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Civilisation’s fifth columnists

Civilisation’s fifth columnists

The depravity shown by Hamas has entered the collective mind of the west itself

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Melanie Phillips
Oct 13, 2023
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Pro-Hamas demonstration outside Israel embassy, London.

At a synagogue vigil in London on Monday evening for the victims of the Hamas pogrom, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he stood in solidarity with Israel.

Hamas, he said, “are not militants. They are not freedom fighters. They are terrorists. There are not two sides to these events. There is…

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