Court and CrimeConvicted Palestine Action activists apply to have judge thrown off case before sentencingCampaign group Defend Our Juries, which has supported the group’s legal campaigns, accused Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson of ‘manifest bias and discrimination’By Jacob Jaffa4 min read
Court and CrimeSecond man charged over arson at former synagogueThe building, which previously housed East London Central Synagogue and has been vacant for six years, was attacked on May 5By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Palestine ActionConvicted Palestine Action activists could be sentenced as terroristsThe group were convicted of criminal damage earlier this month, but could face double the jail term for that offenceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Palestine ActionPalestine Action lawyer avoids contempt of court chargeRajiv Menon was accused of misleading the jury, who failed to return a verdict in the initial trial, before the activist he defended was convicted at a retrialBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Court and CrimePair who verbally abused Jewish man for TikTok video admit antisemitic hate crimeAdam Bedoui and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub travelled to the Stamford Hill area to ‘film antisemitic content for social media’, police saidBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Court and CrimeMan who threatened to cut Jews’ throats pleads guilty to hate crimesWayne Kelly shouted abuse at a group of synagogue goers in Salford while walking his dog, before saying he would go home to retrieve knives to murder them1 min read
Los AngelesLA Jewish groups criticise ‘woefully inadequate’ plea deal for man who killed pro-Israel protesterLoay Abdel Fattah Alnaji pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to his fatal altercation with 69-year-old Paul Kessler in 2023By Aaron Bandler2 min read
Barrister who acted for Palestine Action defendant accused of misleading jury in first trialRajiv Menon KC allegedly defied the orders of Mr Justice Johnson by suggesting that the jury could acquit the defendants ‘according to their conscience’By Tristan Kirk3 min read||May 6, 2026 08:18
Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage over factory raidThe court heard that the protest had been ‘meticulously organised’ to cause ‘as much damage as possible’By Ellie Crabbe3 min read||May 5, 2026 15:31
Man admits racial assault after accusing Orthodox Jew of ‘killing babies’Shafiq Rahman called the man a ‘dirty Jew’ and threatened to ‘break his jaw’By Stanley Murphy-Johns2 min read||April 27, 2026 09:59
Four in court charged with Hatzola ambulance arsonThe four defendants, aged between 17 and 20, are accused of carrying out a ‘targeted attack against the Jewish community’By Emily Pennink1 min read||April 24, 2026 11:26
Alleged Iranian spies in court accused of targeting Jewish communityNematollah Shahsavani and Alireza Farasati were charged under the National Security Act for allegedly planning to surveil a synagogue and the Israeli embassyBy Emily Pennink1 min read||April 24, 2026 10:53
Police make two more arrests over suspected antisemitic arson plotSeven others were detained in relation to the same allegations earlier this weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 23, 2026 10:08
‘Vexatious’ case against British-Israeli IDF reservist an ‘abuse of court process’Activist group’s prosecution attempt was ‘political posturing’By Jane Prinsley3 min read||April 20, 2026 11:57
French appeals court rules nanny who tried to poison Jewish children is not antisemiticThe woman, from Algeria, allegedly told police that she ‘never should have worked for a Jewish woman’ because ‘they have money and power’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 17, 2026 15:28
Former EY employee sues consulting giant over firing after viral Gaza speechCecilia Culver claimed she was wrongfully dismissed after her graduation speech, in which she accused Israel of ‘genocide’, racked up thousands of viewsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 17, 2026 11:27
