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Iran to seek ‘interim nuclear deal’ in talks with US

Tehran could reportedly agree to dilute its stock of enriched uranium in order to stave off President Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran is reportedly set to offer concessions over its nuclear programme in talks with US officials this weekend (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Trump taps Chabad rabbi for US antisemitism envoy

By JC Reporter

1 min read

People hold placards with portraits of victims of the terrorist bombing attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community centre that killed 85 people and injured 300 during the commemoration of its 23rd anniversary, in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2017 (Credit: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentina

Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian Supreme Leader for 1994 bombing

By JC Reporter

1 min read

French President Emmanuel Macron announced intentions to recognise Palestinian statehood during an interview with French media on Wednesday (Image: Getty)

France

Macron: France to recognise Palestinian state in June

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Colombia

Colombian government appoints director of religious affairs accused of being ‘fake rabbi’ who ‘bought title online’

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Donald Trump

Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman warns Trump’s tariffs could lead to ‘economic nuclear winter’

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

US Politics

Isolationist Pentagon appointee Colby provokes mixed views among Zionists

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

Hezbollah ‘ready’ to hold disarmament talks if IDF withdraws from Lebanon

Hezbollah is reportedly willing to enter into disarmament talks with the Lebanese government (Image: Getty)

Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies aged 99

Irmgard Furchner, who was convicted over her role in the Holocaust in 2022, has died aged 99 (Image: Getty)

11-year-old terror attack victim’s memorial unveiling disrupted by Palestine protester

The father of an 11-year-old victim of the Stockholm car ramming terrorist attack was being interviewed on the anniversary of his daughter's death. (Efter Fem)

Harvard to borrow $750 million after federal funding freeze over antisemitism claims

Harvard University has confirmed that it will borrow $750 million to bridge the gap left by the Trump administration's suspension of its federal funding (Image: Getty)

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ‘willing to disarm’ to dodge US escalation

A number of Iran-backed militias in Iraq are reportedly willing to disarm to avoid US escalation in the region (Image: Getty)

People assess the damage following a previous round of airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeida governorate, April 2, 2025. (Credit: -/AFP via Getty Images)

Houthis

Houthi intelligence chief reported killed in US airstrikes

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

muslim

Senior Muslim leader urges Britons to focus less on Gaza for sake of integration

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Francesca Albanese

Fury as UN investigator Francesca Albanese keeps role

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Yahya Sinwar

The truth about the elimination of October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar

By Itay Ilnai

7 min read

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‘Mitzvah Tank’ parade sweeps through NYC for pre-Passover celebration

A convoy of over 100 converted RVs traversed the city on Wednesday to pass out matzah and spread Jewish joy

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Jewish students distributed traditional round-shaped matzah from a convoy of 'Mitzvah Tanks' in New York City on Wednesday as part of an early Passover celebration. (Photo: Mandi Dehan / COLlive.com)

Naftali Bennett

Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt Naftali Bennett talk at Princeton

The incident follows the suspension of federal funding to the university in connection with allegations of antisemitism at similar demonstrations last year

By Izzy Salant

2 min read

Protestors disrupted an event at Princeton University featuring an address by former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett (Image: Getty)

Immigration

US to screen visa applicants for antisemitic social media posts

‘There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathisers’ stated the US Department of Homeland Security

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The Department of Homeland Security, headed by Kirsti Noem, is set to begin screening visa applicants' social media activity for historical antisemitism (Image: US DHS)

US Politics

Mike Huckabee confirmed as US ambassador to Israel

The former Arkansas governor has been hailed among Republicans for his vocal support of the Jewish state but critics have raised concern about his previous comments regarding the West Bank

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Mike Huckabee has been confirmed by the Senate as Washington's new ambassador to Israel (Image: Getty)

World news

Soldiers stand at attention with their rifles as red smoke fills the air during Republic Day celebrations in Kayseri, Turkey, October 29, 2024 (Credit: DAMOUN POURNEMATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas

Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 27: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan, attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan at the United Nations headquarters on January 27, 2025 in New York City. The UN Security Council met to receive the semi-annual briefing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan on the ICCâ€™s Darfur-related work. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICC

ICC chief Khan reportedly accused of retaliation for sexual misconduct allegation

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Robert Wood, former US deputy envoy to the UN, has claimed the institution is 'haemorraging with antisemitism' (Image: Getty)

United Nations

Former diplomat claims UN is ‘haemorrhaging with antisemitism’

By Mike Wagenheim

3 min read

Four Berlin residents are facing deportation over their alleged actions during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the city (Image: Getty)

Germany

Berlin residents face deportation from Germany following pro-Palestine protests

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Iran

What missile hardware does Iran have left?

