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Kanye West releases music video for new song titled ‘Heil Hitler’

The lyrics are primarily a repetition of the phrase ‘All my n****** Nazis, n***** Heil Hitler’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Still from the music video for Kanye West's new song, titled 'Heil Hitler' (Image: X/KanyeWest)

One of the terrorist responsible for the beheading of Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl (pictured) has reportedly been killed in an Indian military operation in Pakistan (Image: Alamy)

Terrorism

Terrorist responsible for Daniel Pearl beheading killed in Punjab strike, India claims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a funding freeze until the PA removes hateful material from school textbooks in Gaza (Image: Getty)

European Union

European Parliament passes resolution calling for PA funding freeze over hateful textbooks

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

Israelis travelling to Eurovision next week have been urged not to display Jewish symbols in public due to safety concerns (Pictured: Yuval Raphael, Israel's Eurovision entry for 2025; Image: Flash90)

Eurovision 2025

Israel urges Eurovision visitors to avoid displaying Jewish symbols in public

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Qatar

Qatar to bankroll Syria’s public sector pay hike with $29m cash boost

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Syria

Syria in ‘secret talks’ with Israel over security and counter-terrorism

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Italy

Israeli couple kicked out of restaurant in Naples ‘for being Zionists’

By Yossi Lempkowicz

1 min read

Student who filmed Barstool ‘f*** the Jews sign’ calls on ‘humanity to join forces’ against ‘Jewish supremacy’

Mo Khan (right) gave an interview to notable antisemitic conspiracy theorist Stew Peters (Image: X/StewPetersNet)

How Jewish is Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy?

Dave Portnoy founded Barstool Sports in 2004 (Image: Getty)

Eurovision boss rejects calls from former contestants to ban Israel

Pro-Palestine protesters march against Israel's participation in last year's Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 11, 2024. (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel strikes Yemen’s main airport days after Ben-Gurion attack

Israel has conducted airstrikes against Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's capital (Image: X/@AmitSegal)

Student who filmed Barstool 'f*** the Jews' sign claims he was acting as a ‘citizen journalist’

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has condemned an antisemitic sign that was shown at the chain's bar in Philadelphia

Holocaust

New Nazi recordings confirm the Holocaust was ordered by Hitler

By JC Reporter

2 min read

A DJ plays while rockets fall at the Nova music festival, October 7 2023. A film about the atrocities has been honoured by the Emmy Awards (Photo: Avi Medina/BBC/Sipur/Bitachon365/MGM)

Nova massacre

BBC’s Nova documentary We Will Dance Again honoured by Emmy Awards

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration organised in part by the Urgence Palestine group, 1 June 2024. (Photo by ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via Getty Images)

France

France starts proceeding to dissolve anti-Israel activist group

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Francesca Albanese, the UN's top advisor on Palestine, has seemingly suggested that the LA wildfires and Gaza War are 'connected' (Picture: Getty)

United Nations

Francesca Albanese reappointment ‘invalid’, NGO says

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Latest US News

Biden team sought to ‘get rid’ of Netanyahu for opposing Gaza plans

An aide to the former US President suggested that his administration considered trying to ‘trigger elections’ in Israel due to frustration with the prime minister’s approach to the war

By David Isaac

2 min read

A former Biden aide has claimed that the administration considered trying to 'trigger elections' in Israel due to frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen tells Tucker Carlson: ‘I love Jesus’

Ben Cohen also claimed Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s told Tucker Carlson 'I love Jesus Christ'

Pro-Palestine protests

University of Washington Gaza protest organised by ‘banned student group’ that praised October 7

One UW student branded the group ‘antisemitic’, ‘insane’ and ‘stupid’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Protestors at the University of Washington occupied a building and set fires on Monday night (Image: YouTube)

Donald Trump

Israel contradicts Trump’s claim of hostage deaths

The US president said three hostages had died, prompting an Israeli rebuttal

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter in the Oval Office at the White House (Image: Getty)

World news

Syria

Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashes

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Gaza

Unauthorised Gaza aid ship ‘hit by drone strike’ during attempted blockade breach

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Donald Trump has threatened sweeping new 'secondary sanctions' against importers of Iranian oil (Image: Getty)

Iran nuclear program

Iran could sell enriched uranium to the US under new nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Bergen-Belsen

Holocaust survivors return to Bergen-Belsen to mark 80th anniversary of their liberation

By Rachel Coussins

3 min read

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (Image: Getty).

