Stephen Pollard

I scribble, mainly at @JewishChron @Spectator @Telegraph @TheCriticMag. #coys

[Joo @JoosyJew]

“Just to make the ‘FIFA is Zionist’ crowd more angry, have a player called ‘JUDE’ score twice”

[Subversive Force @SubversiveForce]

Fantastic to see the immense Palestinian contribution to the mining community being recognised.

Durham Miners’ Gala today.

[Rush @exRAF_Al]

Nothing screams false patriot like wearing a jersey for a photo opportunity, that still has packing creases.

[Tracy Edwards @TracyEdwardsMBE]

Oh this is priceless!! @amnesty a clownshow with the gravitas and respect of a three ringed circus 'bravely has a go' at ACTUAL Human Rights charities and organisations and then bottles it!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

It's not about Israel https://t.co/Ve4M3j4xWA

[Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism]

Finally, some real sentencing.

Shafiq Rahman, 48, was sentenced today at Reading Crown Court to sixteen months in prison in relation to an incident in April 2026, in which he called an Orthodox Jewish man a “dirty motherf***ing Jew” and threatened to break his jaw.

The sentence reflects numerous offences which Mr Rahman admitted in court, including racially aggravated common assault, fear or provocation of violence by words.

This is the sort of deterrence that we need to see against antisemitic criminals. If you engage in unprovoked, aggressive abuse of someone because they are Jewish, you have a speedy trial and you go to prison.

That is the only way to start to turn the tide of the worst levels of antisemitic hate crime in our lifetimes.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

If all other aspects of Gaza were the same, but Israel was a hypothetical Arab state fighting other Arabs in Gaza, literally nobody in the West would give a shit.

Barely a peep when Assad gassed his own people or HTS slaughtered the Druze.

That tells you all you need to know.

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

Exactly this - as Howard Jacobson explains here https://t.co/YT0q4OxnOE

[Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton]

The incitement against Britain's Chief Rabbi in this way is a paradigmatic example of the fact that the "genocide" claims are not an after-the-fact legal view of Israel's conduct in Gaza, but a pretextual libel, manufactured to justify violence against Jews globally.

[Simon French @Frencheconomics]

This level of pedantry I utterly applaud.

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

If you're after a no-alcohol beer, I can't recommend Jiddler's Tipple too highly. It's by a long way the best I've ever tasted - I'd say it's better than most alcoholic beers I've ever had.
https://t.co/jXQxPOQtJJ
(I've no interest in the business - just want to see a good product do well!)

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

Always welcome when Jones explains antisemitism to Jews.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This body is supposed to exist to protect the interests of Jewish Brits.

That has nothing to do with lobbying for the interests of a foreign genocidal state.

They're deliberately trying to conflate opposition to Israel's crimes with antisemitism. That is monstrous and dangerous

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

I’m really sick of British politicians telling lies about Israel. It’s verging on the dangerous.
@labourlewis is not a child: he should understand that it is a case brought by South Africa which has accused Israel. The ICJ has made no finding and South Africa et al are trying to change the definition of genocide to fit the crime they want to accuse Israel of.

[Rupert Darwall @RupertDarwall]

NESO leaks to Coutinho on the dire state of the grid remind me of leaks from Foreign Office and intelligence services to Churchill in the 1930s on aircraft production for the Luftwaffe and the woeful state of the RAF. Their significance can scarcely be understated ...

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

'THEY seek to censor democratic debate on OUR country.'
Not so much a dog whistle as a scream.

[Longtime Diasporist Here @eddyportnoy]

Dearest Gentiles,
Please do not use Jewish ritual objects.
Thank you.
The Jews.

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

Haroon Aswat is now a free man.

He’s connected to the 7/7 bombers and al-Qaeda. He was convicted in America for plotting with Abu Hamza.

He’s a national security risk but was released because he’s treated as mental health case.

Emma Schubert and I have written to David Lammy:

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

Some good news:
The man arrested for this act of antisemitism has now been jailed.
Well done @ThamesVP

A man has been jailed following an antisemitic hate crime in Slough in April.
Shafiq Rahman, aged 48, of Lismore Park in Slough, appeared at Reading Crown Court today (10/7) where he was sentenced to a total of 16 months in prison. The sentence relates to the hate crime and a separate incident in June 2025 in which a dog being walked by Rahman caused serious injury to a man in Thatcham.
On Monday 20 April a Jewish man in his thirties was carrying out work at a property on Elliman Avenue. The man was wearing a traditional Jewish head covering known as a kippah.
As Rahman cycled past, he noticed the victim and began shouting antisemitic abuse at him. He then approached the victim, made threats, and attempted to snatch his phone from his hands.
A couple of members of the public attempted to intervene before being verbally abused themselves.
Police were called and an investigation was launched.
Footage of the incident was widely shared on social media, which caused understandable distress and concern, both locally and more widely.
After video of the incident was shared online, as well as a public appeal by police, a number of people called in to provide information. As a result of this, the suspect was identified as Rahman and officers arrested him on Thursday 23 April. He was charged the next day, and pleaded guilty to one count of racially/religiously aggravated common assault, one count of racially/religiously aggravated fear/provocation of violence by words, and one count of criminal damage.

[Guy Adams @guyadams]

This you? https://t.co/9PD5zCNbWY

[Stephen Pollard @stephenpollard]

🤣

[Adam Langleben @adamlangleben]

I know lots going on but something funny for those with a niche sense of humour.

Naomi Wimborne Iddrisi (once of Labour left/JVL fame, and a Labour NEC member, suspended and then expelled), is now a member of the Your Party CEC. She has been suspended from their CEC.

[Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism]

This is a shameful example of the indoctrination British children are facing.

A member of the public came across information leaflets titled ‘Palestine for Kids’ on Guildford Street, London. They are authored by Actions with Impact, a group affiliated with the BDS movement.

Disturbingly, the leaflet describes the Filton 24 — a group of activists affiliated with Palestine Action, who orchestrated the 2024 Elbit Systems factory break-in — as “brave people who are in jail for trying to help save people in Palestine.”

Palestine Action is a proscribed terrorist organisation under UK law. Four activists involved in the break-in were recently sentenced to a collective total of more than 25 years in prison for criminal damage and, in one case, grievous bodily harm when Samuel Corner reportedly fractured a female police officer’s spine after striking her with a sledgehammer.

The leaflet also calls for children to boycott companies who “support Israel to hurt Palestinians.”

More than four-fifths (84%) of British Jews tell us in our polling that boycotts of businesses selling Israeli products constitute intimidation. Asking children to take part in this risks feeding exclusionary attitudes towards Jews.

Ultimately, boiling down a complex foreign policy issue into a colourful leaflet for British children is not informative — it is irresponsible.