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'''Jake Wallis Simons''' is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster who is currently employed as Associate Global Editor at ''Mail Online'' and, as a foreign affairs reporter and commentator, he has contributed previously to publications such as ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]'', and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref>''[http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/authors-dh/jake-wallis-simons/ "David Higham's biography"]''</ref>
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'''Dr Jake Wallis Simons''' is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster who is currently employed as Associate Global Editor at ''Mail Online'' and, as a foreign affairs reporter and commentator, he has contributed previously to publications such as ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]'', and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref>''[http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/authors-dh/jake-wallis-simons/ "David Higham's biography"]''</ref>
  
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==Background==
Educated at St Peter's College, Oxford, Jake Wallis Simons holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, and has published award-winning novels, including "The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew" and "The English German Girl". As ‘Jake Simons’, he is the author of a thriller about the [[Mossad]] "The Pure".<ref>''[http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=59236 "Jake Wallis Simons - Biography"]''</ref>
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Jake Wallis Simons attended [[St Peter's College, Oxford]] and obtained a PhD in creative writing from the [[University of East Anglia]].
  
 
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==Antisemitism debate==
 
On 29 April 2016, Jake Wallis Simons participated in a live [[Sky Television]] debate on [[antisemitism]] with former diplomat [[Craig Murray]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzC6QSylETc "The #skydebate: Is Britain Anti-Semitic?"]''</ref> A transcript is available on Craig Murray's blog.<ref>''[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/09/jake-wallis-simons-v-craig-murray/ "Jake Wallis Simons v Craig Murray"]''</ref>  
 
On 29 April 2016, Jake Wallis Simons participated in a live [[Sky Television]] debate on [[antisemitism]] with former diplomat [[Craig Murray]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzC6QSylETc "The #skydebate: Is Britain Anti-Semitic?"]''</ref> A transcript is available on Craig Murray's blog.<ref>''[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/09/jake-wallis-simons-v-craig-murray/ "Jake Wallis Simons v Craig Murray"]''</ref>  
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Simons has published award-winning novels, including ''The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew'' and ''The English German Girl''. As ‘Jake Simons’, he is the author of ''The Pure'', a thriller about the [[Mossad]].<ref>''[http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=59236 "Jake Wallis Simons - Biography"]''</ref>
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Revision as of 18:26, 8 August 2020

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Alma materSt Peter's College (Oxford), University of East Anglia

Dr Jake Wallis Simons is a novelist, journalist and broadcaster who is currently employed as Associate Global Editor at Mail Online and, as a foreign affairs reporter and commentator, he has contributed previously to publications such as The Times, The Guardian, BBC Radio 4, and The Daily Telegraph.[1]

Background

Jake Wallis Simons attended St Peter's College, Oxford and obtained a PhD in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.

EU 'breaking international law'

In February 2015, Jake Wallis Simons wrote a Mail Online article asserting that the European Union is 'breaking international law by funding illegal West Bank building projects'. The article referred to "an area supposed to be under Israeli jurisdiction" and "areas placed under Israeli control by the Oslo Accords". The article quoted a legal “authority” Alan Baker who is himself an illegal settler and Regavim, an Israeli NGO which claims Palestinian buildings were built illegally. [2]

Antisemitism debate

On 29 April 2016, Jake Wallis Simons participated in a live Sky Television debate on antisemitism with former diplomat Craig Murray.[3] A transcript is available on Craig Murray's blog.[4]

Publications

Simons has published award-winning novels, including The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew and The English German Girl. As ‘Jake Simons’, he is the author of The Pure, a thriller about the Mossad.[5]


 

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Document:I Go to Stand My TrialBlog post2 November 2017Craig MurrayThe Trial starts on Tuesday 7 November at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, High Court Queen’s Bench Division, and lasts for two or three days. By the time I come back online the Tories will have appointed their next Disgraced Former Defence Secretary in Waiting.
Document:President Abbas’ Rebuke to Theresa May over Palestineblog post24 September 2017Craig MurrayThe ignored part of the Balfour Declaration to which Abbas referred is of course: “It being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.”
Document:Who really funds the Jewish Chronicle?Article26 April 2024Alan RusbridgerTwo years ago, a mysterious consortium came to the rescue of the beleaguered publication—and nobody is really clear about who is behind the scenes. But openness matters, especially when politics is involved
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