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Claudia Winkleman presents the final day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on March 8, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands Police (Parliament TV)

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Police chief who presided over Maccabi-Villa scandal walked away from job with almost £60,000

By Mark Wood

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Bold as brass: Stop the Hate co-founder Itai Galmudy Photo: Elliot Franks

Jewish self-defence

We are loud and proud because we need to be

Stop the Hate was set up in the wake of October 7. The mission? To ensure that every anti-Israel demonstration in the UK would be accompanied by a noisy Zionist counter-protest

By Nicole Lampert

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Sagui Dekel-Chen and his wife, Mili, soon after his release from captivity (Photo: Avi Ohayon_GPO)

JNF UK

JNF UK to livestream concert of former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen at London event

By Arthur Popivker

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Sanctions

Sanctioned Iranian businessman owns luxury flats minutes from London synagogue and Buckingham Palace

By Jane Prinsley

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Hayley Gullen and her cartoons about the Nova exhibition

breast cancer

How my breast cancer led me to the Nova exhibition

By Hilary Freeman

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Editor’s picks

Opinion: An open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury: do not sort us according to our relationship to Zionism

Polanski criticises Burnham for not imposing full arms embargo on Israel

Opinion: Britain is no longer a friend of Israel – and under Andy Burnham, we may become a foe

‘After every competition, I gave my medal to my mother’, says Israeli Olympic medallist

Dissidents in Iran condemn JD Vance for failing to back opposition to regime

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu to travel to Washington for Graham funeral as US-Iran conflict escalates

The prime minister is expected to present President Trump with Israeli intelligence regarding the Islamic Republic during the trip

By Melanie Swan

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US President Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Culture

Head of PEN condemns article highlighting discrimination against Jews and Israelis

The president of America’s top body defending freedom of expression resigned in protest over the piece

By JC Reporter

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Dinaw Mengestu has resigned from a group that defends freedom of speech in the arts and journalism over the piece (Photo: Getty)

FBI

FBI investigating hate crime after ‘arson attack’ on Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag

A blaze at the property in the small Indiana town caused more than $150,000 in damage

By JC Reporter

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A property in Zionsville, Indiana, damaged in an alleged arson attack on July 10, 2026 (X/MikePence)

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox IDF veteran signs historic pro baseball contract

Zev Moore becomes only the second practising Orthodox Jew to play in the majors

By Josh Hasten

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Zev Moore of Israel hits an RBI out in the first inning during the Israel v Germany game in the Baseball European Championship at Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on September 26, 2025 (Getty Images)

World news

Israeli President Isaac Herzog during an interview with Al-Arabiya on July 16, 2026 (YouTube/AlArabiyaEnglish)

President Herzog

Herzog: ‘I dream of peace with Saudi’

By JC Reporter

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Trucks carrying aid provided by the World Food Programme in Deir el-Balah after entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

United Nations

UN rebukes Hamas for raiding humanitarian aid warehouse

By Daniel Ben-David

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Maccabiah Gibraltar's Masters 45+ futsal team ahead of their match against Mexico on July 12, 2026 (Gil Shamai)

Maccabiah Games

‘Relief and disbelief’: Gibraltar claims first ever Maccabiah medal

By Arthur Popivker

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Russ Roberts, president of Shalem College

Education

‘We want students who ask wonderful questions – that’s more important than having all the right answers’

By Jane Prinsley

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Letter from Jerusalem

Whoever’s king of this castle can decide the future of Israel and Lebanon

By Natalie Lisbona

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Bnei Brak

Israeli city set to implement gender-segregated streets

By Daniel Ben-David

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World Cup 2026

Will Messi demolish England? There's an antisemitic conspiracy for that

Social media monitor CyberWell uncovered a wave of offensive posts claiming the Argentine legend is Zionist, Jewish or controlled by Jews, while recycling Protocols-style theories about Jewish control of FIFA

By Steve Linde

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Mother whose son’s body was taken to Gaza by Unrwa worker says extra £23m UK funds for agency is ‘disappointing’Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

UK News

House of Lords

Three new Jewish peers announced as Prime Minister takes his leave

Cathy Ashley, Saul Lehrfreund and Sir Brian Leveson have been given seats in the Lords

By Simon Rocker

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Jewish human rights lawyer and activist Saul Lehrfreund

Israel

London pastor launches campaign against anti-Israel Christian document after Synod vote

A petition against Kairos II, which the Church of England this week voted to ‘engage’ with, claims it is harmful to the cause of peace

By Simon Rocker

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Pastor Regan King in the Judean Desert (Courtesy)

World Jewish Relief

World Jewish Relief Ukrainian refugee scheme boosts UK economy by £31.5 million

13,000 Ukrainians have taken part in the STEP programme

By Arthur Popivker

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Anastasiia Vasylashko, who participated in World Jewish Relief's STEP programme (Photo: WJR)

Courts

Pro-Palestinian activists landed with £82,000 bill after failed IDF lawfare case

The judge had described the attempted private prosecution as motivated by ‘ideology’ and said it was ‘an abuse of court process’

By Daniel Ben-David

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Westminster Magistrates' Court (Photo: Getty)

Opinion

Burnham compromised himself and his party by pandering to the antizionist crowd

Appeasing the haters won’t work and will only fuel the growing sectarian politics with which this country is already struggling. This is not leadership, and Britain will pay dearly for it

By Gary Cohen

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Andy Burnham and Gary Lineker (Image X, Goalhanger)

By Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

The Rebbe always played offence – where others counted losses, he counted possibilities

Football, like life, is played as much in the mind as on the field: when you stop playing to win, you start playing not to lose. Judaism asks us not merely to survive, but to flourish

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By David May and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Dublin’s ban on trade with Israeli settlements is a gigantic own goal

It won’t change Jerusalem’s policy, may cost Palestinians their jobs, further isolate Ireland's small Jewish community and provoke US sanctions. Apart from that, it is a fine piece of legislation

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By Stephen Daisley

Settlements are neither inherently illegal – nor the real obstacle to peace

Israel has granted its Arab minority full citizenship rights, and a future, no doubt democratic State of Palestine, could surely do the same for Jews living in the West Bank, right?

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By Sir Michael Ellis

From the BBC to the police, anti-Israel hatred is destroying our institutions

When the pillars upholding protection for Jews are crumbled away, the roof will fall in not only on Jews but on everyone sheltering under the protection those pillars provided

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By Angela Epstein

Andy Burnham’s No 10 North plan is just as ill-conceived as his Israel views

If British Jewry is to trust the new prime minister, he will use the inevitable hours marooned on the dysfunctional Manchester-London train line to reflect on his deplorable ideas on the Middle East

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By Jonathan Harounoff

The UN’s credibility crisis is nowhere more evident than in its treatment of Israel

With Secretary General António Guterres concluding his tenure at the end of 2026, the organisation has an opportunity for genuine renewal – the need for effective international diplomacy has rarely been greater

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