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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British Museum removes the word ‘Palestinian’ from ancient Middle East displays

The museum admitted it had ‘retroactively’ applied the term, including by referring to people in the region as being of ‘Palestinian descent’

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Roedean School in Johannesburg (Image: Roedean School)

South African school apologises after refusing to play tennis match against Jewish pupils

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Speaking at a JC panel event, from left to right, JC political correspondent Lorin Bell-Cross, MP Joani Reid, lawyer Mark Lewis, general counsel for the JLC David Toube and Sir Michael Ellis

Failure of CPS to collect data on prosecutions involving antisemitism is ‘flabbergasting’

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The child was on his way to synagogue in Paris when the alleged incident occurred (Photo: Getty)

Jewish boy, 13, ‘attacked by five men’ on his way to synagogue

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The IDF launching pure attack division for first time since the 1970s

The new 38th Division will be tasked with infiltrating enemy territory in wartime

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February 11, 2026 15:50

The Merkava 4 tank will be used in the IDF's 38th Division (Image: Army Recognition)

Top private school pulls out of tennis match against Jewish school after parents ‘raised issues'

Roedean School South Africa said it ‘strongly refutes’ allegations of antisemitism

3 min read

February 11, 2026 13:11

‘The goal is to not exist’: Inside the Israeli NGO tackling preventable disease in Africa

‘Usually within five years... we are able to reduce the disease prevalence by almost 90 per cent,’ NALA’s CEO, Michal Bruck, told the JC

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February 10, 2026 11:27

Children being taught about stool samples for testing (Image: Marcus Perkins)

Heaton Park terrorist’s father claims Israel is ‘built on the skulls’ of Palestinians

Surgeon Faraj al-Shamie, whose son Jihad killed two people in a stabbing and car-ramming attack, pledged Israel’s end in a post on Facebook

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February 10, 2026 10:52

Dr Faraj al-Shamie (Image: X/ Richard Kemp)

Ehud Barak wanted to relax conversion requirements to bring ‘a million Russians’ and ‘young handsome girls’ to Israel, Epstein files show

The former Israeli prime minister suggested removing conversion from the auspices of the rabbinic authorities as part of a plan to offset Arab-Israeli population growth

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February 6, 2026 11:52

(L-R) Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (Getty Images)

Jewish billionaire Nelson Peltz advises Nicola and Brooklyn to ‘stay out of the press’ amid Beckham feud

Peltz’s remark comes amid the ongoing feud between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents

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February 5, 2026 17:12

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz renewed their vows after three years of marriage in a ceremony earlier this month, attended by 200 guests but excluding the Beckham family. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Balmain)

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

Phylisa Wisdom has previously spoken out against the BDS movement, an anti-Israel initiative supported by the New York City mayor

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February 5, 2026 14:36

Phylisa Wisdom, the new leader of the Office to Combat Antisemitism (Image: YouTube)

‘The promise was kept’: IDF confirms elimination of Hamas commander who killed Noa Marciano

Marciano, aged just 19, was ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital after being forced to record a propaganda video

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February 5, 2026 11:24

Heirs of Jewish art collector sue New York Met over ‘illegally acquired’ Pissarro painting

The descendants claim that Haystacks was sold under duress in Nazi-occupied France

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February 4, 2026 17:28

Haystacks, Morning, Éragny by Camille Pissarro (Image: Met gallery)

Trump demands $1bn from Harvard in escalation of campus antisemitism dispute

This is the latest demand in a year-long feud with the Ivy League university over claims of antisemtisim

2 min read

February 4, 2026 14:54

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Harvard University (Image: Getty Images)

Mark Ronson awarded outstanding contribution to music Brit in ‘most meaningful honour’ of his career

The record producer and performer will receive the accolade at this month’s Brit Awards

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February 4, 2026 12:42

Mark Ronson, pictured attending the 2024 Grammy Awards (Photo: Getty)

IDF discovers haul of mortar rounds hidden in Unrwa blankets in Gaza

The find comes two weeks after Israel demolished the UN agency’s headquarters in East Jerusalem

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February 3, 2026 15:51

The haul or mortar rounds found concealed in Unrwa blankets (Image: YouTube/ Israeli Defence Forces)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

British Museum removes the word ‘Palestinian’ from ancient Middle East displays

South African school apologises after refusing to play tennis match against Jewish pupils

Failure of CPS to collect data on prosecutions involving antisemitism is ‘flabbergasting’

Jewish boy, 13, ‘attacked by five men’ on his way to synagogue

More from Jamie Shapiro

The IDF launching pure attack division for first time since the 1970s

Top private school pulls out of tennis match against Jewish school after parents ‘raised issues'

‘The goal is to not exist’: Inside the Israeli NGO tackling preventable disease in Africa

Heaton Park terrorist’s father claims Israel is ‘built on the skulls’ of Palestinians

Ehud Barak wanted to relax conversion requirements to bring ‘a million Russians’ and ‘young handsome girls’ to Israel, Epstein files show

Jewish billionaire Nelson Peltz advises Nicola and Brooklyn to ‘stay out of the press’ amid Beckham feud

Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism

‘The promise was kept’: IDF confirms elimination of Hamas commander who killed Noa Marciano

Heirs of Jewish art collector sue New York Met over ‘illegally acquired’ Pissarro painting

Trump demands $1bn from Harvard in escalation of campus antisemitism dispute

Mark Ronson awarded outstanding contribution to music Brit in ‘most meaningful honour’ of his career

IDF discovers haul of mortar rounds hidden in Unrwa blankets in Gaza