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General Synod July 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

By Bishop Philip North

Opinion: The Church of England’s ill-worded Kairos II motion heightened Jewish fears – and I deeply regret it

4 min read

Hezbollah

The real reason Hezbollah should be worried

By Noa Riven

3 min read

Priti Patel

Dame Priti Patel accuses government of ‘lying’ to downplay scale of aid going into Gaza

Shadow foreign secretary accuses incoming PM Andy Burnham of failing ‘to speak with any humanity’ about Israeli suffering

By Lorin Bell-Cross

6 min read

Australia

Australian university head apologises over encampments

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Left to right: silver medallist Samantha Cohen, general team manager Andrew Myers, gold and bronze medallist Sarah Schechter (photo: Alex Mandel)

Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Games: ‘There’s no one more surprised than me’, says GB double medallist

By Ben Conway

5 min read

The Supreme Court during a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill on July 13, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel

Israeli High Court freezes key provisions of contentious media reform law

By David Isaac

4 min read

Editor’s picks

She’s Jewish, the best female chess player of all time – and could be Hungary’s next president

World Jewish Relief Ukrainian refugee scheme boosts UK economy by £31.5 million

Karim Khan sex abuse accuser denies being part of Mossad

Herzog sends best wishes to Spanish people over World Cup victory

Tishah b’Av: from the heart of darkness to defiant hope

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu to travel to Washington for Graham funeral as US-Iran conflict escalates

The prime minister is expected to present President Trump with Israeli intelligence regarding the Islamic Republic during the trip

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

US President Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Culture

Head of PEN condemns article highlighting discrimination against Jews and Israelis

The president of America’s top body defending freedom of expression resigned in protest over the piece

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Dinaw Mengestu has resigned from a group that defends freedom of speech in the arts and journalism over the piece (Photo: Getty)

FBI

FBI investigating hate crime after ‘arson attack’ on Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag

A blaze at the property in the small Indiana town caused more than $150,000 in damage

By JC Reporter

1 min read

A property in Zionsville, Indiana, damaged in an alleged arson attack on July 10, 2026 (X/MikePence)

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox IDF veteran signs historic pro baseball contract

Zev Moore becomes only the second practising Orthodox Jew to play in the majors

By Josh Hasten

3 min read

Zev Moore of Israel hits an RBI out in the first inning during the Israel v Germany game in the Baseball European Championship at Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on September 26, 2025 (Getty Images)

World news

Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas, had made detailed plans of both physical and psychological attacks on Israel (Photo: Getty)

October 7

Sinwar had planned to attack 220 sites, newly released documents reveal

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Iran

US strikes Iranian targets after soldiers killed in Jordan

By JCReporter

2 min read

Iran

Dissidents in Iran condemn JD Vance for failing to back opposition to regime

By Ali Hamedani

4 min read

Sanctions

Sanctioned Iranian businessman owns luxury flats minutes from London synagogue and Buckingham Palace

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Israeli President Isaac Herzog during an interview with Al-Arabiya on July 16, 2026 (YouTube/AlArabiyaEnglish)

President Herzog

Herzog: ‘I dream of peace with Saudi’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Trucks carrying aid provided by the World Food Programme in Deir el-Balah after entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

United Nations

UN rebukes Hamas for raiding humanitarian aid warehouse

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Gibraltar's Masters 45+ futsal team ahead of their match against Mexico on July 12, 2026 (Gil Shamai)

‘Relief and disbelief’: Gibraltar claims first ever Maccabiah medal

The Rock’s futsal team, led by Hampstead resident JJ Marrache, beat Mexico 9-3 to secure the historic achievement

By Arthur Popivker

2 min read

‘We want students who ask wonderful questions – that’s more important than having all the right answers’Whoever’s king of this castle can decide the future of Israel and Lebanon

UK News

Church of England

Bishop warns that Synod vote will stoke antisemitism

The Bishop of Blackburn says the vote to ‘hear’ a controversial document written by Palestinian Christians will make dialogue more difficult

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Church of England Synod considering the Kairos Palestine motion in July 2026

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Police chief who presided over Maccabi-Villa scandal walked away from job with almost £60,000

Craig Guildford stepped down after ‘damning’ report into his force’s handling of the ‘Israeli fan ban’ match

By Mark Wood

4 min read

Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands Police (Parliament TV)

Charity Commission

London mosque already under Charity Commission scrutiny released sermon blaming ‘all evil’ in Muslim world on Jews

Egyptian cleric who delivered the rant had also allegedly said elsewhere, ‘the final war will begin in which we will kill every Jew’

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

London mosque already under Charity Commission scrutiny released sermon blaming ‘all evil’ in Muslim world on Jews

House of Lords

Three new Jewish peers announced as Prime Minister takes his leave

Cathy Ashley, Saul Lehrfreund and Sir Brian Leveson have been given seats in the Lords

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Jewish human rights lawyer and activist Saul Lehrfreund

Opinion

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey

The language emanating from Ankara increasingly resembles that heard in Tehran. The difference is that it is backed by a far bigger economy, NATO's second-largest army, and expanding influence across the region

By Ashley Perry

4 min read

On August 10, 2024, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (centre) received Abdul Salam and Hammam Haniyeh (on the left), the sons of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran. (Image: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey/Facebook)

By Gary Cohen

Burnham compromised himself and his party by pandering to the antizionist crowd

Appeasing the haters won’t work and will only fuel the growing sectarian politics with which this country is already struggling. This is not leadership, and Britain will pay dearly for it

7 min read

By Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

The Rebbe always played offence – where others counted losses, he counted possibilities

Football, like life, is played as much in the mind as on the field: when you stop playing to win, you start playing not to lose. Judaism asks us not merely to survive, but to flourish

4 min read

By David May and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

Dublin’s ban on trade with Israeli settlements is a gigantic own goal

It won’t change Jerusalem’s policy, may cost Palestinians their jobs, further isolate Ireland's small Jewish community and provoke US sanctions. Apart from that, it is a fine piece of legislation

4 min read

By Stephen Daisley

Settlements are neither inherently illegal – nor the real obstacle to peace

Israel has granted its Arab minority full citizenship rights, and a future, no doubt democratic State of Palestine, could surely do the same for Jews living in the West Bank, right?

4 min read

By Sir Michael Ellis

From the BBC to the police, anti-Israel hatred is destroying our institutions

When the pillars upholding protection for Jews are crumbled away, the roof will fall in not only on Jews but on everyone sheltering under the protection those pillars provided

3 min read

By Lord Polak

Britain is no longer a friend of Israel – and under Andy Burnham, we may become a foe

The government has failed to learn that it will never appease the mob. It is still condemned by the vicious antisemites taking over our streets as being insufficiently hostile to the Jewish state

3 min read

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Life

Keeping it cool in cosmopolitan Marseille

By Gaby Koppel

5 min read

Ofir Shaham (second from left) with teammates celebrating their Olympic silver medals in the rhythmic gymnastics all around event at the 2024 Games in Paris (photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

Paris Olympics 2024

‘After every competition, I gave my medal to my mother’, says Israeli Olympic medallist

Rhythmic gymnast Ofir Shaham shares the sacrifices and dreams which culminated in Parisian glory two years ago

By Ben Conway

2 min read

Jewish self-defence

We are loud and proud because we need to be

Stop the Hate was set up in the wake of October 7. The mission? To ensure that every anti-Israel demonstration in the UK would be accompanied by a noisy Zionist counter-protest

By Nicole Lampert

9 min read