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Summer camp

Major Jewish summer camp operator goes bust

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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

Dr Alice Edwards also criticised UN leadership for enabling a creeping politicisation of the global body

By Jane Prinsley

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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

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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)

Donald Trump

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

By Jacob Jaffa

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The offices of Allianz in Warsaw, Poland (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine protests

Insurance giant Allianz given green light to sue Palestine activists

By Jacob Jaffa

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World Cup 2026

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

Opinion: My penalty for working for the JC: having to watch Gary Lineker

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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’

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

FBI

New Jersey man charged with planning ISIS attack on synagogue

Mohamed Sagha allegedly shared his plans online with an undercover FBI agent posing as a member of the terror group

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A member of the FBI in Tucson, Arizona, on February 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Politics

Democrat with ‘Nazi tattoo’ wins Maine primary

Graham Platner has insisted he was not aware of the symbol’s meaning at the time and that it does not reflect his views

By Andrew Bernard

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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and his wife, Amy Gertner, wave to supporters at Platner's Primary Election event on June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Only ‘ignorance or stupidity’ will prevent Iran peace deal, claims Trump

The US president has been openly critical of Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days, insisting that Jerusalem will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic

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

World news

Letter from Jerusalem

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

By Natalie Lisbona

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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

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Unrwa

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

By Mike Wagenheim

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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)

Switzerland

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

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Germany

Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7

More than 60,000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

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Karim Khan

ICC suspends chief prosecutor who pursued Netanyahu warrant

Karim Khan has been on voluntary leave since last year while allegations of sexual assault levelled against him were investigated

By Jacob Jaffa

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UK News

Pro-Palestine protests

Pro-Palestine protester who climbed Big Ben barefoot guilty of public nuisance

Daniel Day’s stunt shut down surrounding roads for hours and cost taxpayers an estimated £67,000, Southwark Crown Court heard

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Emergency services talking to Daniel Day after he climbed up Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in London on March 8, 2025 (PA)

Iranian dissidents

London HQ of Iran channel issuing death threats to journalists in UK ‘must be shut down’

Cross-party politicians urge counter-terror police to investigate Islamic Republic state broadcaster’s British office

By Jane Prinsley

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Screenshots from the exchange on the Iranian chat show

Oxford Union

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

Comment by Arwa Elrayess comes after uproar over leaked message in which she described October 7 atrocities as ‘proportional’

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Oxford Union president Arwa Elrayess (Credit: Middle East Eye/Instagram)

Pro-Palestine protests

Palestine protester who climbed Big Ben cost taxpayers £67,000, court hears

Police officers across London were also pulled away from regular duty to ensure public safety during the stunt