This book is important and necessary, written by an outstanding and nuanced author. Jake Wallis Simons is the right person to write it, as he is an innovative correspondent on Middle Eastern security affairs and the editor of the Jewish Chronicle. He analyzes the often biased coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel, which often borders on obsession and outright demonization, tracing its roots from the Middle Ages and Stalinism to the present day. He discusses why this country is judged so differently from others in a progressive era.

Jake Wallis Simons debunks the illusions of a world that opposes the Israeli sovereign state, with scientific and logical thoroughness. He analyzes the transformation of anti-Semitism into Israelophobia and identifies the difference between criticism and hatred, exploring important data and exposing dangerous rhetoric.

Israelophobia is an urgent and necessary book that reveals why the only democracy in the Middle East, which respects the rights of women and minorities, attracts so many unfair accusations. Rather than defending Israel against all criticism, it advocates for logical disagreement based on reality and not hatred.