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Cracks in the bulwarks of decency

Cracks in the bulwarks of decency

Why are The Critic and the Spectator rehashing inane anti-Israel malice?

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Melanie Phillips
Nov 14, 2021
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UAE officials waving goodbye to Israel delegation, August 2020

The previous version of this piece contained errors, so this is a corrected version. Apologies.

In the past few weeks, two especially egregious examples of Israel demonisation and delegitimisation have surfaced in mainstream media magazines. 

The first, in The Critic, was by Janine di Giovanni …

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