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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Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband threatens sanctions against British firms and individuals over building of E1 settlements

The foreign secretary said ‘we will not be bystanders in the destruction of the two-state solution’

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Ed Miliband takes part in a panel discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 2026 (Credit: Omar Marques/Getty Images)

'Free Palestine' graffiti next to broken frontage windows of shops following widespread protests and looting in Lyon central-eastern France, October 18, 2026. (Credit: JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

Paris synagogue ransacked as riots erupt across France

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Gaza's Civil Defence Unit spokesperson Mahmoud Basal (Ministry of Interior)

BBC Arabic ‘keeping audiences in the dark’ over Hamas links of health official

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Beit Halochem's fifth and newest centre being prepared for its opening ceremony, Ashdod, Israel (Credit: Beit Halochem UK)

Israel’s largest centre for PTSD support opens with the help of British donors

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I will not be intimidated, says human rights lawyer after masked Gaza mob storms his lecture screaming ‘war criminal’

EXCLUSIVE: Keffiyeh-clad activists burst into a talk by hostage family representative Adam Wagner KC at City University

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October 15, 2026 17:14

I will not be intimidated, says human rights lawyer after masked Gaza mob storms his lecture screaming ‘war criminal’

Dublin hotel ‘cancelled 70-room booking for antisemitism conference delegates’

The Herbert Park Hotel’s general manager allegedly asked if the gathering had anything to do with the IDF

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October 15, 2026 11:22

The Herbert Park Hotel, a 4 star hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland (Credit: Getty)

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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October 9, 2026 14:14

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

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

In her years at helm of UN Human Rights Council, the body delivered more resolutions condemning Israel than rest of the world combined

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October 9, 2026 13:33

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)

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

Despite the mayor’s regular criticism of the Jewish state, activists claimed he had ‘sold his people out’

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October 8, 2026 15:23

Mamdani at the vigil (Image: screenshot from X)

Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says Zionism is not racism

Commissioner said he relied on the ‘Oxford English dictionary definition, which is not a racist definition’

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October 8, 2026 14:34

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

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

A number of other Jewish organisations and several synagogues also held memorial services

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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)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Ed Miliband threatens sanctions against British firms and individuals over building of E1 settlements

Paris synagogue ransacked as riots erupt across France

BBC Arabic ‘keeping audiences in the dark’ over Hamas links of health official

Israel’s largest centre for PTSD support opens with the help of British donors

More from Daniel Ben-David

I will not be intimidated, says human rights lawyer after masked Gaza mob storms his lecture screaming ‘war criminal’

Dublin hotel ‘cancelled 70-room booking for antisemitism conference delegates’

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

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