"As Israel came under attack this week from hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza, Israel-bashers resumed their own offensive" And Much More from Melanie Phillips

Hello and welcome back to my newsletter. This is what's been getting me going over the past few days. European Court of Justice As Israel came under attack this week from hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza, Israel-bashers resumed their own offensive. Read me here on these latest examples of how human rights doctrine and international law are used to weaponise this degraded boilerplate western prejudice. Nigel Farage's decision to stand down his Brexit party candidates in Conservative-held seats reflects an agonising dilemma shared by many voters. Click here for my take on this latest twist in Britain's most seismic general election for decades. On both sides of the Atlantic, a remarkably large proportion of young people say they prefer communism to capitalism and see nothing wrong with Marx or Stalin. To access my Times column (£) on this unsettling phenomenon, please click here. Cenotaph, Whitehall The former Labour foreign secretary, David Miliband, last month delivered the Sir Martin Gilbert lecture at Highgate synagogue. He argued that Brexit was both cause and symptom of the destruction of the “liberal democratic idea”. Guess what! I didn't agree. You can read why here.