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Jewish-Irish bestselling author of 24 books - RH/Penguin & Harper-Collins - mostly crime-thrillers. And journalist: The Times, Newsweek, The Spectator. One of fastest growing substacks on Israel-Palestine. No DMs unless already Substack subscribed.

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The Coma After a serious car accident in 1979 when he was 23 years old, Ben fell into a coma, not awakening until mid-2025. A lot of years and changes to catch up on - both with family and world affairs.

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A man in a coma since 1979 catches up on World Affairs...

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04.08.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hassan and Ahmed Conversations from a Jihadist back room - 10

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Hassan and Ahmed discuss the current situation in Gaza...

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04.08.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Terrorism 123 A terrorist leader giving guidelines and instructions to a small group of new recruits.

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A terrorist guide from within...

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04.08.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reverse Colonialism At the core of many a Palestinian supportersโ€™ condemnation of Israel is that itโ€™s a โ€˜colonial enterpriseโ€™, but is the reverse in fact the case?

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The real Colonialism exposed...

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04.08.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A repeated lie this past three weeks by most of the media.

But if they'd asked the simple question, MOTIVE?... they'd arrived at different conclusions.

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24.06.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Motive, motive... motive? If news outlets bothered for a moment to examine the motives behind the news stories they spread, theyโ€™d likely come to different conclusions.

A repeated lie this past three weeks by most of the media.

But is they'd asked the simple question, MOTIVE?... they'd arrived at different conclusions.

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24.06.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why the current Iranian regime should be dismantled โ€“ Part 1 Ridding Iran of its nuclear ambitions should be seen as only the first stage towards regime change.

The Israel-Iran conflict examined. Part One FREE. Part two Paid subscribers only.

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24.06.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Great Divide - Part 2 And the hard and fast questions that now need to be asked about any possible future accord.

Part Two of the great divide here.

Can the Israel-Palestine issue ever be solved, and what does the future hold?

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24.06.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Great Divide - Part 1 And the hard and fast questions that now need to be asked to give any hope of possible future Israel-Palestine accord.

Catching up on recent posts after a short summer break:

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24.06.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Irish Problem with Israel How and why has the Irish attitude to Israel changed over the years?

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12.06.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hassan and Ahmed Conversations from a Jihadist back room - 8

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My latest Hassan and Ahmed spoof.

Satire, but tackles the thorny issue of news reports of 31 killed by Israel by a new aid depot. And the 100s of Palestinian children with head shots...

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05.06.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Scribes on Israel-Palestine A number of authors have tackled this controversial subject over the years, but how accurate or useful are their accounts?

My latest substack post - looking at past books and authors on the Israel-Palestine conflict...

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05.06.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Definition of Hypocrisy Nearly every Palestinian claim about Israel screams of extreme hypocrisy.

The Hypocrisy of the various Palestinian claims about Israel...

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03.05.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Leaderboard | Substack

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25.05.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Al-Jazeera vs Haaretz How an open and free media policy in Israel and far more restrictive policies in Arab nations has created an uneven playing field.

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How a free Israeli Press has led to bias against it.

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24.05.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Al-Jazeera vs Haaretz How an open and free media policy in Israel and far more restrictive policies in Arab nations has created an uneven playing field.

Hot of the Press... my latest substack article.

How a free Israeli Press has led to bias against it.

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24.05.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Conversation A crucial meeting between one of Iranโ€™s ruling religious committee, Hossein, and a Hamas leader, Ismail, in September, 2023.

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The conversation between a Hamas leader and an Iranian Mullah that likely took place in September 2023.

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24.05.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest and most prolific liars and false information spreaders about Israel...

Some of the lies are so staggering, it makes you wonder how anyone would be so stupid as to swallow them...

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19.05.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Louis Theroux recent BBC report put under the spotlight...

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21.05.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Examines and overturns a lot of previous thinking...

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21.05.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Collection of the Best Some of the best notes from the past few weeks.

Cocoa and bed-time now.

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21.05.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

con't.... Also, Hamas could have stopped the war 10-12 months back... or could do now... by releasing the hostages and disarming. They've been offered an 'amnesty' if they disarm... so why the delay?

20.05.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

War is tragic, but the civilian to combatant losses in the current war are less than any past NATO or US/UK war, by a factor of almost 3 to 1... so a tag of 'genocide' would mean you'd have to go back and apply that for every of war of the last 50 years or so.... con't

20.05.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jewish and Israeli authors facing a sidelining and blocking since Oct 7th not experienced since the Nazi era.

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07.05.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Exciting Subscription Offer In addition to my standard free subscription offer, I will now be offering an exciting paid subsciption offer.

A change in my Substack subscription offer:

No article restrictions or pay walls on FREE subs + you get a FREE book.

But for those opting for a paid subscription to reward me for my hard work, I'm offering a total of 4 FREE books... details on link below:
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19.05.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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John Matthews on Substack Eurovision reflects public opinion about Israel While we see from the linked report that there were protests during Yuvalโ€™s performance last night, the vast majority were in support of Israel. This ...

I made a good point about Yuvals performance and the anti-Israel agitators on a recent Substack note (link below).

Its seems they were totally out of step with public opinion!

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19.05.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can the Jew haters around the world just seriously back off Yuval Raphael!

18.05.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest and most prolific liars and false information spreaders about Israel...

Some of the lies are so staggering, it makes you wonder how anyone would be so stupid as to swallow them...

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19.05.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genocideโ€Šโ€”โ€Šyet another flawed claim to add to the many. An open letter to Dr Agnรจs Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

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13.05.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Collection of the Best Some of the best notes from the past few weeks.

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A collection of my best notes and comments of the past month...

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