Iran nuclear program

Iran to hold nuclear talks with UK, France and Germany

By Sam Wilkin

1 min read

ICC lead prosecutor Karim Khan is understood to be seeking more arrest warrants against Israeli officials (Image: Getty)

ICC

ICC chief prosecutor seeking more arrest warrants against Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

World Zionist Organisation

The World Zionist Congress' elections have been rocked by claims of voter fraud (Image: Getty)

World Zionist Congress elections rocked by voter fraud claims

The US Area Election Committee, which administers proceedings, reportedly identified almost 2,000 suspicious votes

By Mike Wagenheim

2 min read

Virgin Atlantic drops London-Tel Aviv route Eurovision lifts ban on Palestine flags despite anti-politicisation rules

UK News

Reform UK

Newly elected Reform UK councillors shared Hitler memes and re-posted articles from neo-Nazi group

In last week’s local elections, Farage’s party gained control of 10 councils, two mayoralties and won more than 500 council seats

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

Nigel Farage's party Reform UK enjoyed sweeping success across the country in last week's local elections. (Getty Images)

VE Day

The forgotten story of Jewish refugees who fought to beat the Nazis

How a secret troop of British commandos, carried out some of the most daring missions of the war

By Leah Garrett

3 min read

The forgotten story of Jewish refugees who fought to beat the Nazis

Counter-terrorism

Alleged terror plot against Israeli Embassy in London bears hallmark of secret IRGC unit, says ex-intelligence officer

Suspects may have entered UK on small boats, ex-military intelligence officer says

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Israel's embassy in the UK was the suspected target of an alleged Iranian plot (Image: Getty)

Second World War

Half a million US Jews helped beat the Nazis – it transformed a generation

Jewish soldiers had to confront the enemy and prejudice in the US army

By Deborah Dash Moore

3 min read

Half a million US Jews helped beat the Nazis – it transformed a generation

Opinion

The new campus normal: harass the Jews, protect the mob

A new report reveals how UK universities are failing Jewish students. The push needs to be to require them to use the existing legal framework to act.

By Stephen Pollard

5 min read

A student highlighting kidnapped Israelis stlll being held in Gaza stands next to an encampent of pro-Palestinian protesters at Manchester University on May 08, 2024. (Image: Getty)

By Shany Mor

The West’s two-tier international law doesn’t harm just Israel

European diplomats invoke legal norms that don’t exist – and in doing so make the plight of the hostages far worse and the war much longer and deadlier for both sides

4 min read

By Julia Pascal

Guernsey’s shameful collaboration will always be a stain on Britain’s war history

After the occupation, the Guernsey authorities collaborated in hunting down Jews

3 min read

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

In Italy, the battle for truth about the Jewish war effort never ends

80 years after the war, there are attempts to erase the contributions of Israeli Jews to Italian liberation

3 min read

By Dov Forman

VE Day stands for victory over evil but the fight against hatred still rages

As we remember and celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom, we must use their experience to take action against the bigotry, extremism and dehumanisation

3 min read

By Jake Wallis Simons

Tory push to recognise Palestine shows they’re not serious about winning

Somehow, MPs have come to the conclusion that the Conservatives’ biggest problem is that they’re not sufficiently pro-Palestine

4 min read

By Gerald Steinberg

Gaddafi blinked – will Iran do the same before it’s too late?

Two decades ago, Libya gave up its nuclear programme to avoid US military action. The hope is that the regime in Tehran will follow this example

3 min read

Life

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

By Lianne Kolirin

12 min read

Bullseye: the singers in this production of Wagner's Die Walküre not only sound wonderful, they can also act

Opera

Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House: ‘Wagner played to perfection’

Australian Jewish director Barrie Kosky whips up a perfect storm of brilliance in what is arguably the greatest opera ever written

By Stephen Pollard

2 min read

Film

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are over

By John Nathan

1 min read

Vegetarian

Marc Summers and his expanding Bubala family have pulled into Kings Cross

The restaurateur shares why his growing brood are giving him sleepless nights

By Victoria Prever

4 min read

Marc Summers and his expanding Bubala family have pulled into Kings Cross

Travel

A cook’s tour of Slovenia

It might not have the well known dishes of neighbouring Italy, but there are plenty of fascinating things to eat and drink in this small European country

By Catherine Cooper

4 min read