Henry Jackson Society

On terror tactics and ‘mutual restraint’

Originally published in The Times of Israel ‘Israel this weekend accepted an extension to a UN-brokered 24-humanitarian ceasefire, which Hamas promptly rejected. Two weeks ago Israel accepted an Egyptian-mediated, US-backed ceasefire that would have ended the current operation completely. Then too, ...

Britain has let Islamists run riot – as today’s report into the ‘Trojan horse’ plot reveals

Originally published in The Spectator ‘Who’s up, who’s down? Who’s in, who’s out? While Westminster spent last week gossiping about which minister’s special adviser said what, in another city, not far away, a very different Britain was unveiled. On Monday, the Chief ...

Germany is a big player now in the bid to tame Putin

Originally published in the London Evening Standard ‘When the new Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, goes to Brussels today to discuss the Ukraine situation, he will do so against the backdrop of acute tension with the eurozone’s largest and most important state, ...

The evidence shows that Cage is a pro-terrorist group

Originally published in The Telegraph ‘Last week, Peter Oborne penned a love letter to “independent advocacy organisation” Cage (formerly Cage Prisoners). Oborne spoke out because, earlier this year, after Cage’s outreach director Moazzam Begg was arrested in relation to Syria-linked offences, Cage had ...

London’s pro-Palestine rally was a disgusting anti-Semitic spectacle

Originally published in The Spectator ‘Thousands of anti-Semites have today succeeded in bringing central London to an almost total standstill. They marched though the centre of the city before congregating to scream outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington. It was interesting to ...

Why won’t suspected terrorist John Downey be tried?

Originally published in The Spectator ‘The Hallett Review was published yesterday. This is the review ordered by the Prime Minister in February after the collapse of the trial of John Downey. Readers will remember that Downey was about to face trial over ...

Video: Rules of engagement, according to Hamas

Originally published in The Spectator ‘CNN recently came across a video of Hamas officials calling on civilians in Gaza to volunteer to become ‘human shields’ so that Palestinian civilian casualties can be maximised. Fascinatingly a CNN news anchor has put this fact ...

The emergency surveillance legislation will make us safer

Originally published in The Spectator ‘Isabel wonders whether it is a good thing that all main parties allied in passing emergency surveillance legislation into law yesterday. While it’s true that legislation passed without any significant political objection can be bad news, this ...

Whatever happened to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’?

Originally published in The Spectator ‘Whatever happened to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’? I only ask because it’s now three months since Twitter and all other social media, Michelle Obama, Christiane Amanpour, David Cameron etc. joined a hashtag group to ask Boko ...