Jake Wallis Simons

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

Latest from Jake Wallis Simons

As Jews were herded into a caged court, Islamists bellowed ‘Allahu Akhbar’: Villa Park was a failure of British leadership

At the match in Birmingham last night, the police and government either failed to stop the mob or actively collaborated with them

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Maccabi fans inside the basketball court where they were ushered by police (Image: Roland Leon)

Theroux during his podcast with Vylan (Image: YouTube)

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

2 min read

Jeremy Corbyn, who addressed the attendees in the opening moments of the Gaza Tribunal, has rejected Trump's Gaza plan (Image: Getty)

Guess what, the deal to end the war has upset the ‘Gaza genocide’ mob

1 min read

Protesters hold placards and wave flags during a 'march against antisemitism' demonstration in central London on September 7 (Image: Getty)

Thousands marched against antisemitism – and Starmer’s Labour was nowhere to be seen

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The Green-Green alliance – Britain’s new natural home for the radical fringes

How can a Jewish political leader, even one of an irredeemably hard-left persuasion, act as the midwife to one of the darkest political forces facing British Jews today?

3 min read

September 4, 2025 17:00

From ‘dee do dee’ to ‘death to the IDF’: how music festivals lost the plot

Once a place for harmless singalongs, Britain’s summer stages have become pulpits for political dogma – with Palestine the sermon of choice and the young, naïve and impressionable the captive congregation

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August 27, 2025 15:40

Rou Reynolds at the Reading Festival (Image: Jake Wallis Simons)

How the West is amplifying Hamas propaganda

Our tendency to side with our enemies is all very well when it is limited to denigrating our history or paying reparations, but it is an entirely different matter when it comes to supporting those who will behead us

2 min read

August 18, 2025 12:42

Anas al-Sharif (left), the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel and identified by the IDF as a Hamas operative, pictured with Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of October 7 (Image: IDF)

I was sceptical Starmer made Labour safe for Jews to return – sadly I was right

The prime minister appeared to back Israel after October 7, then buckled under pressure from backbenchers until it got to the point where he’s being literally congratulated by Hamas

3 min read

July 31, 2025 15:41

Sir Keir Starmer and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during a campaign speech on December 6, 2019 in London, England. (Image: Getty)

From Lammy to LBC: How Hamas propaganda has captured Britain’s discourse

It is essential that we begin to turn the tide of misinformation that is poisoning our culture. Not just for the sake of Jews and Israel, but also for the sake of the West

2 min read

July 23, 2025 14:10

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy (Image: Getty)

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

All three commissioners of the UNHRC’s “permanent inquiry” into Israel have abruptly quit after their colleague Albanese was hit with UN sanctions. If it was so easy to get rid of them, why wasn’t action taken sooner?

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July 17, 2025 13:52

Navi Pillay, former chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Geneva, on June 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

There’s nothing anti-Zionists dislike more than Muslims who want peace with Israel

It says much about Owen Jones and Cenk Uygur that both prefer to raise hell about the imagined crimes of Israel rather than acknowledge a group of European imams who met with President Herzog in Jerusalem to work for a better world

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July 9, 2025 15:18

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (centre, blue tie) meets with a delegation of European imams in Jerusalem (Image: President's House)

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

But we must not lose sight of the fact that Jihadism and Arab rejectionism are the true enemies that squat at the heart of this conflict

4 min read

June 26, 2025 16:03

Palestinians clear burnt belongings in their house after a reported attack overnight by Israelis from a nearby settlement (Getty Images)

Lord Hermer’s reported advice against UK strikes on Iran is a disgrace

The attorney general is living proof of how a dogmatic approach to ‘international law’ can be used to advance an ideological agenda

3 min read

June 19, 2025 17:17

Attorney General Lord Hermer has reportedly advised the prime minister that greater UK involvement in the Israel-Iran War 'may be illegal' (Image: Getty)

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

While Lammy targets Israeli ministers, the UK turns a blind eye to open Jew hate from Muslim countries – revealing a foreign policy not exactly guided by principles

4 min read

June 12, 2025 16:18

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

Is there any point arguing with those that compare aid drops in Gaza to Auschwitz?

When commentators make these false comparisons, they’re showing us who they really are

3 min read

May 30, 2025 10:08

The ‘14,000 dead babies’ smear shows how low Israel’s critics will sink

A UN claim that should have never been believed has spread all over the anti-Israel ecosystem

2 min read

May 21, 2025 13:52

Aid deliveries are set to resume in Gaza as Israel ends its two-month long blockade of the Strip (Image: Getty)

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Jake Wallis Simons

Latest from Jake Wallis Simons

As Jews were herded into a caged court, Islamists bellowed ‘Allahu Akhbar’: Villa Park was a failure of British leadership

Ranting next to Bob Vylan about ‘aggressive’ Israeli Jews, Louis Theroux finally comes out of the closet

Guess what, the deal to end the war has upset the ‘Gaza genocide’ mob

Thousands marched against antisemitism – and Starmer’s Labour was nowhere to be seen

More from Jake Wallis Simons

The Green-Green alliance – Britain’s new natural home for the radical fringes

From ‘dee do dee’ to ‘death to the IDF’: how music festivals lost the plot

How the West is amplifying Hamas propaganda

I was sceptical Starmer made Labour safe for Jews to return – sadly I was right

From Lammy to LBC: How Hamas propaganda has captured Britain’s discourse

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

There’s nothing anti-Zionists dislike more than Muslims who want peace with Israel

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

Lord Hermer’s reported advice against UK strikes on Iran is a disgrace

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

Is there any point arguing with those that compare aid drops in Gaza to Auschwitz?

The ‘14,000 dead babies’ smear shows how low Israel’s critics will sink