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Anan Khalaili signs for Crystal Palace, with his agent Boaz Goren

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department on August 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestine Action

US government announces sanctions against Palestine Action

By JC Reporter

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Liverpool

Liverpool mayor calls for suspension of Lib Dem councillors who compared local train station to Auschwitz

Councillors Richard Kemp and Pat Moloney have since stood by their comments, though the latter apologised for causing ‘offence’

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batmitzvah

JCoSS pupil sets up shop to sell 60 simchah dresses

By Gaby Wine

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Kanye West

Russian stadium says Kanye West concerts ‘cannot take place’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Green Party

Green Party bans Jewish-Palestinian peace group because it’s linked to Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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Opinion

Jake Wallis Simons

The UN leader lit a candle for a Hamas commander – the organisation is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

Ahron Asher Moss

The miraculous return of Yehuda Katz’s body closes a 44-year story of hope, desperation and anguish

Liel Leibovitz

Why do Marvel stars root for a real-life villain?

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Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son ‘flees US’ after ‘Iranian assassination plot’

Yair Netanyahu reportedly left Florida without packing his belongings after intelligence services identified a terror cell tracking his movements

By Jamie Shapiro

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Yair Netanyahu (R), son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Amy Winehouse

Mark Ronson to re-release Amy Winehouse’s album Back to Black

The music producer worked with Winehouse on the original album, which he is republishing to mark 20 years since it came out

By Jamie Shapiro

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Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse perform on stage at the BRIT Awards 2008 (Image: Getty Images)

Iran

US launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

The White House intends to sever Iran’s economic lifelines and isolate the regime internationally

By Melanie Swan

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The US treasury has imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities accused of supporting Iranian oil revenues, nuclear and missile procurement and cyber operations (Photo: Getty)

New York

Teacher died after crashing SUV into swimming pool at Long Island home

Allison Rahmani is reportedly believed to have suffered a ‘medical episode’ before the crash

By Lucy Pollock

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Matthew and Allison Rahmani with their children (Facebook/AllyRahmani)

World News

The first volume of Da’at Hadorot will be in German classrooms during the coming the new school year. (Ernst Klett Verlag / Collage: Börsenblatt/Central Council of Jews)

Germany

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

By Rob Hyde

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Muhammad Karim (R) and one of the posts made by Solid Mujahid (GnasherJew)

BBC

Exclusive: Consultant behind BBC Arabic rebrand sold pro-Hamas T-shirts

By Jacob Jaffa

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Dolly Parton attends the 'Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs In Symphony' world premiere at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 20, 2025 (Getty Images)

Wikipedia

Dolly Parton’s Wikipedia page vandalised with swastika hours after her death

By Jacob Jaffa

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Drivers queue at a petrol station in Tehran, on August 25, 2026. There are reports some petrol stations have closed and others have shortages due to fears prices will rocket. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Iran

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

By Ali Hamedani

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A worker places Dominican Republic flags on poles during preparations for President Abinader's inauguration in Santo Domingo on August 15, 2024 (Getty Images)

Latin America

Dominican Republic to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) is greeted by Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, at the inauguration of the new line of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Canada

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

By Lucy Pollock

2 min read

Theodor Herzl

‘Death to Zionism’ protest planned in Basel – 129 years to the day after Theodor Herzl ‘founded Jewish State’ in city

An online banner promotes a ‘Free Palestine’ demonstration in the Swiss city on August 29, where Herzl held the First Zionist Congress in 1897

By JC Reporter

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McDonald’s employee suspended after chanting ‘free Palestine’ at Israeli asking for burger Digger ‘smashes through Jewish cemetery, scattering bones’

UK News

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker claims BBC ‘moved the goalposts’ over social media posts

The former Match of the Day presenter said he had been restricted from airing his ‘humanitarian’ views while at the corporation during an interview a week after sharing a video of a ‘notorious’ antizionist activist comparing Zionism to Nazism

By Lucy Pollock

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Gary Lineker attends the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London (Getty Images)

Heaton park synagogue attack

Jewish man jailed for making mosque death threats after Heaton Park terror attack

Gabriel Levy told a mosque staff member ‘I am going to kill you Muslim,’ according to the CPS

By JC Reporter

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Undated handout photo of Gabriel Levy (CPS/PA Wire)

West Midlands Police

Former West Midlands Police chief investigated for ‘gross misconduct’ over Maccabi fan ban

The police watchdog will examine, among other issues, flaws in the report justifying the ban, including a reference to a non-existent match that was allegedly the result of an AI hallucination

By JC Reporter

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Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands Police (Parliament TV)

Sacha Baron Cohen

Watch: Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Ali G in trailer for new film

The actor will reprise his iconic role in a new mockumentary, which will hit cinemas in October

By Lucy Pollock

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Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G in 'Ali G: Who Iz I?' (YouTube/MGM Studios)

Opinion

Letters: ‘I do not expect Mr Miliband to seek my counsel, but I shall offer it regardless’

By The JC

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Netanyahu’s greatest victory is that Likud cannot agree on who should replace him

Even if Israel’s prime minister loses the October 27 election, finding his successor may prove far more difficult – and have potentially profound implications for the Jewish state

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By Dvora Werber

I’m an Israeli doctor volunteering in Venezuela, where small moments of comfort can be as powerful as medicine

Cautioned not to be ‘too public’ with our identity, our disaster-relief team found an unexpectedly warm welcome – and a reminder that medicine is often as much about presence as treatment

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By Daniel Schatz

The Swedish minister with Palestinian roots who wears a Star of David to stand against antisemitism

Simona Mohamsson says she does so for all the children who do not dare to show their Jewish identity. And the wave of hatred directed at her since has only made that message more powerful

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By Tamir Morag

The US is winning the battle for the Strait of Hormuz – here’s how

American military achievements allowing more ships through and an adapting global oil market have put pressure back onto Tehran

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By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

Ed Miliband’s claim that the E1 settlement project destroys the two-state solution is laughable – and his grandstanding will neither advance peace nor recover sectarian support already lost at the ballot box

4 min read

By Adam Levick

The Guardian’s anti-Zionist campaign has reached a new low

An inversion of the 1929 Palestinian pogrom that frames Jewish victims as the culprits effectively endorses a conspiracy theory that continues to fuel jihadist violence against Jews to this day

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