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Actor Mandy Patinkin sings during the ceremonial swearing in of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s 112th mayor at City Hall (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

US Politics

Mandy Patinkin urges Jews to vote for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan midterms

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Statue of convicted Palestinain terrorist Marwan Barghouti at Palestine House (Instagram)

Pro-Palestine

Camden Council investigating statue of convicted terrorist erected in Bloomsbury

Marwan Barghouti was convicted of murdering five people during the Second Intifada

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Lucie Kon with her Oscar for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Instagram/StHelensNorwood)

BBC

Oscar winner Lucie Kon receives £400k payout from BBC after alleging antisemitism

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Inside the newly-opened Jewish museum in Baghdad (Photo-Syriac Press/YouTube)

Iraq

Jewish heritage museum opens in Baghdad

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RAF Fairford

Two UK nationals charged over RAF Fairford ‘plot to aid Iran’

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Opinion

Jonathan Harounoff

How did eco-idealists of the 70s descend into Israel-hating Greens of today?

Siam Goorwich

Will any Jews be watching this? Why the dilemma over Nobody Wants This is deeper than you think

Sarah Sackman

Greens are no longer a party of peace after ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

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Film

He’s passed the final frontier: Walter Koenig who played Chekov in Star Trek dies at 90

Jewish actor’s Russian navigator was mainstay of the original series and seven feature films

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Walter Koenig as Chekov (By NBC Television - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19802343)

US Politics

Pro-Democrat campaign ad claims US gives Israel money ‘to kill Palestinians’

The clip, produced by an organisation linked to prominent leftist figures, suggests that the Gaza War is the reason for price increases in American shops

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A still image from an ad produced by Rebellion PAC in 2024 and aired during the 2026 Michigan Senate race (YouTube/NovaraMedia/CenkUygur)

US Politics

‘I don’t believe in voting blue no matter who’: Michigan’s Jewish Democrats waver over el-Sayed

The party’s candidate has a chance to become the first-ever Muslim US Senator, but his views on Israel have alienated part of its traditional base

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Former President Barack Obama stands with Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed during a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on October 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have done ‘enormous reputational damage’ to Israel, says billionaire Bill Ackman ahead of Knesset election

The prominent investor and outspoken pro-Israel advocate has called for the two far-right leaders to be excluded from the next coalition government

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US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

World News

Netherlands backs out of Eurovision in apparent U-turn over Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

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An Orthodox Jewish man walking in a street of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on October 22, 2026. (Photo-CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

USA

‘100 Orthodox families fleeing New York for new Florida Jewish community’ as antisemitism surges

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Pope Leo

‘We reject all forms of religious hatred and discrimination’, Pope tells Jewish delegation

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A crowd confront police in Milan central station and (in front) Youssef Siher (Main image: Getty)

Italy

Pro-Hamas academic accused of masterminding Milan riots is arrested

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Brazil

Anti-Israel president Lula records upset victory in Brazilian election

By Jacob Jaffa

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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dies aged 93

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The Eagle's Nest ablaze on October 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Hitler

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

The Nazi leader’s mountain retreat in Bavaria had survived the Second World War and was being used as a restaurant

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UK News

RAF Fairford ‘plot co-ordinated by handler working on behalf of Iran’

The handler, known as ‘Ali’, is also potentially connected to an incident at the Israeli embassy earlier this year, the court heard

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Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, (left) and Nouman Essghir, 24, appearing in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. (Photo-Elizabeth Cook/Press Association)

RAF Fairford

Counter terror chief defends decision to bail RAF Fairford ‘plot’ suspects

Two British nationals have now been charged and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday

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Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor (L), head of Counter Terrorism Policing, speaks to the media outside New Scotland Yard in London on September 28, 2026. (Photo by Jessica HOWARD-JOHNSTON / AFP via Getty Images)

BBC

BBC is biased against Israel and has been taken over by a ‘radical generation’, says former Panorama producer

Referring to the corporation’s coverage of Gaza, Phil Craig said ‘all the mistakes in this particular war seem to be in the same direction’

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Courts

Man stormed into Jewish wedding on ‘hate spree’, court told

Joseph Nixon was found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment after the incident at Liverpool’s historic Adelphi Hotel