Jamie Shapiro

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Jamie Shapiro is a reporter for the Jewish Chronicle focusing on civil upheaval and conflict. You can reach him at jshapiro@thejc.com

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West Bank settlers set cars ablaze in olive harvest season violence

This comes amid increased tensions between Jewish settlers and Palestinians during the October and November harvest

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One of the cars set ablaze in the West Bank

Ronan Engel with his family in happier times (Image: X/ Bring Them Home Now)

Body of ‘hero medic’ who died treating others on October 7 returned home to Israel

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Palestine Action was proscribed on July 5 (Image: Getty Images)

Palestine Action allowed judicial review of terror proscription, court rules

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Yonni Finlay is one of three victims of the attack who were hospitalised (Image: Instagram/ Naz_Hashem)

Hero dad who held off Manchester terrorist is discharged from hospital

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Multiple papers correct misleading coverage of Gaza hostage releases

The JC can reveal at least 11 incidents over the last few weeks of inaccurate reporting in the UK, US and Israel

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October 16, 2025 15:05

The Guardian corrected a headline referring to Israeli hostages as 'detainees'

‘Globalise the intifada’ chant is ‘call to attack Jews’, says Starmer

The prime minister made the comment as his government is looking to give police more powers to crack down on offensive protests

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October 16, 2025 10:56

A pro-Palestinian protester holds a "globalise the intifada" sign near during an anti-Israel protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hotel at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2025 in New York City (Image: Getty Images)

EXCLUSIVE: Study reveals flood of blood-curdling Jew-hate following Manchester attack

The Centre for Countering Digital Hate analysed social media posts following last week’s atrocity

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October 10, 2025 13:41

Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Surgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck off

Manoj Sen made the comments just three days after the October 7 massacre

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October 10, 2025 10:50

Manoj Sen has been struck off the UK Medical Register for antisemitism (Image: X/ Jack Unfurled)

Antisemitic hate crime in the UK remains at historic high

Incidents fell by 12.5 per cent year on year, but remain at twice pre-October 7 levels

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October 9, 2025 15:30

Antisemitic hate crimes in the UK in 2024/2025 are nearly twice what they were in 2022/2023 (Image: Getty)

Heaton Park attack victim ‘no longer feels safe in this country’

A fundraiser for another victim, Andrew Franks, has also passed £65,000

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October 9, 2025 14:57

The Nobel Prize winner who didn’t know he was Jewish until he was 11

Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s father kept his religion hidden because it was “forbidden to mention it”, the author recalled

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October 9, 2025 14:33

Author Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature (Image: Getty Images)

Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

Jihad al-Shamie is accused of raping one of his partners multiple times over the course of three years and forcing another to watch extremist videos

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October 9, 2025 12:02

Jihad Al-Shamie launched a terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester last Thursday (Image: X/ David Atherton)

Students’ Gaza marches scheduled for October 7 are a ‘f***ing disgrace’

Anti-Israel student groups claim October 7 marks ‘two years since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza’

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October 6, 2025 15:22

Students demonstrate on the London School of Economics campus in June 2024 (Photo: Getty)

Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

Author and former JC editor Jake Wallis Simons condemned the government for ‘hammering Israel’ for the past two years.

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October 6, 2025 14:04

Jake Wallis Simons (left) and podcast host Brendan O'Neill (right) at a JC event at Belsize Square Synagogue

MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gig

Manchester Academy has not even responded to the request, despite Thursday’s attack the JRC said

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October 6, 2025 11:11

Bobby Vylan has called for people to find "[Zionists] on the street" (Image: Getty)

Hamas military wing ‘rejects’ peace deal, though political wing expected to agree

US President Donald Trump has given the terror outfit until tomorrow to respond to his proposed deal

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October 3, 2025 14:28

Hamas's military wing which controls the hostages

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

West Bank settlers set cars ablaze in olive harvest season violence

Body of ‘hero medic’ who died treating others on October 7 returned home to Israel

Palestine Action allowed judicial review of terror proscription, court rules

Hero dad who held off Manchester terrorist is discharged from hospital

More from Jamie Shapiro

Multiple papers correct misleading coverage of Gaza hostage releases

‘Globalise the intifada’ chant is ‘call to attack Jews’, says Starmer

EXCLUSIVE: Study reveals flood of blood-curdling Jew-hate following Manchester attack

Surgeon who said not enough Jewish ‘rats’ were killed in Auschwitz is struck off

Antisemitic hate crime in the UK remains at historic high

Heaton Park attack victim ‘no longer feels safe in this country’

The Nobel Prize winner who didn’t know he was Jewish until he was 11

Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

Students’ Gaza marches scheduled for October 7 are a ‘f***ing disgrace’

Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gig

Hamas military wing ‘rejects’ peace deal, though political wing expected to agree