Gardner’s World

Raised from the ashes Football team tragedy is a parable for our times

by Charles Gardner

A colleague of mine was eager to get home from a conference I also attended because his home team (Derby County) were playing Manchester … Read More

Labour on the gallows

The election result has removed a major threat to Britain’s Jewish community

by Charles Gardner

The devastating blow to Labour’s fortunes in December’s election is somewhat reminiscent of the way the Jews of ancient Persia were saved from annihilation … Read More

Australian apocalypse

The Australian bushfires, closing in on communities with terrifying ferocity, present a truly apocalyptic scenario. Our hearts go out to the nation, where I have close family.

Yet as the inferno encircled the sprawling city of Sydney, the traditional New … Read More

Twitter censors terror victim

An attempt to highlight the Palestinian Authority’s grotesque pay-for-slay policy was initially censored by social media giant Twitter.

In thanking Prime Minister Boris Johnson in advance for his plan to stop funding the PA’s so-called Martyrs Fund, which pays salaries … Read More

Prince visits Israel

The first official visit to Israel of Prince Charles is expected to contribute to a positive new era in British-Israeli relations. The heir to the throne was scheduled to attend January’s World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem following the 2018 … Read More

$150bn price of peace

Middle East observers are speculating over whether President Trump’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ will include $150 billion compensation for property left behind by some 850,000 Jews forced to flee Arab nations in 1948 when the new-born Jewish state came … Read More

BDS backfired

•  In what was seen as one of Boris Johnson’s legislative priorities, the UK Parliament is set to pass legislation banning support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as anti-Semitic.
• BDS has backfired: in November, representatives … Read More

Landmark gas exports to Egypt

On 15 January, Israel began its first day of exporting natural gas to its southern neighbour Egypt as part of a landmark deal signed in December. According to reports, Israel will supply natural gas to Egypt for the next 15 … Read More

Israel news in brief

• A photo of Palestinian students giving a Nazi salute was recently posted on the Arab language Facebook page of the Quds News
• A senior Israeli rabbi on a visit to London was severely beaten by two teenagers yelling anti-Semitic … Read More

Now for the GOOD news!

Charles Gardner shares some touching stories WELSH CHAPELS TO RE-OPEN

A retired chartered surveyor has invested £200,000 of his own savings in re-opening a dozen dis- used chapels in the South Wales valleys where a great revival broke out in … Read More