Opinion

The alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

Restore Britain’s success in the Makerfield by-election should send a shiver down the spine of every JC reader

By Stephen Pollard

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Leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, speaks to media during the Makerfield by-election on June 18, 2026 in Wigan, England. (Image: Getty Images)

Gwyneth Paltrow in a commercial for a luxury housing development in the Israeli city of Herzliya (Photo: 51Park)

By Adam Levick

The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

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Landscape around the small Spanish town of Daroca (Image: Getty Images)

By David Bennun

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

3 min read

Israeli F-15 jets on their way to strike Iran (Image: Israeli Air Force)

By Kobi Michael

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

5 min read

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Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

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President Donald J. Trump signs the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at Versailles, France on June 17, 2026 (Image: White House)

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Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

As a candidate, he accurately dissected the disastrous nuclear deal the Obama administration had negotiated with Tehran. As a president, he has just done infinitely worse

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

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By Mark Sewards

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

The initiative will support grassroots programmes, from youth leadership schemes to women’s economic empowerment projects, that strengthen ties between the two peoples and help lay the foundations for a future political process

3 min read

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (C) with Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (R) and Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand (L) on June 11, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Sarah Tetteh

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

If even one of the country’s most outspoken critics of the government and the Gaza war is deemed unacceptable simply because of his nationality, then the issue is no longer political disagreement. It becomes something much darker

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Nadav Lapid, winner of the Jury Prize Ex-Aequo for 'Ha'berech', at the closing ceremony press conference during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 17, 2021. (Image: Getty Images)

By Liel Leibovitz

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

With his admittedly crass dog rape joke, Elon Gold made it clear that the era of polite and flustered Jews eager to engage their detractors in civil conversation is over

3 min read

(from left) Shuli Rand, Gidi Dar, and Elon Gold attend the "The Wedding Entertainer" premiere during the 2026 Tribeca Festival at Village East Cinema on June 04, 2026 in New York City. (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

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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?

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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)

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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 alarming rise of the party that believes only Christians are true Brits

The Guardian’s ‘Nazification’ of Jews

Even an escape to the sun lies in the long shadow of this conflict

The Iran deal is neither a defeat for Israel nor a victory for the Islamic Republic

Latest from opinion

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

Trump’s Iran deal is like offering Nazi Germany a Marshall Plan in 1944

The UK-backed Israel-Palestinian Peace Fund delivers rare good news to the Middle East

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

Fury over stand-up’s mockery of Israel conspiracy theories is no laughing matter

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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?

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