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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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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California governor Gavin Newsom (Photo: Getty)

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

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

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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)

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

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The IDF announces all senior terrorist leaders of Iran’s Axis of Terror have been eliminated (Credit: X)

Who were the seven top Iranian officials killed alongside Khamenei?

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Jewish former officer to oversee antisemitism training at West Midlands Police

Mat Shaer retired in 2023 after more than three decades in the force, including 10 years as head of hate crimes

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March 1, 2026 09:00

‘Zionist Nazi b****’: California Jewish parents sue state over allegations of ‘persistent and pervasive’ antisemitism in public schools

Students reported their peers chanting ‘kill the Jews’ and physically assaulting Jewish classmates, as well as a teacher displaying antisemitic artwork

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February 27, 2026 13:59

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters face each other outside the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024 (Credit: DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Attorney General Lord Hermer defends Palestine recognition while hostages were still in Gaza

The government’s chief legal adviser took part in a wide-ranging discussion this week in central London

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February 27, 2026 10:57

Lord Hermer, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

The legal action refers to the repeated Gaza protests that took place on campus

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February 26, 2026 17:04

Police on bicycles patrol near the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Holocaust documentary faces ban in Poland for depicting post-war antisemitism

Among Neighbors tells the story of Jewish residents of a small Polish town killed by their neighbours after the country’s liberation from Nazi occupation

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February 26, 2026 13:04

Janina Jaworska, featured in Among Neighbors (Credit: 8 Above)

Israel’s ‘chillingly precise’ strikes punch a major hole in Hezbollah’s missile command

The attacks on military hubs in the Bekaa Valley eliminated Hezbollah operatives who were key to its missile operations

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February 25, 2026 11:28

An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah target in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on September 23, 2024 (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue

The Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies said the community has been left ‘deeply distressed’

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February 23, 2026 13:14

A pick-up truck reverses into the gates of Brisbane's largest synagogue (Photo: X)

Eric Dane, Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star, dies at 53

The actor, who was raised in the Jewish tradition, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease less than a year ago

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February 22, 2026 13:09

Eric Dane attends the 'Countdown' Premiere and After-Party in Los Angeles, June 18, 2025 (Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Prime Video)

Eli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book Awards

The book is ‘my testimony, a story of my survival, written so others could bear witness,’ the author said

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February 20, 2026 17:15

Eli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book Awards

British artist who depicts murder of Zionists and appears to celebrate Hamas is convicted graffiti tagger

Elliott Phillips calls for Zionism to be ‘burned to the ground’, ‘death to the IDF’ and ‘freedom by any means’ in his work

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February 20, 2026 15:01

KRIME is a Plymouth-based graffiti artist who produces extreme anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-police, and anti-capitalist artworks

Emily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attack

The British Israeli hostage also ridiculed the ‘Queers for Palestine’ campaign as she recounted her experience of hiding her sexuality while in captivity

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February 19, 2026 14:13

Emily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attack

Psychologists’ coalition opposes Jewish ethnic association because ‘most Jewish-Americans identify as white’

The Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations said antisemitism is a form of religious, rather than racial, discrimination and that Jews are ‘not under-represented’ in their field

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February 19, 2026 10:29

The American Psychological Association (APA) headquarters in Washington DC (Wikipedia)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

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

Who were the seven top Iranian officials killed alongside Khamenei?

More from Daniel Ben-David

Jewish former officer to oversee antisemitism training at West Midlands Police

‘Zionist Nazi b****’: California Jewish parents sue state over allegations of ‘persistent and pervasive’ antisemitism in public schools

Attorney General Lord Hermer defends Palestine recognition while hostages were still in Gaza

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

Holocaust documentary faces ban in Poland for depicting post-war antisemitism

Israel’s ‘chillingly precise’ strikes punch a major hole in Hezbollah’s missile command

Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue

Eric Dane, Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star, dies at 53

Eli Sharabi memoir ‘Hostage’ named Book of the Year at National Jewish Book Awards

British artist who depicts murder of Zionists and appears to celebrate Hamas is convicted graffiti tagger

Emily Damari visits Bondi Beach to meet survivor of Chanukah terror attack

Psychologists’ coalition opposes Jewish ethnic association because ‘most Jewish-Americans identify as white’