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 city set to implement gender-segregated streets

Though the separate routes would only apply during busy periods and celebrations, critics of the initiative say it violates the country’s equality laws

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Chasidic Jews walking along the street in Bnei Brak, April 6, 2025 (Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

(Illustrative) Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025 (Getty Images)

Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

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Iceland's new and only synagogue and Jewish centre, Beit Shvidler Jewish Centre, located in downtown Reykjavik (Credit: Google Earth)

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

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Pianist Jayson Gillham (Credit: 7NEWS Australia/YouTube)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

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‘My Holocaust book was cancelled after I refused editor’s demand to slur Israel’

‘Accusing Israel of genocide is a lie, and requiring a Holocaust scholar to denounce Israel in order to publish his book is antisemitic bullying’ said Rafael Medoff

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July 14, 2026 13:18

Craig Yoe (C) during an interview at New York Comic Con in 2010 (YouTube/SilverCheeseTV)

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

The US State Department would bring down the court ‘brick by brick, if necessary’, Rubio wrote in an op-ed published on Monday

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July 14, 2026 11:54

U.S. Secretary Of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC, July 6, 2026 (Credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Ali G ‘iz BACK’: Sacha Baron Cohen revives beloved character with surprise Wimbledon appearance ahead of ‘new film’

Tennis is like ‘a c*** version of ping pong’, joked Ali G from the stands, where he sat dressed in a ‘Ganja’-themed white tracksuit

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July 13, 2026 16:30

Sacha Baron Cohen attends the screening of HBO's 'Da Ali G Show' on February 24, 2003 (Getty Images)

John Cleese ridicules ‘Monty Python-like’ pro-Palestine group at trade union march

This Sunday’s Durham Miners’ Gala featured a folk dance performance from the County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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July 13, 2026 14:38

A delegation from the County Durham Palestinian Solidarity Campaign at the Durham Miners’ Gala, July 11, 2026 (Credit: X)

Hearing loss hope after breakthrough by Israeli scientists

Discovery raises possibility that damaged hair cells can be regrown – a process previously thought to be impossible

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July 12, 2026 13:47

Dreyfus statue given permanent new home outside court which cleared him of all charges

New site comes after decades of uncertainty around tribute to army captain wrongly convicted in France’s historic antisemitism scandal

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July 12, 2026 13:00

Police officers by bronze statue of Dreyfus at Court of Cassation, a few hours before today's official unveiling (Gauthier Bedrignans / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty)

Nova survivors trolled by torrent of online abuse linked to Iran, new report reveals

Bot networks on X and TikTok subject former hostages and bereaved to ‘sustained abuse that compounds trauma of October 7’

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July 12, 2026 11:48

Memorials to murder victims at Nova music festival site (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

‘This is a misstep’: Board criticises Prince Harry over appearance with controversial Misan Harriman

The Duke of Sussex and Southbank Centre chair meet at film premiere on Harry’s first night back in the UK

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July 8, 2026 18:02

Prince Harry arrives at Chatham House in central London on Tuesday to attend the fourteenth Invictus Games Foundation Conversation (Getty Images)

The Jewish superfan who created Argentina's famous football crest 50 years ago

‘It's a beautiful way to remember him,’ says ‘Toto’ Rud’s son Oliver

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July 8, 2026 16:01

Lionel Messi celebrates after the 3-2 victory over Egypt during the FIFA World Cup 2026, July 07, 2026 (Credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Spanish anti-Israel mob blocks Jewish poet's book launch

An organiser of the protest described Jewish writer Marcos-Ricardo Barnatán as a ‘Zionist who says Palestine does not exist’ and helps ‘whitewash’ Israel’s image

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July 7, 2026 16:01

A group of activists protest a poetry book presentation by Marcos-Ricardo Barnatán, forcing the event to be cancelled (Credit: X)

Huge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festival

Display ‘promotes hatred and fuels hostility’, says European Jewish Congress

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July 7, 2026 14:55

Woman convicted for abusing children outside Jewish school

Syeda Khatun was convicted of multiple counts of racially aggravated assault, including striking a Jewish man and pulling his beard

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July 7, 2026 11:00

(Illustrative) A woman holds the hands of children as Met Police officers patrol the streets in Stamford Hill, north London on October 2, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Israeli city set to implement gender-segregated streets

Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

More from Daniel Ben-David

‘My Holocaust book was cancelled after I refused editor’s demand to slur Israel’

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

Ali G ‘iz BACK’: Sacha Baron Cohen revives beloved character with surprise Wimbledon appearance ahead of ‘new film’

John Cleese ridicules ‘Monty Python-like’ pro-Palestine group at trade union march

Hearing loss hope after breakthrough by Israeli scientists

Dreyfus statue given permanent new home outside court which cleared him of all charges

Nova survivors trolled by torrent of online abuse linked to Iran, new report reveals

‘This is a misstep’: Board criticises Prince Harry over appearance with controversial Misan Harriman

The Jewish superfan who created Argentina's famous football crest 50 years ago

Spanish anti-Israel mob blocks Jewish poet's book launch

Huge ‘Destroy Israel’ banner unfurled at Spain’s infamous bull run festival

Woman convicted for abusing children outside Jewish school