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)

England's forward Harry Kane and teammates after losing the 2026 World Cup football tournament semi-final match against Argentina on July 15, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

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

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Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin (Image: Getty Images)

By David May and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

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

4 min read

The renovated Hurva (The Ruin) synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on March 14, 2010. The Jordanian army destroyed the 17th century synagogue during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

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

4 min read

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

3 min read

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester (Image: Getty Images)

Labour

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

The government has failed to learn that it will never appease the mob. It is still condemned by the vicious antisemites taking over our streets as being insufficiently hostile to the Jewish state

By Lord Polak

3 min read

By Ashley Hirst

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

I am not asking you to defend the Jews. I am asking you to defend the establishment, and the un-radical proposition that the church of the whole nation cannot pick which of the nation's minorities it will hear

11 min read

Archbishop Sarah Mullally plants an olive tree at the Tent of Nations farm in the West Bank (Image: Lambeth Palace)

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

3 min read

Andy Burnham at Millbank studios on July 2, 2026, ahead of an interview (Image: Getty Images)

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

4 min read

Members of the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution regarding the situation in the Middle East on April 7, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

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Leaders

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

By The JC Leader

2 min read

By The JC Leader

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

The UK’s largest education union cannot credibly claim to be anti-racist while tolerating within its own structures activists who campaign against measures designed to protect Jewish children and staff

2 min read

Striking teachers prepare to participate in a demonstration on July 5, 2023 (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

To fight antisemitism seriously is not merely to denounce abuse after it appears – it is to reject the falsehoods that give it moral permission

2 min read

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The community needs a government ready to repair the UK’s relationship with Israel and confront those who demonise the Jewish state and, all too often, this country’s Jews

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

What do our readers think about Keir Starmer?

By The JC

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Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Question on March 25, 2026 (Parliament TV)

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, July 17 2026

Andy Burnham’s statement on Gaza provoked letters this week – as did the Archbishop of Canterbury’s trip to Israel, the Battle of Cable Street and differing attitudes in France and Germany

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By The JC

Letters to the Editor, July 10 2026

Who owns the history of Cable Street?

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By The JC

Letters to the Editor, July 3 2026

Who was Winnie the Pooh’s biggest fan?

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By The JC

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Opinion

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

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

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

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

Latest from opinion

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

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

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

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

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

Support the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper

Leaders

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

The NEU must end its association with opponents of the Bell antisemitism review

Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor, March 27 2026

Letters to the Editor, July 17 2026

Letters to the Editor, July 10 2026

Letters to the Editor, July 3 2026

Letters to the Editor, June 26 2026

Letters to the editor, June 19 2026

Letters to the editor, June 12 2026