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Dried hallucinogenic magic mushrooms (Image: Getty)

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Brazil

Anti-Israel president Lula records upset victory in Brazilian election

By Jacob Jaffa

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Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman (left) and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem (Images: IDF)

IDF

‘They took a diamond from us, my strength, my soul,’ says heartbroken father of IDF soldier killed at checkpoint

Funerals were held on Sunday for Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, and Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, who were killed near Hebron on Friday

By Melanie Swan

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Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a Likud campaign rally at Expo Tel Aviv on September 17, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

Bank of Israel rejects Netanyahu’s claim crypto could help evade financial sanctions

By Jacob Jaffa

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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dies aged 93

By JC Reporter

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Green Party

Board of Deputies votes to declare Greens a ‘racist party’

By Simon Rocker

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The slaughter debate has lost its sense of proportion

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Books

High Line Publishing hails Jewish-focused Odessa Editions at New York launch

The new publishing house, backed by figures like Neil Blair, Rob Rinder and Julie Bindel, aims to ‘offer readers a new vantage point by publishing exceptional books that challenge assumptions’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Neil Blair addresses the audience at the High Line Publishing launch in New York on October 20, 2026 (Courtesy)

Larry David

Larry David did not want to appear ‘nice’ in his biography, author reveals

Blake J Harris, who wrote ‘Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David’, said the comedian ‘did not want people knowing about him’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Larry David's biography is called 'Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David' (Image: Getty Images)

AIPAC

AIPAC halts candidate donations and endorsements just weeks out from US midterms

The group’s direct financial support of candidates had become a subject of controversy in recent campaigns, in part due to its support of Israel during the Gaza and Iran wars

By Hayley Cregor

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A visitor holds an Aipac folder in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 (Getty Images)

US Politics

‘Israel is not America’s friend,’ US senate candidate says

‘An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally,’ Abdul El-Sayed said

By Melanie Swan

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Abdul El-Sayed is the Democrat candidate running for the US senate in Michigan (Photo: Getty Images)

World News

Suspect arrested over blaze that ‘destroyed’ Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

By JC Reporter

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International Criminal Court

European Parliament awards ICC top human rights prize three months after chief prosecutor resigns over sex abuse allegations

By Jamie Shapiro

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Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Lana Nusseibeh (Image: Getty Images)

United Nations

Supporter of Abraham Accords with Palestinian origins nominated to head up UN

By Jamie Shapiro

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arms sales

Thailand deploys Israeli-developed anti-drone system

By Melanie Swan

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Ed Miliband

Miliband heads to Turkey for talks on Hormuz and Saudi Arabia

By JC Reporter

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Israel

Israeli jets deployed to Iranian border amid fear of Houthi strikes

By Hayley Cregor

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Germany

Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish leader

Two men received prison sentences for plotting attacks on Josef Schuster and Volker Beck; the court found Iran recruited one of them.

By JC Reporter

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UK News

BBC accused of giving Green activist ‘free rein’ to ‘launch disgusting attack’ on Jewish guest

Dr Ashok Kumar later said that ‘Zionism will join apartheid and Jim Crow in the ugly dustbin of history’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Dr Ashok Kumar on the BBC's 'Politics Live' on October 18, 2026 (BBC)

Court and Crime

Men deny arson attack on synagogue

Dominic Charles-Turner and Moses Edwards are accused of setting fire to East London Synagogue in Nelson Street, Whitechapel

By JC Reporter

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"A fine classic interior": Nelson Street (photo: Acuitus)

Boycotts

Oscar-winning filmmaker Lucie Kon to speak at ‘Uncancelled’ conference

The event, organised by Friends in the Arts, aims to confront antisemitism and boycotts within the creative sphere

By Elisa Bray

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Lucie Kon, pictured with the best documentary Oscar her team won for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Instagram/@imluciek)

Court and Crime

Trial date set for Iranian men accused of identifying Heaton Park Synagogue for second terror attack

Salam Ahmadyan and Rahman Salehi arrived illegally on small boats

By JC Reporter

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Heaton Park Synagogue, which was the scene of 2025's Yom Kippur terrorist attack (Image: Getty Images)

Opinion

Ninety years after Cable Street, London’s mayor must use every power to keep Jews safe

More should be done to protect community from threat of extremists, urges prospective Conservative candidate

By Alex Challoner

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators near Westminster on October 10, 2026 (Photo: Getty Images)

By Itai Galmudy

After October 7, we pledged that we will not be intimidated – and we will not be silenced

Three years on, Stop The Hate’s co-founder looks back on the darkest days in recent Jewish history and affirms the group’s pledge to the British community

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