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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Holocaust

Israeli woman arrested after allegedly burying Holocaust-survivor mother in garden

Sharon Kantor is accused of failing to report the death so that she could continue to receive her mother’s social security and Shoah reparation cheques

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Police investigating in the garden of the Karmiel home (Image: Israeli police)

The man was questioned at Hammersmith Police Station

Jewish lawyer claims he was arrested after wearing Star of David that may have caused ‘offence’

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Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Ranks of Hamas fighters formed up on Gaza's beachfront on February 1 for the handover of an Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel in a show of force against the dramatic backdrop of breaking waves. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas attacks Israeli troops in Rafah, prompting IDF airstrikes, shaking ceasefire

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One of the cars set ablaze in the West Bank

West Bank settlers set cars ablaze in olive harvest season violence

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

Ronan Engel’s shiva was held next to the Tel Aviv hospital where his daughter is still being treated after her release nearly two years ago

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October 19, 2025 09:48

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

Palestine Action allowed judicial review of terror proscription, court rules

The Court of Appeal rejected the government’s attempt to prevent the group from challenging its banned status in the High Court next month

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October 17, 2025 14:57

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

Hero dad who held off Manchester terrorist is discharged from hospital

Father-of-three Yoni Finlay was accidentally shot by police as terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie launched his knife attack on October 2

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October 16, 2025 16:23

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

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)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Israeli woman arrested after allegedly burying Holocaust-survivor mother in garden

Jewish lawyer claims he was arrested after wearing Star of David that may have caused ‘offence’

Hamas attacks Israeli troops in Rafah, prompting IDF airstrikes, shaking ceasefire

West Bank settlers set cars ablaze in olive harvest season violence

More from Jamie Shapiro

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

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’