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Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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West failing ‘disastrously’ to take out Hamas’s funding networks, says extremism expert

Jihadi groups operate largely unimpeded thanks to ‘useful idiot’ activists, says Muslim Brotherhood researcher

By Daniel Ben-David

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Jeremy Corbyn joins pro-Palestinian activists and supporters during a protest in central London calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, March 30, 2024 (Credit: BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Julia Kay, new CEO of British Emunah (Photo: British Emunah)

British Emunah appoints a new CEO

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University of Warwick JSoc wins 'JSoc of the Year' award at the UJS Annual Student Awards 2024 (Credit: UJS)

‘It’s like one big family’ – Warwick students win Jewish Society of the Year award

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Sammy and Ruth Fine (Credit: Courtesy)

The poet composing a poem a day for his ‘beautiful’ wife, who battled Alzheimer’s

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The UK will not suspend arms sales to Israel, Cameron and Sunak confirm

The decision follows the accidental killing of three British aid workers last week

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April 10, 2024 12:17

Britain's Foreign Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference in Cairo, December 21, 2023 (Credit: AHMED HASAN/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Leave a seat for a hostage at your Seder table’

Appeal to the community to remember those held captive in Gaza during the Festival of Freedom

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April 10, 2024 10:44

An empty chair for hostage Michel Nisenbaum (Photo: Jane Prinsley)

Community united at vigil outside Downing Street for the hostages six months on

186 days after October 7, 133 hostages are still believed to be held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza

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April 10, 2024 10:20

Hundreds gather outside Downing Street on Tuesday, 9 April, for a hostage vigil six months after October 7 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Tributes paid to pioneering journalist Hella Pick

Pick came to Britain on the Kindertransport after her family home in Austria was raided by the Gestapo

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April 8, 2024 11:23

Hella Pick, an “indefatigable and pioneering journalist of great repute" (Photo: AJR / Dr Bea Lewkowicz)

Guest on George Galloway’s new show appears to call for people to join Hezbollah-affiliated group

Dr Marwa Osman invites viewers to remember that Saraya Muqawama accepts anyone

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April 7, 2024 12:15

George Galloway's show, Have It Out With George Galloway, on Press TV (Credit: Youtube)

Thousands protest in Israeli cities to condemn Netanyahu for failing to recover hostages

The rallies took place in some 50 locations across Israel and came just hours after the IDF returned the body of hostage Elad Katzir to Israel

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April 7, 2024 10:50

Protesters set a fire and hold flame torches during a demonstration calling for a hostages deal and against the Israeli government, Tel Aviv, April 6, 2024 (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Remains of hostage Elad Katzir recovered and returned to Israel

Israeli media reports that he had been murdered not long after appearing in an Islamic Jihad video pleading for Israel to stop the war

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April 7, 2024 10:48

A man sits in a cage with portraits of 47-year-old Israeli hostage Elad Katzir, Tel Aviv, March 26, 2024 (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Only 1 in 4 British Muslims believe Hamas carried out rape and murder on October 7, according to survey

The survey is the largest of its kind since Hamas invaded Israel six months ago

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April 7, 2024 09:07

Protesters wearing fake blood make-up and holding placards take part in a demonstration "Rape is NOT resistance" in London, February 4, 2024 (Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Zionist dogs’ placards and support for the ‘resistance’: welcome to London’s Al Quds Day rally

Police estimate that 1,000 people attended the march and ten people were arrested

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April 5, 2024 20:03

Al Quds Day rally in London, 5 April, 2024

Square next to Liverpool Street station could be renamed after Sir Nicholas Winton

The stockbroker was instrumental in saving the lives of hundreds of mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia

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April 5, 2024 13:20

Sir Nicholas Winton in front of a steam train with evacuees from Czechoslovakia, at Liverpool Street Station, on September 4, 2009. (Geoff Caddick/AFP via Getty Images)

EcoJudaism appoints its first ever executive director

Naomi Verber is channelling her passion for the environment into her professional life

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April 5, 2024 11:51

Naomi Verber will be EcoJudaism's new executive director, beginning in May

KLBD issues warning after non-kosher-for-Pesach matzah found in Morrisons Passover display

The blue boxes of Rakusen’s Matzos, unlike the red, are not prepared for Passover

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April 4, 2024 15:58

The 'Prepare for Passover' section in Stamford Hill Morrisons branch

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