by RuthDE | Jul 31, 2025 | 2025, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, July
I have no Jewish blood, but as an admirer of brave, brilliant, beleaguered little Israel, I became a self-identified Zionist. Published: 31 July 2024 Similarly, although my background is largely Catholic nationalist, I became a friend to Ulster Protestants,...
by RuthDE | Jan 30, 2025 | 2025, Belfast News Letter, January, Journalism
Does president Michael D Higgins read his press coverage? Fortunately, he loves attention and can’t get enough of it. And he appears never to think he might be wrong. Published: 30 January 2025 For a long time, he’s been a cheerleader for Palestinians which has...
by RuthDE | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, October
Following the intricate politics of all parts of our two islands is like watching several daily soap operas transmitted simultaneously on different TV sets. Published: 10 October 2024 And in the background are war in Ukraine, hatred and violence in the Middle East and...
by RuthDE | Oct 17, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, October
Journalist Andrew Neil summarised my feelings in a tweet on Sunday. “Looking at these shameful pro-Hamas demonstrations in London and elsewhere yesterday it struck me that Israel must be the only country in the world that is attacked for being attacked by a...
by RuthDE | May 26, 2020 | 2020, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, May
Palestinians can only be seen as victims and the Israelis as oppressors in its view, writes Ruth Dudley-Edwards Published: 25 May 2020 Two recent happenings made an unexpected connection for me very recently. One was an intensification of the campaign to have the next...
by RuthDE | May 21, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Once decent Labour Party must ditch the anti-Semitism and refind its soul, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 21 May 2018 Among the uglier manifestations of the new Labour establishment is a hatred of Israel so profound as to be indistinguishable from pathological...
by RuthDE | May 4, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Ignorance and bigotry have combined to push Irish republicanism into hatred of Israel, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 23 April 2018 The storm about anti-Semitism in the Labour Party is clearly irritating Jeremy Corbyn, who can’t see it. The hard-Left — like...
