language of the time. Video: AIJAC.

Imagine if, during Black History Month, the British Museum advertised an event about ancient black civilisations in Africa, and it had to be postponed because racists planned to disrupt the event. That’s what just happened, but to Jews. everydayhate.substack.com/p/…

.@SadiqKhan didn’t even show up. In what universe does he ‘stand in solidarity’? And because that’s not humiliation enough for a community he’s supposed to serve, he gaslights us with his meaningless platitudes. I couldn’t despise him more.

Zack - the nation knows you are the only Jewish party leader, you have mentioned it often. Have you gone to Golders Green and stood in solidarity with the Jewish community there and shown support for them after the horrific terrorist attack? Has it occurred to you that having a deputy in Mothin Ali who tacitly supported the rape, murder and kidnapping of 1200 Israeli’s with his post on October 7 might piss some people of? Your deputy Mothin Ali supported the rape, murder and kidnapping of 1200 Israelis (mainly Jews) on October 7. Here is his post on X on October 7. The highlighted Arabic directly translates to “Al-Aqsa Flood” which was Hamas’ codename for their terror attract that day. He also forced Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch and his family into hiding because of his actions. Abuse is unacceptable, however so is having a deputy who directly supported the Jihadi’s that terrible day.

.@zarahsultana I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey. telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Confused as to why politicians say, on another attempted arson attack on a Jewish building, “these terrorists are trying to divide us - and will not succeed etc etc.” Are they? I’d say that diviseness is not the object. I’d say it’s trying to kill Jews.

Shame he didn’t bother turning up to support London’s Jewish community this morning. But then again, why would he do that when his team can just issue a few meaningless platitudes on X instead? @BBCLondonNews @LBC @Telegraph @thetimes

Pathetic, @SadiqKhan. Invisible. If Israel was paying racist thugs to attack mosques, I bet your bottom dollar you’d have bothered to show up to @metpoliceuk @LondonFire press briefing. Some Londoners more equal than others, right?

This is really important. Never mind the 'Zionism is racism' title - this motion, if passed, would align the Green Party with Hamas's aim of destroying Israel through armed force. It would make them more extreme than the Palestinian Authority.

RT @MarkGardnerCST: I hope our British Jewish Community and also wider UK society appreciate the meaning of King Charles III becoming patro…

Hatzolah is made up of Jewish volunteers supporting the local community - *all* the community. They are the best of the best and this is painful and very worrying indeed.

London last night. Ambulances set on fire because they are Jewish. There couldn’t be a clearer symbol of the depravity of the enemy. We love life. They love death. Britain has to decide which side it’s on.

These are the kind of wild antisemitic scrawls that used to only show up in hate mail incidents. Nowadays you can get an art exhibition out of it.

Extraordinary admissions from the ex-CEO of Oxfam GB, Helima Begum. She tells @Channel4News that Oxfam: -Had a disproportionate focus on Gaza compared to other world crises; -Were pushing to use the term 'genocide' re: Gaza without checks -Struggled to be impartial & neutral Many had suspected this of course, but it's shocking to hear it said out loud. channel4.com/news/former-oxf…

Awful to see that @PennyWrout - who used to be a half-decent journalist that I knew - has somehow l been been sucked into the crazy cult of Palestine when she ought to be focusing on bin collections and local issues. Overestimated her intelligence way back when.

I am sure that you will all be shocked, just shocked, to learn that @UN_Women has not said a single thing about the persecution, arrest and murder of Iranian women by the Khamenei regime.