Opinion

When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

The press has every right to investigate Israel’s conduct. It also has a duty to investigate how Palestinian terror groups manipulate the news – and for too long, the press vest was uncritically treated as proof of innocence

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Left: Committee to Protect Journalists lists Tarek Skheil as a media worker killed by the IDF. Right: Palestinian Islamic Jihad lists Tarek Skheil as a commander killed in action (Image: Salo Aizenberg/X)

A poster with the slogan 'Kill Trump' is displayed during the funeral of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 6, 2026 in Tehran. (Image: Getty Images)

By Mardo Soghom

Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

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Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Netanyahu signals shift as Likud voters sour on Charedi draft evasion

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on June 16, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Turkey

Britain’s awful silence when Turkey calls Israel a ‘burden’ for humanity

By Stephen Pollard

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It was a daring mission, even for the IDF: Entebbe 50 years on

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Dancers with the Batsheva Dance Company based in Tel Aviv perform a scene from Hora by Ohad Naharin during a dress rehearsal at the Joyce Theater in New York on February 28, 2023. (Image: Getty Images)

Edinburgh Fringe

Britain’s increasingly ‘Israel-frei’ cultural festivals

The space for Jewish artists, especially if they are Zionist, is shrinking all the time. Nowhere is that clearer than at Edinburgh

By Zoe Strimpel

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By Mark Zlochin

Why the Lancet study suggesting a far higher Gaza death toll is deeply flawed

This isn't some technical nitpicking for its own sake. What's at stake here is a dramatic claim that got treated as settled fact – cited, repeated, and stretched to cover fatalities it never actually measured

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By Nicholas Lezard

Using the ‘g-word’ about Israel is now a ubiquitous virtue signal

For pro-Palestine activists, the term ‘genocide’ has become a shibboleth: you have to say it or risk ostracism

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Protesters hold placards outside the Royal Courts Of Justice on June 15, 2026, as the High Court rules on a legal standoff between the government and activist group Palestine Action. (Image: Getty Images)

By Jonathan Boyd

We know too little about what reduces Jew-hatred. It’s urgent that we find out

What’s needed is a standing, cross-disciplinary team that brings together expertise in antisemitism and in a range of fields, from public policy and law to intelligence, theology, education and psychology

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People attend a rally against antisemitism opposite Downing Street on May 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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Leaders

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

By The JC Leader

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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)

By The JC Leader

The ‘Greens for Palestine’ Papers make an inquiry unavoidable

Documents obtained by the JC show Jewish party members being held responsible for the actions of Israel and urged to liberate their minds ‘from the supremacist grip of Zionism’

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks during a rally on March 28, 2026 in London (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

The UK’s habit of assigning equal blame is difficult to justify when the Islamic Republic and its Lebanese proxy initiated the latest attacks and the regime remains openly committed to Israel’s destruction

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