Daniel Ben-David

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

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FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Kent’s resignation letter, which blamed the Iran War on the ‘powerful' Israel lobby, went viral earlier this week

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Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kwabena Devonish speaking to a crowd in Cardiff, November 2023 (Credit: X)

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

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Armed Palestinians take control of an Israeli Merkava battle tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 (Getty Images)

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

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Anat Ron-Kendall, who lives in Oxford no longer feels safe in the UK (Photo: APPG on UK-Israel)

Antisemitism is ‘running riot’ in UK, British October 7 survivor says

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Guide launched to raise awareness of Jewish divorce refusal

Lord Mendelsohn made the announcement at the Jewish Women's Aid annual fundraising dinner

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March 18, 2026 11:20

(l-r) JWA CEO Sam Clifford, Lord Mendelsohn and JWA chair Joanne Black (Photo: Liz Isles Photography)

King’s College London opens probe after keffiyeh-clad student posts ‘antisemitic’ video targeting professors

KCL said it was appalled to learn of the ‘intimidatory’ video

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March 13, 2026 18:14

An alleged KCL student in a keffiyeh appears in a video posted by 'KCL Stands For Justice' (Credit: Instagram)

Man convicted of punching a barrister in antisemitic attack

Nathaniel Bor was standing with a friend in public when a man approached and asked if he was Jewish, before assaulting him when he said replied

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March 12, 2026 13:56

Exterior view of Willesden Magistrates Court (Getty Images)

Messianic military chaplains accused of ‘deceiving’ Jewish soldiers with Star of David insignia

Messianic Judaism is widely regarded by mainstream Jewish denominations as a form of Christianity

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March 9, 2026 13:30

Jewish military personnel holding a Torah scroll and wearing tefillin (Photo: Aleph Institute)

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Alon Penzel had been in the UK for a week promoting his new book on the victims and survivors of October 7

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March 8, 2026 13:25

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Producers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier Awards

Both productions have strong Jewish connections

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March 6, 2026 11:58

Andy Nyman as Max Bialystock in the revival of Mel Brooks' famously outrageous show, 'The Producers' (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Chief rabbis say plan to run trains from airport for repatriated Israelis ‘desecrates’ the Sabbath

The Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis said the decision had been taken without consultation with religious authorities

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March 5, 2026 17:30

A high speed train travelling between Jerusalem and Ben Gurion International Airport (Credit: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

Azerbaijan has also summoned the Iranian envoy in Baku after drone strikes on its territory injured two people

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March 5, 2026 14:24

People stand next to missile debris after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, March 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel opens Ben Gurion Airport to repatriation flights

Outbound flights are planned to resume from Sunday

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March 5, 2026 13:04

El Al Israel Airlines' Boeing 737-958 (L) and a Boeing 777-258 manoeuvring on the tarmac at the Ben Gurion International Airport (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Gavin Newsom: US should reconsider military support for Israel under Netanyahu

The California governor is regarded as an early frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nomination

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March 4, 2026 17:04

California governor Gavin Newsom (Photo: Getty)

Jewish Book Week draws record-breaking crowds on 75th anniversary

London’s oldest literary festival dates back to 1952

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March 4, 2026 10:39

Hugo Rifknd, Claudia Roden, Simon Schama and Howard Jacobson take part in a panel discussion at Jewish Book Week 2026 (Photo: Jewish Literary Foundation)

Israel calls up 100,000 reservists in preparation for prolonged war with Iran

The troops will reinforce Israel on all sides, including its borders with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Syria

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March 2, 2026 17:30

Israeli soldiers patrol a street during a military operation in the Askar refugee camp in eastern Nablus, West Bank, March 2, 2026 (Credit: Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP via Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

Antisemitism is ‘running riot’ in UK, British October 7 survivor says

More from Daniel Ben-David

Guide launched to raise awareness of Jewish divorce refusal

King’s College London opens probe after keffiyeh-clad student posts ‘antisemitic’ video targeting professors

Man convicted of punching a barrister in antisemitic attack

Messianic military chaplains accused of ‘deceiving’ Jewish soldiers with Star of David insignia

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Producers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier Awards

Chief rabbis say plan to run trains from airport for repatriated Israelis ‘desecrates’ the Sabbath

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

Israel opens Ben Gurion Airport to repatriation flights

Gavin Newsom: US should reconsider military support for Israel under Netanyahu

Jewish Book Week draws record-breaking crowds on 75th anniversary

Israel calls up 100,000 reservists in preparation for prolonged war with Iran