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Netanyahu to sue New York Times over rape dog article

The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that a defamation suit would be filed on behalf of the Israeli leader and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The New York Times office building (Getty Images)

Jewish celebrities

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

The creator of Captain America is “widely recognised as the most prolific and arguably most important creator in the history of the comic book,” according to the Centre for Jewish History

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

2 min read

‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby honoured with NYC street named after him

Entertainment

Prognosis: Negative – Unseen Larry David screenplay surfaces online after 43 years

The would-be film lent its title to a recurring gag about a fictional film on Seinfeld

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Larry David at the Emmy awards in 2018 (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

New York

New York school district pays $125k settlement after painting over pro-Palestine parking space mural

The district was sued by a teenage student, who alleged that it had infringed on her freedom of speech and inflicted ‘emotional trauma’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

World news

New York Times

Jewish groups protests outside New York Times building over Israeli ‘rape dog’ article

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Austria

Austrian Jewish students forced to hold Eurovision watch party under police guard over ‘threat of terror attack’

By Michelle Wigdorovitz

2 min read

Canada

Canada deports British activist who praised October 7 as ‘important resistance’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Eurovision

Dutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protests

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Eurovision 2026

Father Ted creator accuses RTE of using show to further ‘antisemitic’ Eurovision boycott

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Portrait of a Young Girl by Toon Kelder (Image: X/ SotaNews)

Art

Painting stolen by Nazis found in home of SS commander’s granddaughter

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

‘It devastates us’: Families of October 7 victims react as full extent of horrors are revealed in historic report

Evidence and testimony gathered by commission catalogues shocking extent of savagery and sexual violence during attacks

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

Our terror attacks on British Jews bring ‘political gains’, senior regime insider tells JC War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

UK News

Business

Britain’s business leaders come together to take a stand against antisemitism

Industry bodies put out joint letter committing to series of measures with support of the government

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Secretary of state for business and trade Peter Kyle (centre) addresses Wednesday's round-table on antisemitism

Social Media

Social media influencer Hasan Piker must be banned from Britain, say Jewish leaders

Online agitator who said Zionists were like ‘Nazis’ and refused to condemn Hamas poses a threat to British Jews, says JLC

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Promotional material for the Hasan Piker event in London (UnHerd)

Anti-Israel protests

Synagogue members likely to miss Shabbat service as ‘Nakba Day’ march passes nearby, MPs warned

Jewish Leadership Council raises concern over route allowed for tomorrow’s pro-Palestinian demonstration in London

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Cartoon

Cartoonist who compares Israel to Nazis invited by festival given £250,000 in taxpayer cash

Arts Council-funded event previously hosted another cartoonist who depicted Israel as a tentacled monster controlling the world

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

One cartoon appeared to depict the "Gaza takeover plan" as akin to Auschwitz (Emad Hajjaj)

Opinion

Israel’s next election date may be decided by one man – and it’s not Netanyahu

The battle over timing may become as important as the battle over policy itself. One month can reshape public memory, alter security realities, or redefine political momentum

By Ashley Perry

4 min read

The Knesset, Israel's parliament (Getty Images)

By Sarah Tetteh

It’s no surprise Boy George stands with British Jews – and so do I

Let us hope the kindness of stars like him will encourage the silent majority to speak out against antisemitism and anti-Israel hate

3 min read

By Alex Hearn

Fighting antisemitism was high up in the King’s Speech – but British Jews have heard promises before

It feels, at last, like we are seeing the political will to enforce the law and protect citizens. The test, though, is not what was read from the throne but what follows

4 min read

By Stephen Daisley

I’m a non-Jew who can’t pass a good broiges without sticking my nose in

I’m not one of those normal, even-keel Gentiles who fight antisemitism but keep out of internal disputes. Whether the issue is inviting Farage to a rally or Charedim in the IDF, I’ll have an opinion

4 min read

By Ashley Rindsberg

The ‘Israeli rape dogs’ blood libel fits a long, troubling tradition at The New York Times

From downplaying Hitler’s antisemitism to calling the Völkischer Beobachter ‘semi-official’, the Gray Lady helped smooth the jagged edges of the Nazi project. Today, it does the same with Iran

6 min read

By Lorin Bell-Cross

What is the record of Labour’s leadership contenders on the Jewish community and Israel?

The JC looks at the likely challengers to Sir Keir Starmer

11 min read

By Stephen Pollard

How did we cope without Prince Harry’s wisdom on the Middle East, Anglo-Jewry and Judaism?

According to the Duke of Sussex, some of us have ‘mischaracterised’ anti-Israel protests. He doesn’t spell out how, but the only one way we are ever accused of ‘mischaracterising’ these protests is by pointing out their antisemitism

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