میدل-ایست-آیBritish columnist Melanie Phillips lashes out at Palestinians at pro-Israel NYC event
British columnist Melanie Phillips lashes out at Palestinians at pro-Israel NYC event
Controversial British columnist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips has claimed there is "no such thing as the Palestinian people" and only Jewish people "have any entitlement" to historic Palestine.
During a twenty-minute speech at the "Rage Against the Hate" conference at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City last month, Phillips, who writes for The Times, also claimed the "West" is facing a "death cult" in the "forces of Islam".
Organised by Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal organisation known for targeting organisations which document international law violations by the Israeli government, the 27 October 2025 conference aimed to bring "together Jewish community and pro-Israeli activists from around the globe at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC".
"The world has been made to believe that peace and justice in the Middle East hinge on the Palestinians getting a state of their own," Phillips said in her speech.
"Justice for Palestinians has been deemed to be the issue that drives all before it. By apparently denying that happy outcome, the state of Israel has been perceived as the enemy of humanity itself."
