Opinion

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

The more desperate legacy outlets get for audiences, the more closely they are aping the figures whose main contribution to our culture is to contaminate our lives with falsehood

By Jake Wallis Simons

3 min read

Yalda Hakim and Tucker Carlson (Image: Sky News)

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

2 min read

Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the "Spaceballs" screening during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for TCM)

By Howard Jacobson

The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

1 min read

Sally Rooney at the Winter TCA 2020 in Pasadena, California, January 17, 2020 (Image: Getty Images)

By Alex Hearn

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

4 min read

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Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

4 min read

(L-R)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords (Image: Getty Images)

Abraham Accords

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

The Abraham Accords were not merely peace agreements but the foundations of a new regional bloc built around confidence in US leadership and Israeli power. Today, those perceptions are less certain

By Ashley Perry

4 min read

By Sir Michael Ellis

Londoners should be delighted that Palantir is suing Mayor Sadiq Khan

Met Police was planning to use the firm’s artificial intelligence technology to speed up criminal investigations and root out corrupt officers

3 min read

London Mayor Sadiq Khan walks with police officers in Earlsfield, London (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum

Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling

Once the property owner worked out that Yoni Birnbaum was a rabbi, he quizzed him on whether he was opposed to Israel

7 min read

By Russell Langer

Andy Burnham’s test is whether he confronts the extremism threatening British Jews

He inherits a country in which antisemitism has become more normalised and more violent. He now needs to move faster and act firmer than his predecessor in his efforts to protect the community

3 min read

Andy Burnham speaks as he celebrates his victory in the Makerfield by-election on June 19, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

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The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Documents obtained by the JC show Jewish party members being held responsible for the actions of Israel and urged to liberate their minds ‘from the supremacist grip of Zionism’

By The JC Leader

2 min read

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks during a rally on March 28, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

The UK’s habit of assigning equal blame is difficult to justify when the Islamic Republic and its Lebanese proxy initiated the latest attacks and the regime remains openly committed to Israel’s destruction

2 min read

People take cover in a public shelter during an Iranian rocket attack alert in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

Children are being let down because Holocaust eduction is not being put in a wider context

2 min read

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

By The JC Leader

Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

When police escort protestors despite knowing in advance that antisemitic slogans are likely to appear, onlookers reasonably conclude that such rhetoric now lies within the boundaries of acceptable public discourse

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Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

What do our readers think about Keir Starmer?

By The JC

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Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Question on March 25, 2026 (Parliament TV)

By The JC

Letters to the editor, June 19 2026

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Letters

Letters to the editor, June 12 2026

JC readers weighed in on education, Britain’s role helping Jews in the 1940s, Unison and antisemitism in football ahead of the World Cup – plus holograms, matchmaking, a royal bride and a lost airman

By The JC

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Opinion

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The day Mel Brooks told me his funniest-ever joke

Rooney’s antizionism isn’t political comment but a creed: Israel is evil, its defeat salvation

Latest from opinion

Another evidence-free UN genocide charge against Israel – and another media feeding frenzy

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

Londoners should be delighted that Palantir is suing Mayor Sadiq Khan

Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling

Andy Burnham’s test is whether he confronts the extremism threatening British Jews

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Leaders

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

When Holocaust classes inspire antisemitism

Why was the Nakba march allowed to intimidate London’s Jews again?

Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

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