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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War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

Ric Esther Bienstock’s brilliant new documentary ‘Speechless’ is streaming on BBC iPlayer

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Left: Ric Esther Bienstock, and right: Pro-Palestinian student protestors participate in a walk-out on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), April 29, 2024 (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

A bus carrying Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

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(L-R) Ben De Pear, Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Melanie Quigley, and Menna Hijazi, winners of the Current Affairs Award for Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, in the winners' room at the BAFTA TV Awards 2026 (Alamy)

Gaza documentary dropped by BBC over ‘perception of partiality’ wins Bafta

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Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, April 2, 2026 (Credit: Leon Neal / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

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Southbank Centre boss denies comparing Reform UK’s success to build-up to Holocaust

Chief Executive of Holocaust Education Trust called Misan Harriman’s take ‘shocking’

2 min read

May 11, 2026 15:48

Harriman making the controversial remarks (Image: X)

20,000 people rally at 10 Downing Street demanding crackdown on antisemitism

Political leaders from across the spectrum addressed the demonstration organised by more than a dozen Jewish groups, where Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis called for the Iranian ambassador’s expulsion

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May 10, 2026 19:05

Twenty thousand people attend a rally outside 10 Downing Street calling on the government to take action over antisemitism, May 10, 2026

‘You should all go in the gas chambers’: Man arrested after ‘threatening Jewish children’ on Stamford Hill bus

The arrest comes less than 24 hours after another alleged antisemitic incident in Greater Manchester

1 min read

May 8, 2026 12:05

A man is arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish people on a London bus on May 7, 2026 (Shomrim)

Gazan photographer behind ‘starving’ boy picture wins Pulitzer Prize

Saher Alghorra received the prestigious award for a series on the Gaza War, which the Pulitzer committee described as ‘haunting’

1 min read

May 6, 2026 15:15

Photographer Saher Alghorra (Credit: Instagram)

Met announces new task force to protect Jewish community following Golders Gren stabbing

The force said Jews today are subjected to threats from the extreme left, extreme right, Islamist groups and hostile state actors

1 min read

May 6, 2026 12:01

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty as people attend a rally opposite Downing Street in central London, April 30, 2026 (Credit: CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images)

Green Party candidate made post about ‘Jewish cockroaches’ on social media

Raja Ateeq celebrated that ‘Muslim countries are being united’ against Israel

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May 6, 2026 09:04

A Green Party coloured electioneering rosette, typically used in canvassing votes in local, council, national or European election in the UK (Getty Images)

Cambridge college’s response ‘wholly inadequate’ after students accused of making death threats over Israel visit

The trip was apparently meant to help students better understand the conflict through dialogue with Palestinians and Israelis

2 min read

May 6, 2026 09:03

A Palestinian flag hangs from a university building in Cambridge on May 8, 2024 (Getty Images)

Polanski ‘endorsed conspiracy theories’ about Starmer being ‘paid’ by Israel

The Green Party leader appeared to back the claim that the prime minister is in hock to ‘Zionist philanthropists’

2 min read

May 5, 2026 12:17

Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech to party supporters at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cardiff, Wales, May 2, 2026 (Credit: Jon Rowley/Getty Images)

British Jewry at a ‘breaking point’ following Golders Green attack

The knife attack will be the ‘final straw’ for many, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism has said

1 min read

May 3, 2026 13:18

Lord John Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism

Starmer signals some marches could be curbed amid surging antisemitism

People on marches should call out ‘racist’ slogans heard such as ‘globalise the intifada’, the prime minister said

2 min read

May 3, 2026 13:00

Protesters march along Whitehall, in London, during one of many demonstrations to have taken place in support of Palestinians and to oppose Israel since October 2023 (Photo: Getty)

Ex-marines ‘drafted in to guard Jewish sites’ as terror threat raised

Most Jewish institutions are typically protected by volunteer security or ordinary security guards

3 min read

May 3, 2026 12:07

Members of the Special Operations Forces practice their rapid deployment techniques earlier this year (Photo: Getty)

Met chief blasts Polanski for posting ‘misinformed commentary’ over arrest of Golders Green terror suspect

Sir Mark Rowley accused the Green leader of ‘inflaming tensions’ in an open letter

2 min read

May 1, 2026 14:40

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley makes a statement to media in Golders Green, April 29, 2026 (Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

War? Ebola? No, campus anti-Israel protests are most dangerous story I’ve covered, says acclaimed filmmaker

Israel accuses New York Times of ‘blood libel’ over article alleging use of dogs to rape Palestinian detainees

Gaza documentary dropped by BBC over ‘perception of partiality’ wins Bafta

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

More from Daniel Ben-David

Southbank Centre boss denies comparing Reform UK’s success to build-up to Holocaust

20,000 people rally at 10 Downing Street demanding crackdown on antisemitism

‘You should all go in the gas chambers’: Man arrested after ‘threatening Jewish children’ on Stamford Hill bus

Gazan photographer behind ‘starving’ boy picture wins Pulitzer Prize

Met announces new task force to protect Jewish community following Golders Gren stabbing

Green Party candidate made post about ‘Jewish cockroaches’ on social media

Cambridge college’s response ‘wholly inadequate’ after students accused of making death threats over Israel visit

Polanski ‘endorsed conspiracy theories’ about Starmer being ‘paid’ by Israel

British Jewry at a ‘breaking point’ following Golders Green attack

Starmer signals some marches could be curbed amid surging antisemitism

Ex-marines ‘drafted in to guard Jewish sites’ as terror threat raised

Met chief blasts Polanski for posting ‘misinformed commentary’ over arrest of Golders Green terror suspect