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Gary Lineker attends the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Opinion: My penalty for working for the JC: having to watch Gary Lineker

3 min read

Oxford Union

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

Polanski with the 'Free Marwan' T-shirt (main image) and murdered Ari Fuld (top left) and his wife Miriam (left, below)

Green Party

Wife of Israeli stabbing victim lashes out at Polanski’s ‘despicable’ promotion of terrorist

Marwan Barghouti was convicted in Israel for his part in attacks killing five civilians

By Jane Prinsley and Josh Hasten

3 min read

A general view of Birmingham Crown Court on October 17, 2024 (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

‘I had very good income’ before court case, says Palestine activist who rammed Land Rover into factory

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and his wife, Amy Gertner, wave to supporters at Platner's Primary Election event on June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine (Getty Images)

US Politics

Democrat with ‘Nazi tattoo’ wins Maine primary

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

Unrwa

US foreign aid watchdog finds more than 100 UNRWA employees linked to Hamas and October 7

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

World Cup 2026: Jewish England fans pray for victory at the Western Wall

Time to end the gay IVF tax, say Jewish lesbian mums

Lord Sugar: ‘giving to Jewish Care has always been very simple for me because you can see the difference it makes’

The top swimmer making a big splash in children’s sport

Recipe

Sweet and nutty Rosh Hashanah chicken

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Donald Trump

Only ‘ignorance or stupidity’ will prevent Iran peace deal, claims Trump

The US president has been openly critical of Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days, insisting that Jerusalem will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic

By Mark Wood

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on June 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

Los Angeles

Big Brother star threatened by ‘Nazi, crazy psychopaths’ for ‘protecting Jewish friends’

Spencer Pratt, who is running to be mayor of Los Angeles, said one of his key goals was for ‘Jewish mums to feel safe when their kids go to temple’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Spencer Pratt during a Fox News interviews on May 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

I was betrayed by Hollywood for speaking out after October 7, says Will & Grace star Debra Messing

‘No one stepped forward. I remember just being so shocked and, of course, angry’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Donald Trump

Trump ‘called Netanyahu f****** crazy’ in call ahead of Hezbollah ceasefire claim

The account of the call given to the press by US officials has been disputed by a member of the prime minister’s team

1 min read

US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

World news

Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024 (Photo by ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

Switzerland

Swiss teen to go on trial over brutal stabbing of Orthodox man

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Germany

Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Karim Khan

ICC suspends chief prosecutor who pursued Netanyahu warrant

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

The 2026 March for Israel in Toronto, organised by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Credit: Melissa Lantsman/X)

Canada

More than 60,000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

A Wizz Air jet at the Ben Gurion International Airport. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90)

Israel

Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement brandish weapons and copies of the Quran as they rally in solidarity with Lebanon in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

Houthis

Houthis vow to block shipping in Red Sea amid fresh Israel-Iran conflict

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Kanye West

Amsterdam Holocaust Museum ‘bans’ Kanye West over Nazi rants

Three people were removed from the crowd at the singer’s concert in nearby Arnhem after holding signs ‘promoting conspiracy theories about the Holocaust’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israel strikes targets in Iran in response to missile attack Iran launches missiles against Israel and threatens ‘week of continuous strikes’

UK News

Pro-Palestine protests

Palestine protester who climbed Big Ben cost taxpayers £67,000, court hears

Police officers across London were also pulled away from regular duty to ensure public safety during the stunt

By JC Reporter

3 min read

A protester holding a Palestinian flag gestures atop Big Ben on March 8, 2025 (Getty Images)

Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski proudly shows off T-shirt promoting convicted terrorist

Green leader wore £45 football shirt calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti, who was convicted in Israel for his part in attacks killing five civilians

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Zack Polanski in the controversial football shirt (Photo: Instagram)

Palestinian Authority

UK sends extra £10 million to Palestinian Authority despite lack of progress on reforms

The money will be used to pay the authority’s salaries and ‘build more effective, more democratic, more accountable governance’ in the West Bank, according to the foreign secretary

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Nearly 100 celebrities call on judge to drop ‘terror connection’ in Palestine Action sentencing

Zoë Wanamaker, Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes, Nadia Swalha and Greta Thunberg are among the high-profile signatories

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Steve Coogan attends the BAFTA Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on May 10, 2026 (Getty Images)

Opinion

Lessons from history that tell us this Iran campaign isn’t over yet

Trump keeps saying a deal is imminent, but the shooting continues. This is how wars are fought in the Middle East and America has adapted how it fights. War proceeds by negotiation as well as force, and always by deception

By Dominic Green

4 min read

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists travelling on Air Force One on March 7, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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

2 min read

By Florit Shoihet

No one asks antizionist Jews hard questions. So I did

I came face to face with conspiracy theories, rape denial and support for Hamas

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

For some Celtic fans, just breathing Israeli air made Robbie Keane impure

The club’s antisemitic supporters have now decided to turn their fire on a man who isn’t even Jewish, simply because he managed Maccabi Tel Aviv. Merely working with Jews is now enough to be damned

3 min read

By Yaakov Katz

Striking Iran without US green light strengthened Israeli deterrence

It’s possible this is exactly what was agreed upon quietly between Jerusalem and Washington. Trump has an interest in ensuring Tehran understands that dragging out talks and exploiting his desire for an agreement comes at a price

3 min read

By Jonathan Spyer

Why Iran is escalating against Israel to protect its ‘Resistance Axis’

Jerusalem, for its part, has made clear that Tehran’s insistence on linking any deal to a ceasefire in Lebanon will not constrain its response to Hezbollah attacks

4 min read