Jake Wallis Simons

Jake Wallis Simons was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2021-2025

Latest from Jake Wallis Simons

The West joins the UN’s anti-Israel hate fest

The grotesque lies, hyperbole and blood libels directed against the Jewish state that were once the preserve of despotic regimes have entered the European mainstream

4 min read

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a Middle East conference during the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026 (Image: Getty)

Naza film poster (l), Fauda poster (Image: The Guardian, Netflix)

Fauda’s truthful Gaza war drama trumps the blood libel of the Naza ‘documentary’

4 min read

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

Hamas congratulates Labour – exposing the moral bankruptcy of the government’s Israel policy

3 min read

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband departs after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on September 8, 2026 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Symbolic sanctions to appease ‘muppet’ backbenchers threaten a real-world crisis for Britain

3 min read

The UN leader lit a candle for a Hamas commander – the organisation is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres was mourning Imad Yousif El Samhouri, who was filmed climbing out of the terror tunnels beneath Gaza and identified as a top terrorist. The institution’s collapse is now a realistic option

10 min read

August 26, 2026 15:33

António Gueterres and Annalena Baerbock light an “eternal flame” at the United Nations headquarters for Imad Yousif El Samhouri, right (Photo: UN Watch)

If the Chinese regime is funding pro-Gaza marches on London’s streets, democracy is at risk

Protest group Code Pink is under investigation by the US Congress, accused of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from a network linked to the Communist Party in Beijing

4 min read

August 19, 2026 13:09

Protesters march down Regent Street during the 'Ceasefire Now Stop The Genocide In Gaza' demonstration on February 3, 2024 (Image: Getty Images)

The Jews will survive the West’s betrayal – the real question is, will the West?

Could the civilisation that gave the world the industrial revolution, modern medicine, the Enlightenment, liberal democracy, Beethoven, Brahms and the Beatles, really be contemplating terminal decline?

7 min read

August 7, 2026 11:59

The photo session for the Beatles Abbey Road album cover, on August 8, 1969 (Image: Wikipedia)

The BBC has finally upheld a complaint – astonishingly, it’s for alleged pro-Israel bias

If Auntie could apply its newfound willingness to admit wrongdoing to its real failings – starting with its relentlessly negative coverage of the Jewish state – that would be genuine progress

2 min read

August 3, 2026 15:44

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

The more desperate legacy outlets get for audiences, the more closely they are aping the figures whose main contribution to our culture is to contaminate our lives with falsehood

3 min read

June 26, 2026 18:49

Yalda Hakim and Tucker Carlson (Image: Sky News)

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

By committing to withdraw all troops and lift sanctions in return for little more than a promise not to pursue nukes, the US president has emboldened the West’s enemies and set the stage for future confrontations

3 min read

June 18, 2026 16:31

US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

‘Anyone who doesn’t like our alliance with Israel can mind their own business!’ Somaliland’s president tells the JC

Jake Wallis Simons reports from the Islamic country in the Horn of Africa with an unlikely but thriving friendship with Jerusalem

6 min read

May 27, 2026 13:36

President Hargeisa is interviewed by Jake Wallis Simons

Bafta for Gaza: Britain’s media elites help fuel the jihadi propaganda campaign against Israel

The wilder the accusations against the Jewish state, the more likely you are to be showered with awards

2 min read

May 11, 2026 17:30

(Left to right) Ben De Pear, Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Melanie Quigley and Menna Hijazi, 2026 winners of the Current Affairs Award for Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Image: Alamy)

The success of the Greens is another kick in the teeth for Britain’s Jews

Antisemites are going to antisemite, but the sorry truth is that most people would rather turn a blind eye to bigotry than place themselves in the uncomfortable position of confronting it

3 min read

May 8, 2026 15:25

Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, congratulates Zoë Garbett after her election as mayor for Hackney (Image: Getty)

Who’s to blame for antisemitism? The Jews, of course

That’s the clear and ancient message of a former ambassador’s letter to The Times this weekend.

4 min read

May 4, 2026 11:24

Police in Golders Green at the scene of the stabbing on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty)

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

Shame on the media, the international institutions and activists, whether on social media or in the real world, who have so obsessively given new life to this age-old expression of hatred

2 min read

April 23, 2026 16:06

Simon of Trent blood libel (Image: Wikipedia)

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays

The BPG, a group of journalists, critics and other media insiders, was always bound to conform to the trend. Whenever Jews are upset by something, the industry rallies round and doubles down

2 min read

March 19, 2026 17:52

Louis Theroux's documentary on the settlers on BBC 2 (BBC)

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Jake Wallis Simons

Latest from Jake Wallis Simons

The West joins the UN’s anti-Israel hate fest

Fauda’s truthful Gaza war drama trumps the blood libel of the Naza ‘documentary’

Hamas congratulates Labour – exposing the moral bankruptcy of the government’s Israel policy

Symbolic sanctions to appease ‘muppet’ backbenchers threaten a real-world crisis for Britain

More from Jake Wallis Simons

The UN leader lit a candle for a Hamas commander – the organisation is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

If the Chinese regime is funding pro-Gaza marches on London’s streets, democracy is at risk

The Jews will survive the West’s betrayal – the real question is, will the West?

The BBC has finally upheld a complaint – astonishingly, it’s for alleged pro-Israel bias

The Sky News interview with Tucker Carlson is a horseshoe of betrayal

Trump’s Iran deal has led Israel and the US to the very brink of disaster

‘Anyone who doesn’t like our alliance with Israel can mind their own business!’ Somaliland’s president tells the JC

Bafta for Gaza: Britain’s media elites help fuel the jihadi propaganda campaign against Israel

The success of the Greens is another kick in the teeth for Britain’s Jews

Who’s to blame for antisemitism? The Jews, of course

From medieval blood libels to ‘Israeli baby killers’ – how antisemitism endures in Britain

Theroux’s settler doc wins – predictably, Israelophobia pays