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Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2021-2025

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Jake Wallis Simons

An attack on a poppy seller would be an attack on us all

The weekly protests are a protest against Britain, we must resist them

By Jake Wallis Simons

3 min read

An attack on a poppy seller would be an attack on us all

'We will protect British Jews from harm', says Home Secretary Suella Braverman

'We will protect British Jews from harm', says Home Secretary Suella Braverman

4 min read

TOPSHOT - Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on October 7, 2023. Dozens of rockets were fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip towards Israel on October 7, 2023, an AFP journalist in the Palestinian territory said, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in Israel. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

The myth of Gaza as an 'open-air prison' serves Hamas's agenda

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It is an honour to raise funds for MDA’s lifesaving work

It is an honour to raise funds for MDA’s lifesaving work

1 min read

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Naftali Bennett: 'Together we can heal Israel’s divide'

In his first major interview since leaving office, Israel's former prime minister calls for a return to unity

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September 28, 2023 10:27

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The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

A week after liberal rabbis called Israel an ‘apartheid regime’, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons, in a third extract from his new book, reveals how the trope is rooted in Soviet propaganda

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September 7, 2023 11:56

The Soviet spin doctors who sowed the seeds of left-wing Israelophobia

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

In the second of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons digs into its ideological origins

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August 31, 2023 12:36

How the ‘progressive’ left became a global wellspring of Israelophobia

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

In the first of three weekly extracts from his new book, JC editor Jake Wallis Simons dispels myths about the country

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August 24, 2023 14:40

There's a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia

‘How a tragedy made us hike to save lives’: JC Editor needs your help

A traumatic enounter near the town of Efrat led Jake Wallis Simons and his fiancée Roxanna to sign up for an MDA fundraising trek in Israel and Jordan this year

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June 22, 2023 09:37

‘How a tragedy made us hike to save lives’: JC Editor needs your help

Welcome to our celebration of 180 years of Anglo-Jewry

The JC is concluding our 180th anniversary year

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September 22, 2022 13:17

Welcome to our celebration of 180 years of Anglo-Jewry

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

In his first interview with the JC since becoming leader, Sir Keir appeals for Jews to return to Labour

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April 7, 2022 10:22

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

Raise a glass to the next chapter in the JC’s story

Our new editor on his vision for the paper

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December 16, 2021 16:02

‘Arrogant’ BBC caught in fight with Jews… again

BBC Documentary on antisemitism interviews activist who said he ‘loves death’

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December 9, 2021 11:08

‘Arrogant’ BBC caught in fight with Jews… again

EXCLUSIVE: Mossad recruited top Iranian scientists to blow up key nuclear facility

90 per cent of the plant's centrifuges were destroyed, putting the complex out of action for up to nine months

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December 2, 2021 10:41

EXCLUSIVE: Mossad recruited top Iranian scientists to blow up key nuclear facility

Israel to hit ‘head of octopus’ in covert attacks on Tehran

Military chiefs continue to plan a full-on assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities

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December 2, 2021 10:08

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 12: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Jerusalem Post's annual coference on October 12, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel. The conference featured officials, diplomats and business leaders discussing the health, economic and security challenges facing Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

EXCLUSIVE: JC brings Azeem Rafiq face-to-face with Holocaust survivor

The Yorkshire cricketer, whose past anti-Jewish comments were revealed this week, also handled a Nazi-era yellow star and toured Camden Jewish Museum

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November 25, 2021 17:43

UNITED KINGDOM, London: 25 November 2021 Former Yorkshire County Cricket Club player Azeem Rafiq meets Holocaust survivor Ruth Barnett at The Jewish Museum in North London earlier this afternoon.

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