The Jewish Chronicle

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Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot celebrates at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on October 28, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli elections

Eisenkot granted first chance to form next Israeli government

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Opinion

Adam Louis-Klein

By backing El-Sayed in the midterms, Democrats betrayed the liberal values they claim to defend

Mark Zlochin

NAZA documentary twists IDF safeguards for civilians into a blood libel

Adam Louis-Klein

Palestinian flag on display in French riots has become an emblem of social breakdown

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Charity

Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and more read letters from Jewish history to raise £750k for charity

Money raised on the night is going to the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre, a new trauma and mental health centre in Israel

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Dustin Hoffman at the Letters, Light and Love LA show (Image: tatsu.cinema)

US Politics

‘The reason we lost is the war,’ admits JD Vance after Republicans’ midterm rout

The vice president said his party needed to ‘change our relationship to Israel’ in the wake of the result

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US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a midterm campaign rally in Weatherford, Texas, on October 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

USA elections

Democrat anti-Israel candidate Abdul el-Sayed wins in Michigan

The new senator previously said: ‘I think it’s time for us to realise that Israel is actually not our friend’

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed speaks during a midterm election night watch party in Detroit, Michigan, on November 04, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Politics

Democrats win control of US Senate in midterms as Trump branded ‘lame duck’

Iran claims US public had voted ‘no to war’

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US President Donald Trump speaks at a midterm campaign rally at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 30, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

World News

Israeli official elected to UN oversight committee

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France

France will use navy to defend Gaza flotillas ‘if necessary’ says left-wing presidential candidate

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Darse de pêche et bassin Duquesne, Dieppe, après-midi ensoleillée by artist Camille Pissarro (Image: Sotherby's)

Artwork

French court orders Sotheby’s to return Nazi-looted painting to collector’s family after 85 years

Bondi Beach terror attack

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Heartbreak as Holocaust survivor dies from injuries sustained in Bondi terror attack

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Bob Dylan

‘Knockin’ on heaven’s door’: Bob Dylan has private audience with Pope Leo

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Genesis Prize

Public vote opens to choose nominees for annual ‘Jewish Nobel’ award the Genesis Prize

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Germany

Islamist-motivated antisemitic crimes hit record high in Germany

Almost half of the incidents recorded included the display of symbols associated with banned groups like Hezbollah and Islamic State

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UK News

Why coming on holiday to Israel can feel like walking on the moon

Breathtaking landscape of the Negev Desert is just one of many attractions waiting for returning visitors to discover

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Mitzpe Ramon - the desert town overlooking the majestic Ramon Crater (Image: Israel Ministry of Tourism)

Palestine Action

Palestine Action refuses to apologise for sledgehammer attack against policewoman

The Supreme Court heard that Sergeant Kate Evans was left with a fractured spine during a raid on an arms factory in Bristol

By Jane Prinsley

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A protester holds a Palestinian flag outside the Supreme Court on November 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

Palantir

Palantir set to extend NHS contract despite BDS pressure

‘Sources close to the matter’ say ending the contract with the data giant now would be too disruptive for the health service

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People take part in a protest against the US tech company Palantir outside their UK headquarters in central London (Image: Getty Images)

Glasgow

‘Rivers to the Seas’ event handed almost £1 million in Scottish taxpayers’ cash

Outrage over public funding for event that ‘calls for destruction of Jewish state’