Jamie Shapiro

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Jamie Shapiro is a reporter for the Jewish Chronicle focusing on international conflicts and crime. You can reach him at jshapiro@thejc.com

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Is Harry Styles Jewish? Star’s Hebrew heritage revealed

Wednesday marked 15 years since One Direction was formed and one of the band members has been very Jewishy since the beginning

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Harry Styles has appeared quite Jewish over the years from wearing kippahs to tweeting in Hebrew... but is he? (Image: Getty)

A group of Israeli tourists have claimed they were pursued by knife-wielding pro-Palestine activists outside a bar on the Greek island of Rhodes (Image: Instagram/@hakunamatatatikibar)

Israeli teens ‘chased by knife-wielding pro-Palestine protesters’ in Rhodes - but police say it never happened

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London Trans+ Pride has banned Zionists from its march this Saturday (Image: Getty)

Jewish LGBT+ group condemns London Trans+ Pride for banning Zionists from march

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Ozzy Osbourne once said he was "so confused" why people are antisemitic (Image: Getty)

How Jewish was Ozzy Osbourne?

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Israeli cruise ship forced to divert to Cyprus after Greek dock blocked by pro-Palestine protesters

The Crown Iris was halted at the port on the Greek Island of Syros with hundreds of Israelis onboard as protests erupted on the waterfront

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July 22, 2025 15:09

The Crown Iris cruise ship has been halted at the port in the Greek island of Syros (Image: X Christina Themelis)

Welsh Indie band rejects £45,000 deal with Airbnb in solidarity with Palestine

Los Campesinos! claim that the holiday rental company “make money from stolen Palestinian land”

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July 22, 2025 13:07

Welsh indie band Los Campesinos! has revealed they rejected the offer from Airbnb (Image: LiveNation)

Investigation launched after French airport worker says “free Palestine” to passengers

Bosses at Charles de Gaulle, near Paris, called the incident ‘unacceptable’

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July 22, 2025 10:26

Charles de Gaulle Airport has opened an investigation after a security worker was recorded saying 'free Palestine' to tourists while returning their passports (Image: X/@SpectateursFr)

Inside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?

The JC joined Saturday’s Stop the Hate counter-protest to meet the people braving the rain to face down the throngs of pro-Palestine demonstrators

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July 21, 2025 16:31

Around 200 Stop The Hate counter-protesters gathered in Embankment on Saturday (Image: Jamie Shapiro)

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco reveal the slightly Jewish twist to their upcoming wedding

Jewish record producer Benny Blanco is set to marry the popstar later this year

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July 21, 2025 14:16

Singer Selena Gomez is getting married to record producer Benny Blanco (Image: Getty)

Police drop investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance

The band claimed that the very existence of the probe was an example of ‘state intimidation’

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July 18, 2025 15:07

Avon and Somerset Police has confirmed it will drop its investigation into Kneecap's Glastonbury performance (Image: Getty)

Jewish student to sue Berlin university after hate attack left him with brain haemorrhage

The student claims the Free University of Berlin has failed to deal with antisemitism

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July 18, 2025 14:15

The Free University of Berlin (FU) will have to answer questions in court (Image: Getty)

Christians to march to ‘end the apartheid’ in London on Saturday

Christians for Palestine will join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on the Embankment on Saturday

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July 18, 2025 14:10

Christians for Palestine will join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (pictured here) in Embankment on Saturday (Image: Getty)

French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’

The rabbi's daughter has claimed that police suggested they are treating the blaze as deliberate but that ‘no one wants to call it antisemitic’

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July 18, 2025 11:56

Rabbi Yhia Lahiani's home in Grenoble was burned down in a suspected arson attack (Image: X, Torah-Box)

How Jewish is Pete Davidson?

The comedian is expecting his first child and community magazine Kveller has reported that he plans to be a ‘Jewish dad’

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July 18, 2025 09:59

Pete Davidson is expecting his first child and is reportedly planning to be a 'Jewish dad' (Image: Getty)

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

The long persecuted minority has been at the centre of a recent bout of sectarian violence in Syria, which saw the IDF bomb Damascus in support of the community

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July 17, 2025 14:52

The Druze have existed for over a millennium (Image: Getty)

Leaked recording shows BBC News CEO defending ‘inaccurate’ Gaza documentary

Deborah Turness appeared to attempt to draw a distinction between Hamas’ military and political wings after it emerged that the film’s narrator was the son of an official in the terror group’s government in Gaza

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July 17, 2025 12:34

The CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, was recorded defending the corporation's controversial documentary on Gaza, despite its own head of complaints ruling that the film violated accuracy rules (Image: Getty)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Is Harry Styles Jewish? Star’s Hebrew heritage revealed

Israeli teens ‘chased by knife-wielding pro-Palestine protesters’ in Rhodes - but police say it never happened

Jewish LGBT+ group condemns London Trans+ Pride for banning Zionists from march

How Jewish was Ozzy Osbourne?

More from Jamie Shapiro

Israeli cruise ship forced to divert to Cyprus after Greek dock blocked by pro-Palestine protesters

Welsh Indie band rejects £45,000 deal with Airbnb in solidarity with Palestine

Investigation launched after French airport worker says “free Palestine” to passengers

Inside the counter-protest: who are the people who give up their weekends to stand against the Gaza mob?

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco reveal the slightly Jewish twist to their upcoming wedding

Police drop investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance

Jewish student to sue Berlin university after hate attack left him with brain haemorrhage

Christians to march to ‘end the apartheid’ in London on Saturday

French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’

How Jewish is Pete Davidson?

Who are the Druze and why is Israel defending them?

Leaked recording shows BBC News CEO defending ‘inaccurate’ Gaza documentary