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A look at the BBC’s anti-Israel bias at the Times of Israel, with former governor Ruth Deech: British parliamentarian Ruth Deech had a bird’s-eye view of the BBC’s attitude towards Israel when she served on its governing body 20 years ago during the Second Intifada and the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Then, as now, since…

Brendan O’Neill at Spiked: Jews are once again bearing the brunt of the West’s abandonment of its civilisational values. Just as they were the prime victims of the Nazis’ ruthless destruction of European civilisation, so they are now the collateral damage of the modern West’s craven cowardice in the face of the Islamo-left threat. The…

Jonathan Sacerdoti in the Spectator on Iran’s ceaseless obsession with Israel: Iran’s conduct strips away any illusion about priorities. Even amid water shortages, electricity failures and economic contraction, the regime has channelled vast resources into instruments of attack. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s recent acknowledgement on Al Jazeera that roughly $500 billion was spent on the nuclear…

From this Guardian article: Both men envisaged being “martyred”, but neither reckoned with the prospect that a man they believed to be a crucial player in their plot could be a counter-terrorism undercover operative (UCO). Because of the courage of the UCO, known as “Farouk”, Saadaoui was captured in the final stages of preparation in…

From the Times this morning: A group of peers have urged Wes Streeting to halt an NHS-backed puberty blocker trial, saying that it will put children on a pathway of “lifelong medical support”…. They said: “Most children with concerns about gender grow out of it. But once placed on puberty blockers, the majority proceed to…

To get in the festive mood. From the series by Petr Válek on Facebook:

More on the puberty blocker trail, from the Mail: Children who sign up to the controversial puberty blockers trial will be told to consider freezing their eggs or sperm because of the risk posed to their fertility. Young people experiencing ‘gender incongruence’ who take part in the NHS-backed study will be offered expert advice on preserving their ability…