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Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese apologises after ‘distorting Holocaust’ with claim that Jews in Nazi camps were called ‘Muslims’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Green Party

Zack Polanski’s podcast earns thousands from Google despite Green support for BDS

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Israel's F-35 Lightning II fighter jet performs during the graduation ceremony of Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, near the southern city of Beer Sheva, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

arms sales

Exclusive: Britain widens Israel arms ban to 80 export licences

Government almost trebles number of restrictions on supply of items that could be used by IDF in Gaza

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Police

Suspects arrested over alleged RAF Fairford terror plot released on bail

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Nicholas Hytner at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 06, 2025 (Getty Images)

Dame Maureen Lipman

Nicholas Hytner defends Maureen Lipman and Tracy-Ann Oberman over ‘purity test’ protests

By Max Salt

1 min read

Finn Azaz runs with the ball during the Sky Bet Championship match between Birmingham City and Southampton on September 01, 2026 (Getty Images)

Football

Irish-Israeli footballer ‘considering retirement’ amid row over Nations League match

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

How Israel and the US have crippled Hezbollah’s financial backbone

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Terrorism

More than a quarter of Muslim Americans think ‘Israel or Zionists’ were behind 9/11, new study finds

Only 23 per cent attributed the attack to al-Qaeda, compared to 62 per cent of the general population

By Max Salt

1 min read

New York

Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York

The actress was one of 103 protesters to be taken into custody as the Israeli PM addressed the UN General Assembly

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Actor Susan Sarandon being arrested at pro-Palestine protest in New York City (Image: X/ WearThePeace)

USA

White Jewish pro-Gaza activist ‘with settler family’ admits pretending to be black and Palestinian

Hannah Gann confessed to lying about her identity ‘for years’ before revealing she is, in fact, a ‘white woman of significant privilege and wealth’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

New York Times

New York Times sued by shareholders over ‘anti-Israel coverage’

A Jewish whistleblower, cited by the suit, alleged that she repeatedly raised concerns internally but was largely dismissed

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Front view of the New York Times Building on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City (Image: Getty Images)

World News

Holocaust

German town bans new Holocaust memorial stones

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

People walk past damaged houses in the aftermath of a flash flood at Betrawati Bazaar in Nepal's Rasuwa district on September 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Nepal Flash Flood

Dozens of Israelis stranded in Nepali village after landslide and flooding

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

'Darse de pêche et bassin Duquesne, Dieppe' by Camille Pissarro (Sotheby's)

Art

Heirs of Jewish banker sue Sotheby’s over £1.2m sale of painting ‘looted by the Nazis’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Daniel Peretz during the Championship play-off semi-final second leg between Southampton and Middlesbrough on May 9, 2026 (Getty Images)

Football

Irish players’ hostility ‘stems from ignorance,’ claims Israeli goalkeeper

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

(Illustrative) Students display banners as they occupy the socio-cultural sciences faculty building of Maastricht University in support of Palestine on May 22, 2024 (Getty Images)

The Netherlands

Dutch university suspends Palestinian student who claimed involvement in October 7

By Akiva van Koningsveld

1 min read

Israel's captain, Manor Solomon, and Irish defender Jake O'Brien Adam clash during the Uefa Nations League group match between Israel and the Republic of Ireland in Debrecen, Hungary, on September 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Football

Irish team wore black armbands and snubbed pre-match handshake for Israel fixture

By Hayley Cregor

3 min read

The Netherlands

Israel revokes diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in West Bank after settlements trade ban

Diplomatic privileges and immunities will cease in seven days

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

UK News

Ed Miliband

Miliband confronted by pro-Palestine Action activist in Pizza Express at Labour conference

The man urged the foreign secretary to ‘de-proscribe Palestine Action’ and ‘declare genocide in Gaza’

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

A Defend Our Juries activist confronts Ed Miliband in a Pizza Express near the Labour Party Conference on September 27, 2026 (X/DefendOurJuries)

Police

Suspects in alleged RAF Fairford terror plot are all British nationals

Iran’s embassy in London has denied any connection to the case, after it emerged that police were investigating the prospect of a link

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Armed police maintain roadblocks and security checks around RAF Fairford on September 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Police investigate whether Iran linked to suspected RAF base terror plot

The site was used by the US Air Force and housed bombers used in the Iran War

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Labour Party

More than 150 arrested at pro-Palestine Action protest outside Labour conference

Demonstrators held up signs reading ‘I support Palestine Action’ outside the conference venue in Liverpool

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Police officers arrest a protester during a demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action outside the conference venue on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool on September 27, 2026 (Getty Images)

Opinion

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

Re-reading The Odessa File, I was struck by his deep hatred of Nazism and support for the Jewish state

By Nicholas Lezard

3 min read

The cover of Frederick Forsyth's 'The Odessa File' (Courtesy)

By Philipp Peyman Engel

The anti-Israel far-left takes Berlin – with Hamas sympathisers in tow

Voters in Germany’s capital have handed a resounding victory to Die Linke, a party dogged by extremism, accusations of antisemitism and troubling links to terror supporters

3 min read

By Liel Leibovitz

Sorry, Ed Sheeran had every reason to know about Macklemore’s anti-Israel vitriol

The red-headed crooner must have assumed that all that nice talk of unity no longer extended to Jews – which is precisely the message coming from so much of our toxic culture industries these days

3 min read

By The JC Leader

The Church of England’s lapse of judgment

The problem was not the pursuit of laudable goals such as interfaith engagement or concern for those who suffer, but the failure to pursue them with sufficient scrutiny and moral clarity

2 min read