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France starts proceeding to dissolve anti-Israel activist group

Some Urgence Palestine rallies have been banned because of antisemitism and calls for violence

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration organised in part by the Urgence Palestine group, 1 June 2024. (Photo by ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via Getty Images)

Francesca Albanese, the UN's top advisor on Palestine, has seemingly suggested that the LA wildfires and Gaza War are 'connected' (Picture: Getty)

United Nations

Francesca Albanese reappointment ‘invalid’, NGO says

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Syria

Druze leaders in Syria agree to disarm after sectarian clashes

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Gaza

Unauthorised Gaza aid ship ‘hit by drone strike’ during attempted blockade breach

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran nuclear program

Iran could sell enriched uranium to the US under new nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Bergen-Belsen

Holocaust survivors return to Bergen-Belsen to mark 80th anniversary of their liberation

By Rachel Coussins

3 min read

Iran nuclear program

Iran to hold nuclear talks with UK, France and Germany

By Sam Wilkin

1 min read

ICC chief prosecutor seeking more arrest warrants against Israel

ICC lead prosecutor Karim Khan is understood to be seeking more arrest warrants against Israeli officials (Image: Getty)

World Zionist Congress elections rocked by voter fraud claims

The World Zionist Congress' elections have been rocked by claims of voter fraud (Image: Getty)

Virgin Atlantic drops London-Tel Aviv route

Virgin Atlantic has dropped its route between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv (Image: Getty)

Eurovision lifts ban on Palestine flags despite anti-politicisation rules

Eurovision has modified its crowd regulations, effectively lifting the ban on Palestine flags for attendees (Image: Getty)

NYPD launches investigation after Charedim clash with pro-Palestine protestors outside shul

A pro-Palestine protestor was followed by a crowd of Charedi men, some of whom chanted 'death to Arabs' as she was escorted by a police officer in New York City (Image: X)

Nechama Grossman, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, has died aged 109. (Credit: Courtesy of the Grossman family)

Holocaust survivors

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies aged 109

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The ICJ has opened five days of hearings into Israel's compliance with its humanitarian obligations in Gaza, including its ban on Unrwa (Image: Getty)

ICJ

ICJ opens hearings into Israel’s aid duties in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Noa Argamani

Noa Argamani wears yellow dress in touching hostage tribute for Time 100 red carpet

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Iran

Iranian port that went up in smoke was ‘critical to survival of regime’

By JC Reporter

3 min read

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Latest US News

Trump appoints Martin Marks as Jewish Community liaison

The role went unfilled during the President’s first term but has reportedly been prioritised given the administration’s renewed focus on antisemitism

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Martin Marks has reportedly been appointed as the White House liaison with the Jewish community (Image: X/Martinjmarks)

US Politics

Antisemitism Awareness Act on hold after fiery Senate hearing

The legislation, designed to incorporate the IHRA definition into US law, has met with opposition from both sides of the aisle

By Andrew Bernard

4 min read

The Antisemitism Awareness Act is effectively on hold after a fiery Senate committee sessions saw objections raised by both Democrats and Republicans, including Kentucky's Rand Paul (lower centre) (Image: Getty)

Harvard

Harvard releases long-awaited report into campus antisemitism

Republican lawmakers dubbed the findings ‘scathing’ and called them evidence of ‘deep-rooted, dangerous and rampant antisemitism’ at the college

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

Harvard University has released a long-awaited report into allegations of antisemitism on its campus (Pictured: Students leaving the university estate in April 2025; Image: Getty)

Unrwa

US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

The decision could see the UN agency, which has been accused of employing Hamas operatives, hit with significant claims from the relatives of terror victims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The US has removed Unrwa's legal immunity, allowing Americans to sue the agency in federal court (Pictured: Unrwa Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini; Image: Getty)

World news

US President Donald Trump, US First Lady Melania Trump, Estonian President Alar Karis, King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, His Highness Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Queen Mary Of Denmark attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Getty Images)

Italy

Israel accused of ‘boycotting’ Pope’s funeral

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Swiss fencing team turns back on Israeli team at U23 championships (Photo: Team Bizzi)

Sport

Swiss team turns back on Israeli gold medallists at fencing championship

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Pope Francis

Israel denies downplaying Pope’s death amid claims of funeral snub

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

International Criminal Court

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Syria

Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The presidents of Israel and Poland, as well as ten former Hamas hostages including Eli Sharabi (centre), were among the crowds (Image: Getty)

Auschwitz

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Holocaust

Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

Prosecutors claimed that Herberts Cukurs’ actions ‘do not constitute’ genocide under the country’s criminal code

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after ‘sabotage plot’ uncovered Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

UK News

Swiss Cottage

Outrage as police allow banned Gaza protest to return to Jewish area of north London

The ‘intimidating’ anti-Israel demonstration in Swiss Cottage is due to return this afternoon as a police order expires

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

A poster at one of the previous protests states: "You're not anti-racist if you're not anti-Zionist"

Boycotts

Co-op members call for boycott of Israeli products

The group urged the supermarket giant’s board to ‘show consistency in ethical decision-making’, referring to a similar ban on Russian goods

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Members of the Co-op have submitted a motion calling for a boycott of Israeli products in its stores (Image: Getty)

Hamas

Barrister representing Hamas says legal bid aims to “end Israel”

Franck Magennis called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and said Gaza was a ‘concentration camp’

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Franck Magennis said during a recent podcast appearance that the goal of his client is to 'end Israel' (Image: YouTube/@5Pillars)

Gal Gadot

Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate against Gal Gadot’s stunt double during filming in London

The Israeli actress will star in the upcoming thriller The Runner

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A couple of anti-Israel protesters showed up expecting to see Israeli actress Gal Gadot but instead demonstrated against her stunt double, May 1, 2025

Opinion

Shabbat is the original detox from being constantly available

I tried to stay offline. Ten minutes later, I was watching a video of a dancing dachshund in a ruff

By Rob Rinder

3 min read

By Greg Rose

How Hamas won the (dis)information war: the manipulation of Gaza casualty data

New analysis reveals how Hamas distorted fatality statistics to shape international opinion and legal narratives against Israel

5 min read

By Vivian Bercovici

A cold wind blows through Canada’s Jewish communities

Mark Carney inherits Trudeau’s legacy – and doubles down on silence in the face of hate

4 min read

By The JC Leader

Radicalism in our education unions has consequences – especially when it comes to Jews

At a time when too many pupils are failing, the NEU leadership is busy funding Gaza protests

3 min read

By Melanie Phillips

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Parliament should be investigating the hostility, double standards and deafness to facts when it comes to Israel

3 min read

By Maureen Lipman

Pool-side anxieties, the Rambam and one golden, salted margarita

Reflections from the Queen Mary 2: people-watching at sea and a tribute to the Schindler of Spain

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

The heroic former hostage will be in London to see her lifelong team take on Crystal Palace, but there has been too little fanfare from the club she loves

1 min read

Life

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

By Lianne Kolirin

12 min read

Books

The Assault review: ‘return of a classic war novel’

First published in 1982, this book about the choices of ordinary people in war sold more than 200,000 copies and inspired an Oscar-winning film. Now it has been republished with a new introduction

By David Herman

2 min read

Books