Jake Wallis Simons

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

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Keir Starmer

Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

In his first interview with the JC since becoming leader, Sir Keir appeals for Jews to return to Labour

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Israel is not an apartheid state, says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years

Raise a glass to the next chapter in the JC’s story

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‘Arrogant’ BBC caught in fight with Jews… again

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EXCLUSIVE: Mossad recruited top Iranian scientists to blow up key nuclear facility

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Israel to hit ‘head of octopus’ in covert attacks on Tehran

Military chiefs continue to plan a full-on assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities

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December 2, 2021 10:08

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 12: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Jerusalem Post's annual coference on October 12, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel. The conference featured officials, diplomats and business leaders discussing the health, economic and security challenges facing Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

EXCLUSIVE: JC brings Azeem Rafiq face-to-face with Holocaust survivor

The Yorkshire cricketer, whose past anti-Jewish comments were revealed this week, also handled a Nazi-era yellow star and toured Camden Jewish Museum

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November 25, 2021 17:43

UNITED KINGDOM, London: 25 November 2021 Former Yorkshire County Cricket Club player Azeem Rafiq meets Holocaust survivor Ruth Barnett at The Jewish Museum in North London earlier this afternoon.

'I deserve the flak over antisemitic comments', Azeem Rafiq tells JC

Former Yorkshire spin bowler Azeem Rafiq said it's 'for the Jewish people to decide' whether his apology is accepted in the first interview since antisemitism claims surfaced

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November 19, 2021 09:29

'I deserve the flak over antisemitic comments', Azeem Rafiq tells JC

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp buddies Boris and Bennett unite to save planet

World leaders 'flock' to Israeli PM to hear of Covid success

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November 4, 2021 09:54

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp buddies Boris and Bennett unite to save planet

EXCLUSIVE: Fake news claims over 'secret' Pakistan-Israel meet

Sources on both the Israeli and Pakistani side told the JC that the rendezvous never took place

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July 1, 2021 15:31

EXCLUSIVE: Fake news claims over 'secret' Pakistan-Israel meet

EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s shadowy UK network revealed

How Tehran seeks to destabilise the West

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June 24, 2021 10:45

EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s shadowy UK network revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Secret tape from inside Palestine convoy revealed

One month after the notorious London drive-by, the JC exposes a second wave of activists

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June 17, 2021 09:42

EXCLUSIVE: Secret tape from inside Palestine convoy revealed

EXCLUSIVE: JC accused of being ‘Jewish cabal’ after Urdu YouTube investigation

Analysts have expressed serious concerns that Urdu-language material on YouTube may play a part in radicalising elements of the UK Pakistani community

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June 10, 2021 10:11

EXCLUSIVE: JC accused of being ‘Jewish cabal’ after Urdu YouTube investigation

Shame of YouTube Jew-hate

The world's biggest video sharing platform is hosting extreme antisemitism in the Urdu language, a JC investigation reveals

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June 3, 2021 13:20

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sleeper cell’ of fake Jews unmasked

Four members of a “sleeper cell” of alleged undercover Christian missionaries have been unmasked in dossiers passed to the Israeli government, the JC can reveal.

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May 27, 2021 11:16