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

Princeton University has had dozens of federal research grants frozen in connection with an investigation into alleged antisemitism at US colleges (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism on campus

Princeton University says federal grants have been frozen amid antisemitism probe

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Antisemitism

American podcaster Stew Peters called for the mass deportation of US Jews, terming it a 'final solution' (Image: X)

Far-right podcaster calls for ‘final solution’ on deportation of US Jews

Stew Peters also called Israel a ‘paedophilic, homosexual, genocidal state’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Spain arrests alleged Hezbollah operatives New York car wash charged extra for Passover service because ‘their cars are so dirty’

UK News

BBC

‘I’ve got a real, strong feeling about being Jewish’: Claude Littner on his Holocaust-surviving father, The Apprentice and Trump

Lord Sugar’s former on-screen aide tells the JC why he is teaming up with WIZO UK to find the next big names in business

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

Claude Littner, who became a media star after appearing on The Apprentice as Lord Sugar's right-hand man (Photo: The Apprentice/BBC)

Hamas

British lawyers representing Hamas called for ‘victory to the Intifada’ and said Zionists ‘will be hunted down’

Members of the team trying to secure the group’s de-proscription in the UK seemingly celebrated the October 7 attacks and referred to senior terrorists as ‘martyrs’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

A London-based law firm has launched a bid on behalf of Hamas to have the group de-proscribed (Photo: Getty Images)

Anti-Israel protests

Who are the young Jews turning against Israel?

Radical new groups for Jews who do not support Zionism have formed on campuses up and down the UK

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Members of the Jewish Bloc for Palestine take part in a Free Gaza protest in central London (Photo: Getty Images)

October 7

‘I have no fear anymore’: the growth of Jewish grassroots in the wake of Oct 7

Ever since Hamas’ massacre, Jewish protest groups have made their voices heard across the UK, but are they divided or united?

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

Hundreds mourn the Bibas family in a mock ‘funeral’ outside Parliament following the return of the bodies of Oded Lifshitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir on February 20

Opinion

Germany’s new coalition deal is disappointing for Israel and Jews

The gap between rhetoric and reality is especially stark when one compares the government programme to the election manifesto the centre right parties were elected on just two months ago

By Michael Thaidigsmann

4 min read

Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor s during an election campaign tour stop in February (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

By Daniel Taub

How to resolve disputes with empathy and stories – by a former peace negotiator

The world has changed since October 7, but we can disagree respectfully

3 min read

By Alex Hearn

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

The list of politicians banned by Britain is significant, and includes an Israeli. But suddenly it is considered a special affront that a nation at war is policing its borders from hostile actors

2 min read

By Keren David

From the JC archive: April 13 1945

The grim toll of the death camps; a Jewish flag brings hope

3 min read

By Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Unity does not mean uniformity -diversity is a testament to our vitality

In difficult times, our leaders must strengthen the spirit, lift hearts and guide our people with wisdom, inspiration and faith

2 min read

By Phil Rosenberg

We are a family – and there is far more that unites us than divides us

The tragedy of October 7 and the ordeal of the hostages has brought the UK Jewish community together in grief, but also in determination

2 min read

By Nicole Lampert

I never felt part of the Jewish community. Since October 7 that’s all changed

Wonderful new friendships have sprung out of the devastation

2 min read

Life

‘I’m just getting started’: My Unorthodox Life star Julia Haart on Israel activism, mini skirts and dating younger men

By Eliana Jordan

6 min read

Modern exodus: Mark and his wife traded in their Essex home for a place in a sleepy village (Image: Getty)

Jewish country life

Help! I’m no longer the only Jew in the village

Mark Solomons was revelling in the role... until another tribe member rolled up at his Suffolk outpost

By Mark Solomons

3 min read

Jewish books

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz review: ‘they played for their lives’

This thoroughly researched book explains why a place in the death camp’s only women’s orchestra was sought after, and the moral dilemmas that came with it

By Monica Porter

2 min read