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Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman warns Trump’s tariffs could lead to ‘economic nuclear winter’

The outspoken CEO has long been a staunch Trump ally but has now broken with the President over trade policy.

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Bill Ackman in East Hampton, New York, August 6, 2016 (Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for Hamptons International Film Festival)

Elbridge Colby has been confirmed for a senior policy role at the Pentagon despite his track record of isolationism, even in regard to America's allies.

US Politics

Isolationist Pentagon appointee Colby provokes mixed views among Zionists

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

Hezbollah

Hezbollah ‘ready’ to hold disarmament talks if IDF withdraws from Lebanon

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Holocaust

Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies aged 99

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Sweden

11-year-old terror attack victim’s memorial unveiling disrupted by Palestine protester

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

US Politics

Harvard to borrow $750 million after federal funding freeze over antisemitism claims

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iraq

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ‘willing to disarm’ to dodge US escalation

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Houthi intelligence chief reported killed in US airstrikes

People assess the damage following a previous round of airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeida governorate, April 2, 2025. (Credit: -/AFP via Getty Images)

Senior Muslim leader urges Britons to focus less on Gaza for sake of integration

Secretary General of the Muslim World League Mohammad Abdulkarim al-Issa gives a speech during a visit to the Nozyk Synagogue on January 24, 2020 in Warsaw. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Fury as UN investigator Francesca Albanese keeps role

Francesca Albanese has admitted that the UN 'displays some bias' against Israel (Image: Getty)

The truth about the elimination of October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar

Head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the IDF in October (Photo: Getty)

Turkish Hamas headquarters raise questions for international community

Soldiers stand at attention with their rifles as red smoke fills the air during Republic Day celebrations in Kayseri, Turkey, October 29, 2024 (Credit: DAMOUN POURNEMATI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 27: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan, attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan at the United Nations headquarters on January 27, 2025 in New York City. The UN Security Council met to receive the semi-annual briefing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan on the ICCâ€™s Darfur-related work. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICC

ICC chief Khan reportedly accused of retaliation for sexual misconduct allegation

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Robert Wood, former US deputy envoy to the UN, has claimed the institution is 'haemorraging with antisemitism' (Image: Getty)

United Nations

Former diplomat claims UN is ‘haemorrhaging with antisemitism’

By Mike Wagenheim

3 min read

Four Berlin residents are facing deportation over their alleged actions during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the city (Image: Getty)

Germany

Berlin residents face deportation from Germany following pro-Palestine protests

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Iran

What missile hardware does Iran have left?

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

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Two US universities have funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations

The move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitism

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Cornell University (pictured) and Northwestern University have reportedly had their federal funding frozen over alleged civil rights violations on campus (Image: Getty)

Donald Trump

Trump announces direct talks with Iran and praises Erdogan during Netanyahu meeting

The US President also ducked questions regarding the imposition of tariffs on Israel despite Jerusalem’s efforts to reduce trade barriers

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Donald Trump announced direct talks with Iran and praised Turkey's President Erdogan during a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism on campus

Princeton University says federal grants have been frozen amid antisemitism probe

The move follows the suspension of funds to other high-profile institutions follow pro-Palestine campus protests last year

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Princeton University has had dozens of federal research grants frozen in connection with an investigation into alleged antisemitism at US colleges (Image: Getty)

Harvard

Nearly half of young Americans support Hamas, poll reveals

The number of 18 to 24-year-olds supporting the terrorist group against Israel has jumped over the past year

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Hundreds turn out outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil (Image: Getty)

World news

American podcaster Stew Peters called for the mass deportation of US Jews, terming it a 'final solution' (Image: X)

Antisemitism

Far-right podcaster calls for ‘final solution’ on deportation of US Jews

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Spain

Spain arrests alleged Hezbollah operatives

By JC Reporter

1 min read

A New York car wash has been accused of discriminating against Jewish customers by overcharging for Passover services (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

New York car wash charged extra for Passover service because ‘their cars are so dirty’

By Vita Fellig

2 min read

Eli Sharvit has had his nomination to lead the Shin Bet withdrawn (Image: Flash90)

Israel

Netanyahu U-turns on appointment of new Shin Bet director

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Francesca Albanese

Labour MP: No place for Albanese’s ‘abhorrent’ comments on the world stage

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

Israel

Israeli and US strikes have ‘wiped out most of Houthis’ missiles’

By Joshua Marks

1 min read

France

On Monday a French court sentenced on far-right leader Marine Le Pen to a five-year ban on running for office with immediate effect, throwing into doubt her bid to stand for President in 2027. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Marine Le Pen banned from running for office after embezzlement conviction

The figurehead of the French far-right will be barred from standing in the next presidential election despite her narrow lead in the polls unless she successfully appeals the decision

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Trump claims US will bomb Iran if nuclear deal rejected Israeli rescue team heads to Thailand after powerful quake

UK News

Universities

Speaker at KCL student union society event ranted about ‘scared’ Jews with ‘a lot of money’ and defended child marriage

Abutorab Islam suggested a nine-year-old girl was ‘mature’ enough to consummate a marriage and said Brits have ‘no right’ to talk about age of consent

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Second-year King’s College London medical student Abutorab Islam told students that Jews were “scared” and “had a lot of money,” and described martyrdom in battle as a “great reward” for Muslims (Photo: Muslim Reconnect YouTube)

BBC

BBC Arabic guests spread anti-Israel conspiracies and Holocaust comparisons

Egyptian diplomats on BBC Arabic had promoted ‘Greater Israel’ myth and suggested October 7 attack was an ‘armed struggle for liberation’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Mostafa Elfeki appeared on BBC Arabic in February. He had previously said Israelis had "skillfully conflated" the "armed struggle for [Palestinian] liberation" with terrorism.

UKLFI

Pro-Israel lawyer kicked off LBC show after on-air row with Iain Dale over MP deportations

Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry to Israel last week, provoking a political row in the UK

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

Iain Dale kicked UKLFI's Natasha Hausdorff off his LBC show following a row over the deportation of two Labour MPs from Israel (Image: LBC/YouTube)

Holocaust Educational Trust

New Holocaust podcast launches with letter saved by Nick Robinson’s grandmother

Every week Objects of the Holocaust will feature a public personality telling the story behind an artefact in their family, starting with the BBC presenter

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read