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June 5, 2026

Don’t Blame Benjamin Netanyahu for Rising Anti-Semitism

It’s not just wrong, but cowardly.

As the Democratic party moves in an increasingly anti-Israel direction, there are those—including some sympathetic to the Jewish state—who claim that the country’s rightward drift, or the policies of the current prime minister, are responsible. In Britain, some have even gone so far as to blame Benjamin Netanyahu for attacks on Jews. Melanie Phillips responds:

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