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

At the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, survivors felt it may be their last chance to see it

By Rachel Coussins

3 min read

Peter Lantos, who survived Bergen-Belsen (Photo: Rachel Coussins)

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

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

World Zionist Organisation

World Zionist Congress elections rocked by voter fraud claims

By Mike Wagenheim

2 min read

Travel news

Virgin Atlantic drops London-Tel Aviv route

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision lifts ban on Palestine flags despite anti-politicisation rules

By JC Reporter

1 min read

USA

NYPD launches investigation after Charedim clash with pro-Palestine protestors outside shul

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies aged 109

Nechama Grossman, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, has died aged 109. (Credit: Courtesy of the Grossman family)

ICJ opens hearings into Israel’s aid duties in Gaza

The ICJ has opened five days of hearings into Israel's compliance with its humanitarian obligations in Gaza, including its ban on Unrwa (Image: Getty)

Noa Argamani wears yellow dress in touching hostage tribute for Time 100 red carpet

Former Hamas hostages Noa Argamani wore a yellow dress to the Time 100 Gala on Saturday in tribute to those still held in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Iranian port that went up in smoke was ‘critical to survival of regime’

Smoke rises at the scene of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock, southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan (Photo by MEYSAM MIRSADEH/TASNIM NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel accused of ‘boycotting’ Pope’s funeral

US President Donald Trump, US First Lady Melania Trump, Estonian President Alar Karis, King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, His Highness Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Queen Mary Of Denmark attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Getty Images)

Swiss fencing team turns back on Israeli team at U23 championships (Photo: Team Bizzi)

Sport

Swiss team turns back on Israeli gold medallists at fencing championship

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Pope Francis

Israel denies downplaying Pope’s death amid claims of funeral snub

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Unrwa

US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

International Criminal Court

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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Antisemitism Awareness Act on hold after fiery Senate hearing

The legislation, designed to incorporate the IHRA definition into US law, has met with opposition from both sides of the aisle

By Andrew Bernard

4 min read

The Antisemitism Awareness Act is effectively on hold after a fiery Senate committee sessions saw objections raised by both Democrats and Republicans, including Kentucky's Rand Paul (lower centre) (Image: Getty)

Harvard

Harvard releases long-awaited report into campus antisemitism

Republican lawmakers dubbed the findings ‘scathing’ and called them evidence of ‘deep-rooted, dangerous and rampant antisemitism’ at the college

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

Harvard University has released a long-awaited report into allegations of antisemitism on its campus (Pictured: Students leaving the university estate in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Syria

Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

Representative Cory Mills recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Damascus and expressed his ‘optimism’ regarding the country’s new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Syria's leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has expressed willingness for his country to join the Abraham Accords, according to a US Representative newly returned from talks in Damascus (Image: Getty)

Itamar Ben-Gvir

Pro-Palestine protestors hurl bottles at Ben-Gvir after speech

The far-right minister is on a tour of the US, including a dinner at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was confronted by a crowd of pro-Palestine protestors following his speech at Yale University (Image: Itamar Ben-Gvir's office)

World news

The presidents of Israel and Poland, as well as ten former Hamas hostages including Eli Sharabi (centre), were among the crowds (Image: Getty)

Auschwitz

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Holocaust

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Jordan

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after ‘sabotage plot’ uncovered

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Syria

Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Former CJR editor Sewell Chan (right) alleged that he was fired after a confrontation with a pro-Palestine reporter (Image: Alamy)

Media

Columbia Journalism Review sacks editor following dispute over Palestine protest coverage

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Holocaust survivors

Half of Holocaust survivors will be lost by 2035, Claims Conference predicts

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Pope Francis

Pope Francis, a friend to Jews with conflicted views on Israel dead aged 88

The first South American pope was seen as a reformer from the liberal wing of the church

By Daniel Ben-David

6 min read

Football superstar Erling Haaland holds video call with freed hostage Hundreds of Hezbollah commanders reportedly ordered to flee Lebanon

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Hamas

Barrister representing Hamas says legal bid aims to “end Israel”

Franck Magennis called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and said Gaza was a ‘concentration camp’

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Franck Magennis said during a recent podcast appearance that the goal of his client is to 'end Israel' (Image: YouTube/@5Pillars)

Gal Gadot

Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate against Gal Gadot’s stunt double during filming in London

The Israeli actress will star in the upcoming thriller The Runner

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A couple of anti-Israel protesters showed up expecting to see Israeli actress Gal Gadot but instead demonstrated against her stunt double, May 1, 2025

Holocaust

Deborah Lipstadt marks 25 years since landmark victory in Holocaust denial case

The professor and her legal team reflected on the libel case that became defining moment in fight against antisemitism during an event at Mishcon de Reya

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

From left to right: Anthony Julius, Jonathan Freedland, Professor Deborah Lipstadt, James Libson, Sir David Hare (Photo: courtesy of Mishcon de Reya)

Jewish LGBTQ+

Jewish bloc at London Pride cancelled over safety concerns

Keshet UK has pulled out of Pride celebrations for second year after organisers allegedly rejected requests for antisemitism awareness training

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Jewish bloc at London Pride cancelled over safety concerns

Opinion

A cold wind blows through Canada’s Jewish communities

Mark Carney inherits Trudeau’s legacy – and doubles down on silence in the face of hate

By Vivian Bercovici

4 min read

Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney speaks to his supporters after winning the Canadian Federal Election on April 29, 2025 (Photo: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Radicalism in our education unions has consequences – especially when it comes to Jews

At a time when too many pupils are failing, the NEU leadership is busy funding Gaza protests

3 min read

By Melanie Phillips

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Parliament should be investigating the hostility, double standards and deafness to facts when it comes to Israel

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

Pool-side anxieties, the Rambam and one golden, salted margarita

Reflections from the Queen Mary 2: people-watching at sea and a tribute to the Schindler of Spain

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

The heroic former hostage will be in London to see her lifelong team take on Crystal Palace, but there has been too little fanfare from the club she loves

1 min read