Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a senior reporter for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Israeli players may be barred from entering Malaysia for World Amateur Chess Championship next month

The country has barred Israeli citizens from entering for more than half a century

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An Israeli man takes part in a chess competition in Tel Aviv, October 21, 2010 (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

South African judge Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (Credit: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Mamdani at the vigil (Image: screenshot from X)

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (Photo: Getty Images)

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

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French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

Henri Kagan was awarded the Nobel Prize for his joint effort to selectively create mirror image versions of molecules

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October 8, 2026 12:30

A screen displays this year's laureates Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai from Japan during the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7, 2026 (Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images)

We stand with Israel, Britain’s Jewish leaders tell crowd at October 7 vigil in central London

Community members gathered near 10 Downing Street on third anniversary of Hamas massacre

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October 7, 2026 19:13

Hundreds gather at the vigil outside 10 Downing Street (Credit: Michelle Wolodarsky)

Here’s Stanley! The Shining axe and 2001: A Space Odyssey ‘star child’ up for sale in Kubrick auction

Iconic props among hundreds of items from legendary director’s career to be sold at Bonhams next year

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October 7, 2026 16:54

Stanley Kubrick, and the axe used in 1980 film The Shining

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly tried to hijack a Tel Aviv-bound jet, is reported to have attended one of the UK’s biggest flight schools

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October 7, 2026 16:36

Mamdani condemns ‘apartheid’ in October 7 anniversary statement

The New York Mayor condemned Hamas’ ‘war crimes’ but added that the ‘suffering did not begin nor end’ with the 2023 attacks

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October 7, 2026 15:59

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the residence of Brazil's ambassador to the UN in New York City on September 21, 2026 (Getty Images)

Masked anti-Israel mob target offices of Board of Deputies on October 7

Police arrest five people for inciting racial hatred at a demonstration at the Board’s HQ in London

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October 7, 2026 12:57

An anti-Israel mob demonstrate outside the offices of British Jewry's leadership body on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre. (Credit: The Canary/Instagram)

‘Genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and ‘colonialism’: New dictionary seeks to reclaim terms used as ‘political weapons’

The International Legal Forum, an Israel-based network of 4,000 lawyers, aims to clarify language that has been misused to incendiary effect

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October 7, 2026 06:00

A gavel sits atop a map of the Middle East (Credit: Getty)

European Parliament member Rima Hassan accused of throwing Israeli and European flags to the floor at October 7 memorial

The French MEP of Palestinian descent joined Greta Thunberg on the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ to Gaza

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October 6, 2026 17:13

French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan speaks during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 6, 2026. (Credit: Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Zack Polanski’s claim his ancestors fled Nazis questioned as all grandparents ‘were born in the UK’

The Green Party said Jewish family history is ‘often confusing and muddled’ and criticised those questioning the claim as trying to ‘discredit’ its leader

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October 6, 2026 16:47

Zack Polanski delivers his speech during day one of the Green Party annual conference at Brighton Centre on October 2 (Image: Getty Images)

Scottish teacher reported to police after appearing in video urging children to play ‘Zio’ game

Sara El-Awaisi was recognised as a ‘local hero’ at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in June

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October 5, 2026 17:05

‘I choose life’: Former hostages reflect on the ordeal of captivity on the third anniversary of October 7

‘Thank you to the dear people of Israel, [who] did not stop fighting for us,’ said British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari

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October 5, 2026 13:16

A poster with photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, including Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Heroic Flydubai captain ‘who was attacked with axe’ invited to Israel for Independence Day

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu extends honour to Smit Machchhar who defied injuries to help save 180 passengers and crew on Flight 1073 from disaster

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October 4, 2026 12:03

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Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Israeli players may be barred from entering Malaysia for World Amateur Chess Championship next month

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay who oversaw ‘Gaza genocide’ report wins Nobel Peace Prize

Mob accuses Zohran Mamdani of ‘genocide’ and ‘treachery’ for attending October 7 vigil

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

More from Daniel Ben-David

French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

We stand with Israel, Britain’s Jewish leaders tell crowd at October 7 vigil in central London

Here’s Stanley! The Shining axe and 2001: A Space Odyssey ‘star child’ up for sale in Kubrick auction

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

Mamdani condemns ‘apartheid’ in October 7 anniversary statement

Masked anti-Israel mob target offices of Board of Deputies on October 7

‘Genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and ‘colonialism’: New dictionary seeks to reclaim terms used as ‘political weapons’

European Parliament member Rima Hassan accused of throwing Israeli and European flags to the floor at October 7 memorial

Zack Polanski’s claim his ancestors fled Nazis questioned as all grandparents ‘were born in the UK’

Scottish teacher reported to police after appearing in video urging children to play ‘Zio’ game

‘I choose life’: Former hostages reflect on the ordeal of captivity on the third anniversary of October 7

Heroic Flydubai captain ‘who was attacked with axe’ invited to Israel for Independence Day