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ISRAEL AT WAR

Around half of Iranian missiles fired at Israel were cluster munitions, IDF finds

Two people were killed earlier this week in central Israel after suffering shrapnel wounds from the blasts

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A ballistic missile fired from Iran seen in the sky in Northern Israel on March 07, 2026 (Getty Images)

US destroys Iranian ‘minelayers’ in Strait of Hormuz amid oil price surge

Tehran has vowed to blockade the vital trade route, but the White House has said it will ensure a ‘free flow of energy’ from the region

By Jacob Jaffa

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A US drone approaches an Iranian naval vessel in the Strait of Hormuz (Centcom)

Blasted out their homes by Iran’s missiles, Israeli evacuees find strength in each other

Around 1,700 people have been displaced to 20 hotels, mainly in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

By Melanie Swan

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the site of the Iranian missile strike on March 02, 2026 in Beit Shemesh (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Israeli app predicts safe time to shower

Software developer Ben Greenberg has come up with a solution to the trials of living under missile fire

By John Jeffay

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Residents sit in Habima Square underground parking used as a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, on March 5, 2026 (Photo by Olympia DE MAISMONT / AFP via Getty Images)

Letter from Jerusalem

In this new looking-glass world, Lebanon wants to talk directly to Israel

By Natalie Lisbona

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Charlotte Nichols MP (Image: Charlotte Nichols)

Crime

Jewish MP Charlotte Nichols discloses in jury trials debate she was raped at work event

By Jane Prinsley

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Quds Day

Police ban London pro-Iran march over ‘extreme tensions’

Authorities say the rare order reflects security concerns and volatile Middle East conflict

By Mark Wood

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Germany

Community leaders abandon exemption that allowed German Jews to avoid military service

By Rob Hyde

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Iqbal Mohamed, the pro-Gaza independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, asked how the Islamophobia definition would be integrated into the Nolan principles

Government

Gaza MP calls for Islamophobia definition to be adopted across public office

By Jane Prinsley

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Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Ruth Rosenberg and Adrian Lukis as Stephen Crossley (Photo: Manual Harlan)

Theatre

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★

By John Nathan

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The rabbi who talks to millions of Arabs about Judaism and Israel

Jewish music producer pushed in front of car by man shouting ‘vile’ antisemitic abuse

Leon Kossoff swimming pool makes a splash at Sotheby’s auction

Meet Sheina Vaspi – the first and only Israeli athlete to compete at the Winter Paralympics

Revealed: Second World War prophecy of British general who helped forge the IDF

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Donald Trump

The Jewish immigrant story behind the dress shoes Trump has made White House uniform

Florsheim Shoes was founded in 1892 by Milton Florsheim, the son of a Jewish immigrant cobbler

By Alma Green

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If the shoe fits: Donald Trump with members of his cabinet (Photo: Getty)

Iran

Trump and Netanyahu will make ‘mutual decision’ on when to end Iran War

‘We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel,’ said the US president

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump holds a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Messianic Jews

Messianic military chaplains accused of ‘deceiving’ Jewish soldiers with Star of David insignia

Messianic Judaism is widely regarded by mainstream Jewish denominations as a form of Christianity

By Daniel Ben-David

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Jewish military personnel holding a Torah scroll and wearing tefillin (Photo: Aleph Institute)

Antisemitism

Global incidents of antisemitism ‘jump by a third’ since outbreak of Iran war

Half of the incidents reported tied directly to the conflict, according to data from the Combat Antisemitism Movement

By JC Reporter

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A window at Temple Emanu-El synagogue in Toronto’s North York area shows bullet damage after gunfire last week struck the building in what police believe was a 'targeted hate incident (Photo: CAM)

World news

Norwegian Muslims create a human "peace ring" around the synagogue in Oslo on February 21, 2015 after a terror attack on the shul (Fredrik Varfjell/AFP via Getty Images)

Norway

Suspected gunmen with explosives arrested close to Oslo Synagogue

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Israel

Pro-regime accounts spread false claim Ben-Gvir was killed in Iranian airstrike

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Bullet holes can be seen in the windows at Toronto's Temple Emanu-El, which was shot at last Monday night (Photo: X)

Canada

‘No more thoughts and prayers – we need urgent action’: Two more synagogue shootings shake Toronto

By Katie Grant

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Lebanon

Lebanese president calls for fresh ceasefire following Israeli strikes on Beirut

By Jacob Jaffa

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A US counterterrorism police officer (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Iran War

Fears that Iran may have activated ‘sleeper cells’ around the world

By Mark Wood

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Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, on May 31, 2019 (Getty Images)

Israel Iran War

Iran’s new supreme leader will be driven by revenge against Israel, says expert

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Iran

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran?

The second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the backing of the IRGC and a reputation for brutal suppression of dissent

By Jacob Jaffa

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Explosion at Belgian synagogue was ‘violent act of antisemitism’, mayor says Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed as new supreme leader of Iran

UK News

Television

Simon Schama’s The Road to Auschwitz nominated for top television award

The documentary was described as his ‘most personal and unflinching film’ yet

By Alma Green

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Courts

Prosecutors lose appeal over Kneecap rapper terror case

Rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh will not face a terror trial

By JC Reporter

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Liam Og O hAnnaidh leaving Woolwich Crown Court on September 26 2025 (Photo: Getty)

Israel

Revealed: UK-Israel relations ‘non-existent’ since war start

Diplomatic failure makes Britain ‘irrelevant’ and undermines national interests, claim Labour and Tory critics

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech on February 05, 2026 (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

York

Progressive and Orthodox leaders back memorial garden at Clifford’s Tower

The endorsement comes in the lead-up to the anniversary of the massacre in 1190

By Ben Conway

3 min read

Opinion

Iranians hope for freedom – while UK activists mourn the tyrant who crushed it

Israel and the US deserve gratitude for an operation many thought impossible against a regime that is oppressive at home and destabilising abroad

By Pouria Hadjibagheri

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Iranians in Los Angeles celebrate the death of Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Image: X)

By Jonathan Spyer

Why the Islamic Republic may survive this campaign

What could change this picture is a joint US-Israeli long-war strategy to bring down the Iranian regime by supporting both armed and civilian opposition on the ground

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By Najwa AlSaeed

Amid Iran’s missile barrage, UAE emerges as pillar of new Middle East order

Western and Israeli strategists need to realise that the myth of a monolithic “Sunni bloc” opposing Tehran never matched reality. After this war, it is positively dangerous to believe in it

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