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Paul Nowak at the 158th Annual Trades Union Congress Conference (Image: Getty Images)

Gaza

Revealed: New Bank of England director referred to slain Hamas terrorists as ‘unarmed demonstrators’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Pro-Palestine

LBC’s Ian Payne says the ‘Jewish lobby’ is ‘incredibly strong’ and ‘freaks people out’ amid Macklemore-Ed Sheeran row

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Aerial photograph looking north over the Bloomsbury and Somers Town districts of central London (Image: Getty)

Green Party

Fears over religious intimidation in St Pancras by-election after Gaza activists told voters they would ‘go to hell’ for backing Labour

Revealed: Threats made outside polling station in May raise concerns ahead of upcoming contest

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Talent pool: (clockwise from far left) Rachel Stevens, Alan Coren, Lord Puttnam, Amy Winehouse, Ron Moddy and Rob Rinder

Southgate

The dimming Jewish star of Southgate – once the cherished London suburb of the Tribe

By John Sturgis

4 min read

Parliament

Another MP calls for British military intervention in Gaza

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

playlist

The ulimate resilience playlist for the Jewish student

By Florit Shoihet

7 min read

Opinion

Alex Hearn

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the back of British Jews

Elisa Bray

Yes, Ed Sheeran, gigs should be places of safety and sanctuary – and not anti-Israel rallies

Jules Gomes

The Jewish Bible scholar challenging centuries of Christian anti-Judaism

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Latest US news

New York Times

New York Times deletes claim Israelis ‘view themselves as the victims of October 7’

The paper also rejected allegations of bias in its coverage of Israel, claiming that a peer-reviewed study of the topic had ‘cherry picked’ data

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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

Mahmoud Abbas

Trump administration bars Palestinian Authority President from entering US ahead of UN General Assembly

US authorities reportedly accused the Palestinian leader of ‘glorifying terrorism’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Image: Getty Images)

JD Vance

US Middle East policy must not be ‘subservient to Israel,’ says JD Vance

Vance also praised President Trump for his ‘willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu’

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

JD Vance during a campaign rally at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 6, 2024 (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine

Ed Sheeran support acts boycott tour after Macklemore dropped due to pressure from ‘Zionist lobby’

One of the acts said he could not ‘stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

World News

Pope Leo

Pope Leo says Middle East conflicts ‘weigh heavily’ on Jewish-Christian relations

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

Lena Dunham at the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios, New York, on June 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Jewish surrogacy

Lena Dunham welcomes first baby via surrogacy

By Ella Bloom

1 min read

Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland drops out of Eurovision 2027 over Israeli involvement

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israel

Israel and Morocco agree to upgrade diplomatic ties

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Great female leader: former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir with general Moshe Dayan in 1969 (Image: Getty)

Letter from Jerusalem

Just why has Israel not had a woman leader since PM Golda Meir more than half a century ago?

By Natalie Lisbona

7 min read

The pictures on the left of each pair were shown to the people taking part. On the right are the AI-generated images produced by Brain-IT. (credit-Weizmann Institute of Science)

AI system that can ‘read your mind’ developed in Israel

By John Jeffay

4 min read

Prizewinning: David Nirenberg (photo: Sameer A Khan/Wikimedia Commons)

jewish studies

Jewish studies scholar awarded major academic prize worth nearly £700,000

David Nirenberg, author of Anti-Judaism, is one of this year’s recipients of the Balzan Prize

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

UK News

MI6

Miliband ‘ignored MI6 warning’ against Israeli sanctions

The UK’s foreign intelligence service reportedly alerted ministers to the potential ‘consequences’ of the measures, but the Foreign Office went ahead regardless

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaves the Millbank Studios in Westminster, after appearing on the morning news rounds (Credit: PA)

Palestine

Palestinian UK ambassador told Queen Elizabeth Jesus was ‘our gift to you’

Husam Zomlot said he told the late monarch that he came from ‘Christmas land’ and claimed that the Christian Bible was a Palestinian book

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Husam Zomlot, Palestinian ambassador to the UK (Image: Getty Images)

Court and Crime

Charges dropped against pro-Palestine activists accused of intimidating jurors

Prosecutors indicated at a hearing earlier this month that, in their opinion, there was no ‘realistic prospect of conviction’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

(Illustrative) Protesters hold placards outside Woolwich Crown Court in support of six Palestine Action activists on November 17, 2025. There is no suggestion that the individuals pictured engaged in any wrongdoing (Getty Images)

Cable Street

‘We need the spirit of Cable Street today’ – family members still remember the battle, 90 years on

‘Coming from pogroms, they thought they were relatively safe in London, but when they realised they weren’t, they stood up for themselves’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Alex Hayes, 60, and Debbie Lee, 61, remembering their parents and grandparents

Opinion

We need to stand up for one another – because no one else will

It is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity. As the Charedi family temporarily living next door reminded me, they won’t stop with the obvious Jews

By David Bennun

3 min read

Members of the Jewish community in the Stamford Hill area (Image: Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

The Democrats are becoming the anti-Israel party – yet US Jews will still overwhelmingly vote for them

A Corbyn-style takeover is being driven by grad-school communists and Muslim Brotherhood front groups. In Michigan, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed rails against AIPAC and has campaigned with Hasan Piker, who once declared that ‘America deserved 9/11’

3 min read

By Lottie Cannon

The vicious cycle of looking for a graduate job

You can’t get a job without experience. But you can only get experience if you have a job.

3 min read

By Jason M. Brodsky

It’s time for the West to launch ‘Operation Diplomatic Outcast’ against Iran

In addition to maintaining economic and military pressure, the US should spearhead efforts to isolate Tehran internationally, beginning at the United Nations and extending to countering its disinformation campaigns

4 min read

Sponsored

Why would we holiday anywhere else?

By Michael Ben-Baruch

4 min read

Sponsored

Negotiating the way through new homes sales and lettings

By Nick Staton

2 min read

Sponsored

Sitting comfortably? A Natuzzi surprise

By Martin Benjamin

2 min read

Sponsored

The Bishops Avenue takes a new direction

By Trevor Abrahmsohn

4 min read

Life

The big break fast: five foodies share their go-to Yom Kippur meals

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

‘Legend’: Eli Ben Zaken (second from left) from Domaine du Castel (Image: Castel)

Israel

Quaffing biblical history in Israel’s ancient wine country

Less than an hour from Jerusalem lies a wine country whose story stretches back not decades or centuries, but millennia

By Melanie Swan

5 min read

Trains

Thomas the Tank Engine and his surprising Jewish connections

The little blue engine who has delighted children for generations turns 80 this month. But had his creator not lived in Jerusalem, his story might never have been written...

By Jonathan Myers

5 min read