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The Palestine Poppy on eBay, which is for sale for £1.78, has been met with criticism (Image: eBay/Palestine Poppy)

Remembrance Sunday

‘Palestine poppy’ criticised as attempt to ‘hijack’ Remembrance Day

Veterans and politicians have voiced outrage over the accessory which is for sale on Ebay

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Anita Brookner featuring in a 1981 documentary, Anita Brookner on Art - 100 Great Paintings. (Photo-BBC TV)

Booker Prize

Anita Brookner’s Booker Prize win was ‘disastrous and life changing’, says biographer

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A German bunker overlooking Saye Beach in Alderney, Guernsey, on September 3, 2023 (Getty Images)

Channel Islands

Alderney Jewish groups dismayed after island denies second application for Holocaust memorial plaque

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A view inside the Dessewffy Street synagogue (Facebook/zsidoprogramok.hu)

Hungary

Historic Budapest synagogue reopens to house youth-led community

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Opinion

Stephen Pollard

Warning: Bibi’s ousting from office may not spell the end of global antisemitism...

Lorin Bell-Cross

Fallout from Greens’ ‘Zionism is racism’ motion may be reshaping electoral calculus in British politics

Or Horvitz

I was in the room when Israel decided to kill Nasrallah. Here’s why we had to do it

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arson attacks

Alleged mastermind of London terror attacks on Jews accused of plotting further terror atrocities from prison

The FBI has accused Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al Saadi of planning to kill Jews at synagogues in America

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Images said to show Saadi with assassinated Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani, reportedly shared on Snapchat (US Department of Justice)

Israeli Politics

Israeli election 2026: Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of October 27 vote

The US president described the Likud Party leader as a ‘Great Warrior Prime Minister’

By Melanie Swan

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump pictured during a meeting at the White House (X/Prime Minister of Israel)

IDF

Israel signs deal to buy 12 advanced Apache attack helicopters from US

By Melanie Swan

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An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter (Picture: Getty Images)

‘Girls’ reboot: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells to reprise their roles

The new series of ‘Girls’ – which sees Judd Apatow return as executive producer – will explore a new chapter in the characters’ lives

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Left to right: Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Allison Williams and Lena Dunham as they will appear in the new series of 'Girls' (Photo: HBO)

World News

Canada

Calgary opera drops singer who displayed Palestinian flag during Tosca premiere

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France

Paris synagogue ransacked as riots erupt across France

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Israel

Ten suspects arrested by police in Israel after settler attacks on the West Bank

By JC Reporter

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Gaza's Civil Defence Unit spokesperson Mahmoud Basal (Ministry of Interior)

BBC

BBC Arabic ‘keeping audiences in the dark’ over Hamas links of health official

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Latin American candidates for UN Secretary-General, Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan, walks during the Regional Dialogue on the Future Leadership of the United Nations in Montevideo on August 3, 2026. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP via Getty Images)

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish frontrunner to be next UN chief?

By Katie Grant

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Workers prepare ballot boxes for Israel’s upcoming elections at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham on October 14, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli elections

First votes cast in Israeli elections as embassy staff go to the polls

By Jacob Jaffa

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Beit Halochem UK

Israel’s largest centre for PTSD support opens with the help of British donors

State-of-the-art facility will help thousands of veterans get the mental and physical help they need

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UK News

Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband threatens sanctions against British firms and individuals over building of E1 settlements

The foreign secretary said ‘we will not be bystanders in the destruction of the two-state solution’

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Ed Miliband takes part in a panel discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 2026 (Credit: Omar Marques/Getty Images)

English Heritage

Exclusive: English Heritage turns down blue plaque for former London HQ of World Jewish Congress

WJC said it had ‘helped expose Nazi crimes, pressed for the rescue of European Jews, and advocated for Holocaust survivors’ in the Mayfair building

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11 Hertford Street, Mayfair - site of the former World Jewish Congress headquarters in London (Image: Google Maps)

Pro-Palestine

New pro-Palestine group targeting homes of Israeli defence firms’ employees in the UK

The group calls itself The List and claim to have ‘an extensive bank of addresses and personal information’

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Counter Terrorism Police are reportedly aiding local police after a spate of attacks (Image: Getty Images)

Palestine Action

Police to take no further action against national security advisor’s wife over pro-Palestine Action post

Sarah Helm, wife of Jonathan Powell wrote on X, ‘God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action’