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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Antisemitism

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

She has since claimed to be the victim of a ‘smear’ campaign, saying: ‘In order to silence you speaking out, to silence me, they do what they always do, twist your words, label you an antisemite’

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Huda Kattan rattled off several conspiracy theories about Israel in her video (Image: X/Anti Defamation League)

Pro-Palestine protests made up of faculty, staff, and students of the George Washington University (Image: Getty)

George Washington University ‘deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism, claims DoJ report

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Palestinian girls walk at a makeshift displacement camp set up amid building rubble in Gaza City in May (Photo: Getty)

ActionAid removes false claim that more women and children killed in Gaza than ‘any other conflict in the last two decades’

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Scarlett Johansson has become the highest grossing actor of all time (Image: Getty)

How Jewish is Scarlett Johansson?

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Hamas to be added to UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’

However, the UN’s secretary-general also hinted that Israel could be included on the list next year

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August 13, 2025 10:48

Protesters gathered in London last year holding up plackards that read: "Rape is not resistance" (Image: Getty)

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund sells stakes in Israeli companies

Nearly a dozen Israeli firms have been excluded from the fund

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August 12, 2025 15:29

Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg's review of the sovereign fund's investment in Israel led to the decision to sell its stakes (Image: Getty)

Mark Lazarus, one of English football’s first Jewish stars, dies aged 86

The footballing great played for clubs including Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace

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August 12, 2025 14:05

Mark Lazarus was known for his energetic goal celebration (Image: Getty)

Jewish man who converted to Islam after IDF rejection arrested over alleged terror plot

Police said the foiled plan was one of ‘the most serious’ they had ever dealt with

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August 12, 2025 13:21

Bomb-making equipment allegedly found at two of the suspects' homes (Image: Israel Police)

Balloons filled with ‘urine’ hurled at Jewish groups attending Montreal Pride

The suspected attack came after event organisers reversed a decision to ban the Jewish groups

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August 12, 2025 11:55

LGBTQ+ Jews groups at Montreal Pride Parade (Photo: Getty)

Orthodox Jewish man beaten in Montreal park in front of ‘traumatised’ children

The attacker was filmed punching the man repeatedly before throwing his kippah into a fountain

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August 11, 2025 13:25

An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked in a park in Montreal on Friday (Image: X/@gidonsaar)

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

Five employees of the Qatari-based network were killed when their tent was hit outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital

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August 11, 2025 11:49

The IDF has claimed that Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the head of a Hamas terror cell in Gaza (Image: Getty)

North London fruit stall forced to take down pro-Palestine stickers after council deems them ‘litter’ following UKLFI complaint

The stall bore slogans including ‘free Palestine’ and ‘end the apartheid’

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August 7, 2025 16:26

The stall (right) outside Archway Station was forced to take down pro-Palestine stickers after the council deemed them 'litter'

Billionaire Jewish family to continue funding Australian gallery despite pro-Palestine pressure

The Gandel family, which partially finances the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

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August 7, 2025 12:20

Pauline and John Gandel, whose family foundation partially funds the National Gallery of Victoria (Image: Gandel Foundation)

Belgian MP Darya Safai who escaped Iran ‘torture’ prison reveals IRGC abduction plot

Belgian MP Darya Safai, who fled the Islamic Republic 25 years ago, talks to the JC in an exclusive interview about her fight against the Islamic Republic and how important it is for the world to side with Israel

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August 6, 2025 17:17

Belgian MP Darya Safai speaks to the JC about the horrors of the Islamic government of Iran (Image: Getty)

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil says there is ‘manufactured hysteria’ about antisemitism at Columbia

Khalil was detained by the Trump administration and is in the middle of a legal battle over its attempts to deport him

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August 6, 2025 15:31

Mahmoud Khalil spoke about his views on the conflict to Ezra Klein (Image: YouTube/The Ezra Klein Show)

Canadian pride event bans country’s largest Jewish LGBT+ group from attending

Organisers of Fierté Montréal, which is set to be held this weekend have explained their reasons for banning the Jewish group

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August 5, 2025 15:51

The pride event is set to be held this weekend in Montreal (Image: Fierte Montreal)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Makeup boss Huda Kattan claims Israel was responsible for both world wars, 9/11 and October 7

George Washington University ‘deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism, claims DoJ report

ActionAid removes false claim that more women and children killed in Gaza than ‘any other conflict in the last two decades’

How Jewish is Scarlett Johansson?

More from Jamie Shapiro

Hamas to be added to UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund sells stakes in Israeli companies

Mark Lazarus, one of English football’s first Jewish stars, dies aged 86

Jewish man who converted to Islam after IDF rejection arrested over alleged terror plot

Balloons filled with ‘urine’ hurled at Jewish groups attending Montreal Pride

Orthodox Jewish man beaten in Montreal park in front of ‘traumatised’ children

Al Jazeera reporter killed in Gaza strike was ‘head of terror cell’, IDF claims

North London fruit stall forced to take down pro-Palestine stickers after council deems them ‘litter’ following UKLFI complaint

Billionaire Jewish family to continue funding Australian gallery despite pro-Palestine pressure

Belgian MP Darya Safai who escaped Iran ‘torture’ prison reveals IRGC abduction plot

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil says there is ‘manufactured hysteria’ about antisemitism at Columbia

Canadian pride event bans country’s largest Jewish LGBT+ group from attending