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Matan Kahana in Moshav Beit Gamliel, on August 5, 2025 (Flash90)

Gadi Eisenkot

Eisenkot announces special forces veteran for Knesset speaker as coalition talks continue

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Canada

Man jailed for shooting at Montreal Jewish school, leaving bullet holes in windows

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US President Donald Trump speaks at a midterm campaign rally at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 30, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran

Downing Street insists British air bases are safe after US aircraft moved from RAF Mildenhall following ‘Iranian threat’

By JC Reporter

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Lee Child (L) on the panel at a JPC and Index on Censorship joint event on November 3, 2026 (Courtesy)

publishing

‘Jack Reacher’ author Lee Child condemns silencing of Israeli and Jewish writers

By Elisa Bray

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Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson writes to the JC… because he’s more Jewish than we thought

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Foreign secretary Ed Miliband featured prominently in some of the Facebook campaign posts (Getty Images)

Labour Party

Revealed: Labour’s ‘sectarian’ Gaza ads in by-election campaign to hold on to Sir Keir Starmer’s seat

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Lady Victoria Starmer visits HET’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ in first public engagement since leaving Downing Street

The wife of former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been a fierce champion of Holocaust education

By Jane Prinsley

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Lady Victoria Starmer with Holocaust survivor Steven Frank BEM (Grainge Photography)

Green Party

Exclusive: Green councillor said Muslims who condemn October 7 attack ‘bear shame of supporting Jews’

Mustafa Ahmed in Sheffield was key backer of ‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed at conference earlier this year

By Jane Prinsley

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Councillor Mustafa Ahmed films himself next to a pro-Israel protest outside the Green Party conference in Brighton, where he supported the 'Zionism is racism' motion (Facebook)

Football

Israeli football star announced as special guest for JC ‘beautiful game’ event

Tomer Hemed will appear alongside former FA boss David Bernstein on November 19

By Jacob Jaffa

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Tomer Hemed celebrates during an A-League match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Newcastle Jets at the CommBank Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on November 28, 2021 (Getty Images)

Classical Music

Lilian Hochhauser at 100: ‘You can’t tell the Bolshoi don’t dance because it’s Shabbos’

In an exclusive interview with Rob Rinder, leading impresario discusses her brilliant career and her hopes for Britain’s Jewish community

By Rob Rinder

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Lilian Hochhauser and Rob Rinder (Image: Rob Rinder)

Latest US news

Torah

Florida man charged with smuggling ancient Torah scrolls into US

Authorities said the ‘improperly obtained foreign antiquities have been recovered and will be repatriated back to their countries of origin’

By Jessica Russack-Hoffman

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A collection of artefacts seized at the home of Matthew Weinberg (US Department of Justice)

Charity

Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and more read letters from Jewish history to raise £750k for charity

Money raised on the night is going to the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre, a new trauma and mental health centre in Israel

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Dustin Hoffman at the Letters, Light and Love LA show (Image: tatsu.cinema)

US Politics

‘The reason we lost is the war,’ admits JD Vance after Republicans’ midterm rout

The vice president said his party needed to ‘change our relationship to Israel’ in the wake of the result

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US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a midterm campaign rally in Weatherford, Texas, on October 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

USA elections

Democrat anti-Israel candidate Abdul el-Sayed wins in Michigan

The new senator previously said: ‘I think it’s time for us to realise that Israel is actually not our friend’

By JC Reporter

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed speaks during a midterm election night watch party in Detroit, Michigan, on November 04, 2026 (Getty Images)

Latest Israel news

Israeli defence firm to set up Netherlands arms factory

The deal comes despite diplomatic tensions between the two countries

By Melanie Swan

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A grenade launcher manufactured by IWI, which has struck a deal with Dutch defence company Artillerie Inrichtingen Armaments (Photo: IWI)

Gaza

8,200 trucks of winter supplies allowed into Gaza, IDF says

International aid organisations have warned about shortages of shelter, food and essential services as winter approaches

By Melanie Swan

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Palestinians receive food distributed by volunteers in the Gaza Strip (Photo: Flash90)

Israel Katz

Mission against Iran ‘still not complete,’ declares Israeli defence minister

Israel Katz claimed that the Islamic Republic is ‘trying to renew its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons’ and ‘place the State of Israel in real danger’

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz speaks during a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart in Athens on January 20, 2026 (Getty Images)

Gaza

Israel approves deployment of first 250 foreign troops in Gaza as peace plan efforts accelerate

Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Uganda and Albania have all expressed willingness to participate in the force

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A displacement camp stretches across the coastline in Gaza City on November 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Chess

Britain’s first chess grandmaster was Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, new research finds

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Israeli official elected to UN oversight committee

Shay Mizrahi was elected with 134 votes, despite the heightened tensions between Israel and the international body

By Lianne Kolirin

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Hezbollah weapons uncovered close to UN posts in Lebanon, IDF says

The stockpiles were allegedly found ‘alongside humanitarian aid boxes’

By Lianne Kolirin

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France will use navy to defend Gaza flotillas ‘if necessary’ says left-wing presidential candidate

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: we will act head-on to help the Palestinians

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Politics

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A protester holds a Palestinian flag outside the Supreme Court on November 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Observer slammed for ‘sympathetic interview’ with Palestine Action founder

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Palantir set to extend NHS contract despite BDS pressure

‘Sources close to the matter’ say ending the contract with the data giant now would be too disruptive for the health service

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Revealed: Aide to Shabana Mahmood backed ‘sectarian’ anti-Israel divestment motion

Marcus Bernasconi, who supported the move alongside other Labour councillors, is employed by the home secretary in her constituency office in Birmingham

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Sheffield Labour defies orders to break Green coalition over Zionism is racism motion

Green activists celebrated the ‘victory’ and the Labour group’s ‘capitulation’

By Jane Prinsley

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Showbiz

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Rob Rinder

Rob Rinder goes from judge to judged on new series of Taskmaster

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Scarlett Johansson reveals ‘existential angst’ over upcoming Batman role

The star has been cast in an undisclosed role for the superhero film, joining Sebastian Stan and Brian Tyree Henry

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Claudia Winkleman reveals she almost turned down ‘The Traitors’

The star made the confession after being named Harper’s Bazaar Television Icon of the Year

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Oscar-winning director Michael Mann hospitalised after shooting himself in the leg at LA gun range

The filmmaker's firearm discharged while in its holster, causing what his representatives described as a ‘superficial injury’ to his thigh