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Sadiq Khan yet to comment on police ban for Al Quds Day march

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Watch: IDF releases bodycam footage of Lebanon operation

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‘We know what it means when doors are closed’ say rabbinic leaders at Refugee Shabbat launch

The annual event is being backed by the Chief Rabbi and heads of the Progressive movement

By Ben Conway

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Rabbi David Mason addressing guests (Photo: Jennie van den Boogaard for HIAS +JCORE)

Claudia Winkleman

Will Claudia Winkleman be our new chat show queen?

The Jewish TV presenter has a new Friday-night show on BBC One – and it kicks off tonight with Jeff Goldblum

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The Claudia Winkleman Show (Image: BBC One)

Iran

Lord Blunkett looks back to lessons after 9/11 in calling for clampdown on Iran influence in UK

Former Home Secretary urges Britain to overcome “historical reluctance” to confront extremism

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David Blunkett delivers a speech in 2011 (Getty Images)

Sanctions

Impose Russia-style sanctions on Iran to stop UK being haven for ‘blood money’, government urged

Call to widen measures against Islamic Republic comes after new Supreme Leader revealed to hold £100m London property empire

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Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), new Supreme Leader after death of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Rouzbeh Fouladi / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

USA

Michigan Jews will continue to live ‘vibrant Jewish lives’ as synagogue attacker identified

Ayman Ghazali, 41, had been living in the US since 2016

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Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb, pictured after an assailant drove a vehicle into the building (Photo: Getty)

USA

Gunman who attacked Michigan shul is dead – no reported injuries to worshippers

Assailant drove through the doors of the shul with a vehicle before being shot

By JC Reporter

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Screenshot from a video of the shul as it surrounded by emergency vehicles (Image: Fox News)

Iran

US destroys Iranian ‘minelayers’ in Strait of Hormuz amid oil price surge

Tehran has vowed to blockade the vital trade route, but the White House has said it will ensure a ‘free flow of energy’ from the region

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A US drone approaches an Iranian naval vessel in the Strait of Hormuz (Centcom)

Donald Trump

The Jewish immigrant story behind the dress shoes Trump has made White House uniform

Florsheim Shoes was founded in 1892 by Milton Florsheim, the son of a Jewish immigrant cobbler

By Alma Green

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If the shoe fits: Donald Trump with members of his cabinet (Photo: Getty)

Latest Israel news

Iceland and the Netherlands join South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

The two nations filed arguments in favour of South Africa’s allegations against the Jewish state, including claiming that Jerusalem’s aid policies in Gaza could constitute genocidal intent

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Exterior view of the Peace Palace, home to the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands (Getty Images)

IDF releases pictures of children’s playground hit by Iranian cluster bomb

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The aftermath of an Iranian cluster bomb strike on Rishon Lezion (IDF)

Netanyahu claims Israel is ‘crushing’ Iran in first wartime press conference

However, the prime minister admitted that he ‘cannot say for certain that the Iranian people will bring down the regime’

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IDF drops charges against five reservists over Sde Teiman abuse claims

Prime Minister Netanyahu denounced allegations that the men physically and sexually assaulted a Palestinian detainee as a ‘blood libel’

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A still from leaked security footage alleged to show the abuse of a detainee at the Sde Teiman facility (Channel 11)

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Norway

Manhunt under way in Norway after suspects flee police stop-and-search near shul

By JC Reporter

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Killer of Sarah Halimi arrested over violent robbery

Kobili Traoré killed Jewish doctor Sarah Halimi in her Paris home in 2017, but was cleared of criminal responsibility

By Shirli Sitbon

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The Indian princess who rescued Jews from the Holocaust

A pendant in a London exhibition sheds new light on the humanity of Catherine Duleep Singh

By Mark Wood

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Iranians need ‘external assistance’ to topple regime, says Sa’ar

The Israeli foreign minister’s comments came as Reuters reported that US intelligence assessments suggested that Tehran ‘retains control of the Iranian public’

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Politics

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Home Secretary

Home Secretary dismisses claim Tommy Robinson ‘is fan of hers’ after Quds Day ban

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Peers back plan for ‘extreme protest group’ bans

Labour MPs urge government to adopt new powers proposed by Lord Walney

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Foreign Secretary holds call with Israeli counterpart

The discussion between Yvette Cooper and Gideon Sa’ar came twelve days after the start of the Iran War

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Jewish MP Charlotte Nichols discloses in jury trials debate she was raped at work event

Charlotte Nichols waived her right to anonymity as she spoke against court reform bill

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Showbiz

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Film

Jewish filmmakers scoop best documentary Bafta for ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’

By Siam Goorwich

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Rob Rinder and Rachel Riley star in Purim special of Celebration Kitchen on BBC One

Dedicated episode of Saturday Kitchen spin-off will feature hamantaschen and other beloved festival treats

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Tracy-Ann Oberman ‘honoured’ to receive MBE for work combating antisemitism

‘The King was really lovely. He said how important it was that the Holocaust is never forgotten,’ Oberman said