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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Home Office dismisses UK lawyers’ bid to overturn Hamas’ proscription

The firm argued that the group ‘does not pose any threat’ to British citizens and claimed the ban violates the UK’s obligation to ‘end the genocide’ in Gaza

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London-based Riverway Law lost their application to have Hamas removed from the UK's list of proscribed terrorist organisations (Credit: X/Riverway Law)

Hostage mothers and relatives speaking in London at an event hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews with the Hostage Families Forum UK, July 8, 2025. Front row (l-r): Adi Radai, Merav Daniel & niece, Rina Angrest. Back row (l-r): Galia David & cousin, Adi Angrest, Tami Baruch (Credit: Gary Manhine)

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

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Hatzola Edgware (Credit: Hatzola Edgware)

Hatzola Edgware dedicates new ambulance ... that comes to the rescue on its way home

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Participants and organisers of the alternative Jewish Pride event in Soho, July 6, 2025 (Credit: Elliot Franks)

Thousands of LGBT Jews hold alternative Pride event in Soho

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Royal Academy artwork suggests Israeli pilots are morally inferior to Hamas

A sketch of an Israeli air force pilot and a Hamas fighter side by side singles out the IAF for criticism

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July 8, 2025 10:54

Artwork by Michael Sandle in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition: 'Apropos Terror: Pilot doesn’t hear the screams of the women and children he is massacring with impunity'

Sexual violence was ‘widespread and systematic’ on October 7, according to new report based on previously unheard testimony

The report by the Dinah Project, which will be officially published on Tuesday, found that rape and gang rape took place at multiple locations

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July 7, 2025 16:22

There have been multiple accounts of rape and gang rape reported by survivors of the Nova massacre (Image: Getty)

Jewish charities accuse Starmer of creating ‘two-tier system’ following U-turn on welfare reforms

The government’s walk-back on the Welfare Reform Bill has left future claimants with an uncertain future, Jewish charity heads have warned

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July 7, 2025 12:13

Demonstrators protest against welfare reforms (Photo: Getty,)

Islamic charity trustee barred for three years by Charity Commission for giving sermon about murdering Jews just days after October 7

Harun Abdur Rashid Holmes was sanctioned by the regulator for using ‘divisive and inflammatory’ words during a sermon

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July 6, 2025 14:18

Twenty-nine people arrested for showing support for Palestine Action hours after the group’s proscription came into effect

Palestine Action was officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 effective from midnight on July 5

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July 6, 2025 14:10

Supporter of Palestine Action demonstrates outside the High Court on July 4, 2025 before the ban came into effect. (Image: Getty)

Israel to continue ceasefire talks in Doha on Sunday despite ‘unacceptable’ latest amendments from Hamas

US President Donald Trump will host Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday

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July 6, 2025 11:21

Smoke rises over the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025 (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

The ‘ecstatic adulation’ of chanting crowds was as much the problem as Bob Vylan, says Gove

The former cabinet minister was interviewed by journalist James Harding at Jewish Care’s 103rd Business Breakfast

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July 3, 2025 17:22

James Harding interviews Michael Gove at Jewish Care's 103rd Business Breakfast (Credit: Jewish Care)

US Rabbinical Council say End of Life bill overlooks ‘moral caution’

The bill has divided religious opinion across the board

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July 3, 2025 13:06

People campaigning in support of the End of Life Bill as it was being debated in Parliament in June (Photo: Getty)

British Jewry raises £1.7 million to support wounded IDF veterans

Beit Halochem or ‘House of Warriors’ is Israel’s only government-recognised charity serving wounded veterans

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July 2, 2025 17:40

Eden Ram speaks at Beit Halochem annual dinner 2025 (Credit: Chiko Photography)

UK community heartbroken at death of IDF soldier, 20

Natan Rosenfeld’s family had moved to Israel from Hendon 12 years ago

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July 1, 2025 14:40

UK community heartbroken at death of IDF soldier, 20

BBC regrets failing to cut live feed of Bob Vylan’s ‘antisemitic’ chant at Glastonbury

Bob Vylan’s chants of ‘death to the IDF’ were ‘utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves’ the BBC said

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June 30, 2025 13:18

Bob Vylan performing at Glastonbury (L), and the offices of the BBC (R)

Inside the rehabilitation centre that is Israel ‘at its best’ where Muslims, Christians, and Jews work together like a family

The building was originally constructed in 1939 and today serves as the most advanced rehabilitation centre in the West Bank region

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June 26, 2025 11:39

The Mount Scopus hospital and rehabilitation centre near Jerusalem

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Home Office dismisses UK lawyers’ bid to overturn Hamas’ proscription

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

Hatzola Edgware dedicates new ambulance ... that comes to the rescue on its way home

Thousands of LGBT Jews hold alternative Pride event in Soho

More from Daniel Ben-David

Royal Academy artwork suggests Israeli pilots are morally inferior to Hamas

Sexual violence was ‘widespread and systematic’ on October 7, according to new report based on previously unheard testimony

Jewish charities accuse Starmer of creating ‘two-tier system’ following U-turn on welfare reforms

Islamic charity trustee barred for three years by Charity Commission for giving sermon about murdering Jews just days after October 7

Twenty-nine people arrested for showing support for Palestine Action hours after the group’s proscription came into effect

Israel to continue ceasefire talks in Doha on Sunday despite ‘unacceptable’ latest amendments from Hamas

The ‘ecstatic adulation’ of chanting crowds was as much the problem as Bob Vylan, says Gove

US Rabbinical Council say End of Life bill overlooks ‘moral caution’

British Jewry raises £1.7 million to support wounded IDF veterans

UK community heartbroken at death of IDF soldier, 20

BBC regrets failing to cut live feed of Bob Vylan’s ‘antisemitic’ chant at Glastonbury

Inside the rehabilitation centre that is Israel ‘at its best’ where Muslims, Christians, and Jews work together like a family