Pesach 80 years ago was also steeped in fear. But what came next was far worse

As the Nazi war machine rolled across Europe, the JC told its readers that the ‘war for liberty’ was ‘eternal’

Settlement construction is a reminder that not all settlers are Zionists

The Peace Now NGO’s Settlement Watch report revealed 40 per cent of construction starts last year were in Charedi settlements

Hosni Mubarak enforced a cold peace with Israel — and everyone benefitted

The deposed Egyptian president, who died this week, led a regime that vehemently opposed Islamism

The Sinn Féin formula on the Middle East? Talk to Hamas, boycott Israel

The party, which achieved huge success in last week's Irish elections, has taken a hard, pro-Palestinian line, writes Colin Shindler

Review: We Fight Fascists

The importance of this book is not simply that it tells the story of the 43 Group’s fight against post-war Fascism, but that it reclaims part of our heritage, writes Colin Shindler

The Soleimani threat brought Israel and Sunni states closer

Once, Israel and Iran cooperated — but Tehran’s belligerence has radically changed calculations, writes Colin Shindler

Shindler on Gulf states

Argentina’s search for justice for the ‘disappeared’

The extradition of a military junta guard reawakens memories of antisemitism in the 1970s

Review: A State at Any Cost

A long but inspiring account of the life and times of David Ben-Gurion, says Colin Shindler

Jeremy Corbyn’s meeting with an official from the PFLP-GC signalled his rejection of two states

The fact the future Labour leader met representatives of Palestinian rejectionist factions is further evidence of his fundamentalism on the issue, writes Colin Shindler

The lessons of Kristallnacht are still with us — as Jew hate grows and reasserts itself

Kristallnacht is remembered and commemorated as a historical event. But its legacy, and the hatreds that were behind it, are reasserting themselves. We have to remember never to be a bystander, says Colin Shindler

Ideological myopia has delivered hate in the Labour party

Any understanding of antisemitism on the left must start with anti-Zionism and how it evolved alongside the rise and fall of the USSR, decolonisation and Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, says Colin Shindler

How David Ben-Gurion stood with Britain in its darkest hour

Visiting London before the High Holy Days in 1940, the future Israeli PM said he was 'dumbfounded at the level-headedness of this wonderful nation'

Did Lubavitch support for Jewish Power stop Israel’s right wing winning last week's election?

The far-right party, known for its Kahanist factions, failed to cross the electoral threshold last week

When a massacre forced a Jewish exodus from Hebron

It is 90 years since a dispute over access to the Western Wall triggered a horrific massacre of Jews in a city that is now in the West Bank

Danzig: The city where hell began and ended

When the Nazis invaded 80 years ago, the city was a key target. Five years later, the city's nearby death camp was the last to be freed