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Israeli medical team at the neonatal unit in the underground bomb shelter built into the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, on April 9, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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Gilad Erdan during a UN Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on March 22, 2024 in New York City. (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Opinion: Gilad Erdan: The dark horse who could decide Israel’s next government

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Unrwa

Unrwa fires 70 staffers amid Israeli accusation of Hamas ties

The refugee agency said the dismissals are not ‘a validation of the claims made against them’

By Ben Conway

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King's Birthday Honours

Change-makers, educators and charity heads recognised in King’s Birthday Honours List

By Alma Green

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Palestine flags among the Irish fans during a Euro 2024 qualifier match against Greece on October 13, 2023 (photo: Charles McQuillan / Getty Images)

Ireland

Ireland v Israel to take place at neutral venue and without fans over pro-Palestine protest fears

By Ben Conway

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Hezbollah

Israel strikes Hezbollah in Beirut following cross-border attack

By JC Reporter

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World Cup 2026

Opinion: From Mussolini to Iran: the politics of the World Cup

Could England face Iran at the 2026 World Cup?

Rabbi, who’s going to win the World Cup?

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

Swiss World Cup squad trains with 500 students at San Diego Jewish school

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Iran

Trump calls off Iran strikes claiming peace deal approved

Iranian media denies that any agreement has been reached

By Jessica Russack-Hoffman

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

Donald Trump

US will ‘take Kharg Island’ in ‘not too distant future’, Trump claims

The island, which sits in the Strait of Hormuz, is home to the lion’s share of Iran’s oil processing infrastructure

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump attends game three of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on June 8, 2026 (Getty Images)

Summer camp

Major Jewish summer camp operator goes bust

Thirty camps owned by Simad Holdings will open as planned this summer despite a bankruptcy court ruling

By Daniel Ben-David

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Blue Star Camps, owned by Simad Holdings (YouTube/BlueStarCamps)

Court and Crime

Pittsburgh man sentenced for threatening to kill Jewish official

Edward Owens Jr told the unnamed official to ‘go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself and save us the trouble’

By JC Reporter

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The Department of Justice building in Washington DC (Getty Images)

World news

Yahya Sinwar, chief of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Gaza, waves to a crowd (Credit: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s handwritten October 7 invasion notes goes on display

By Daniel Ben-David

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Dr Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Photo: courtesy)

United Nations

I documented the horrors of October 7 but colleagues watered it down, claims UN torture rapporteur

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

Letter from Jerusalem

After that X-rated phone call, just what is the sworn truth about Trump and Netanyahu?

By Natalie Lisbona

6 min read

Ben Ladany by Big Ben last year (left) and standing in the same spot on his recent visit to London

Israel

IDF hero shares the seven lessons learnt for the seven bullets that almost claimed his life in Gaza

By Alma Green

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman among 350 film stars backing Israeli director forced out of French festival

By Daniel Ben-David

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Unrwa

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

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

Switzerland

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)

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

The attack sent shockwaves across the country and prompted calls for the suspect to be deported

By Mark Wood

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Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7 ICC suspends chief prosecutor who pursued Netanyahu warrant

UK News

Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists jailed over Elbit factory raid

Four defendants sentenced to seven years and eight months, five years, five years, and four years and eight months, respectively

By JC Reporter

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Protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court ahead of a hearing where Palestine Action activists were jailed on June 12, 2026 (PA)

Court and Crime

Palestine Action activists will be sentenced as terrorists over Elbit raid

More than 70 protestors arrested outside court on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation

By JC Reporter

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(Illustrative) Protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court, London, on June 12, 2026, ahead of a hearing where Palestine Action activists are due to be sentenced over a break-in at the UK base of an Israel-based defence firm, Elbit Systems (PA)

Gaza flotilla

Flotilla leader sanctioned by US over ‘Hamas links’ invited to Parliament

‘Astonishing’ event involved Green, Labour and Independent MPs

By Jane Prinsley

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Kamel Abu Keshek (centre) at the event in Parliament (Photo: Instagram)

Sports

Meet Mr Strong, Britain’s Jewish powerlifting champion

Synagogue-goer Craig Strong of Chigwell, Essex, took up the sport four years ago as a hobby – and now he’s a local Samson

By Lianne Kolirin

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Opinion

For me, Amsterdam has been about canals, cycling and Shabbat dinners – not antisemitism

I think sometimes adults accidentally trap young Jews inside narratives of fear. Yes, the hatred is real but I do not want it to become the defining story of my year abroad

By Lottie Cannon

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View of one of the canals in Amsterdam.(Image: Getty Images)

By Tanya Gold

Network at 50: the film that predicted our disordered world

Written by Sidney “Paddy” Chayefsky, the Jewish genius of American screenwriting, the brilliant movie foretold reality TV, the hard left and the ebbing of liberal democracy

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By Alex Hearn

Zeteo UK won’t speak truth to power – only grievances to its echo chamber

At Mehdi Hasan’s new “progressive” platform, the staff tend to share a certain worldview, particularly on Israel, where every bias points in the same direction

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By Sara Conway

Antisemitism has become normalised – and Barnet Council is determined to fight it

We are proudly home to the UK’s largest Jewish population and together with the police, local faith and community leaders, the CST and Shomrim, we will do everything to confront this hatred and strengthen cohesion

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By Zoe Strimpel

My Jewish supermarket sweep – spoiler, the winner isn’t M&S

Some chains have a distinctly more ‘kosher’ flavour than others – particularly in an era when politics and activism can determine whether Israeli dates or Palestinian beer make it onto the shelves

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By David Grom

BBC Arabic using a terrorist as a source? It’s nothing new

The service has a habit of using unrepentant terrorists as commentators

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By Nicholas Lezard

Last orders for London’s rudest but kindest landlord

Norman Balon was larger than life, so his Jewishness was large, too, as large as his powerful frame. His was a particular London Jewishness: not of the higher professions but adjacent to gangsterism, not a criminal but knowing how to deal with them

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