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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Traitors contestant compared Israeli checkpoints to Nazi Germany

Marzook Bana also accused UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of being subservient to his ‘paymasters’ and said that ‘Zionists have short term memories’

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Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Image: Getty Images)

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

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A protestor at a rally in central London supporting the protests in Iran on January 11, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

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Thousands gathered outside Downing Street protesting against the IRGC (Image: Elliott Franks)

‘We won’t forget who stood by us,’ Iranian dissidents tell Jewish allies as thousands attend London rally

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BBC football pundit apologises for saying manager's poor stint was an 'absolute Holocaust'

Former Premier League and Ireland star Shay Given ‘genuinely mortified’ after incident on Final Score show

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January 11, 2026 15:15

Football pundit Shay Given (Image: Getty Images)

West Midlands Police 'covered up' threat to Israeli team with claim match day was peaceful

Internal report on events in hours before Maccabi Tel Aviv game from which fans were banned reveals players were hunted and groups looked for a fight

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January 11, 2026 15:09

Stop incitement to violence against Jews police urged after protest outside Israeli restaurant

Call by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch follows anti-Zionist demonstration at Miznon’s Notting Hill branch

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January 11, 2026 11:43

Police at the protest outside the Miznon restaurant in Notting Hill (Image: X)

Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed honoured with gold menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman

Al-Ahmed, who is Muslim, wore a kippah to the event in NYC where he was presented with the gift

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January 9, 2026 16:59

Bill Ackman presenting Ahmed al-Ahmed with the golden menorah at the NYC Chabad gala (Image: X: Ryan Rozbiani)

NHS ‘failing in duty of care’ if staff wear pro-Palestine badges, says Wes Streeting

The health secretary promised a ‘much more robust approach’ to political statements made by doctors

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January 9, 2026 12:27

Health Secretary Wes Streeting on a hospital visit with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty Images)

Who is the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis who called the ICE ‘self-defence’ claim ‘bulls**t’?

Jacob Frey has said his political career has been influenced by the Jewish concept of ‘tikkun olam’

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January 8, 2026 17:25

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (Image: Getty Images)

Top Mamdani aide praised activist who asked if US would ‘hunt down and kill’ IDF soldiers

Zahra Billoo, who has compared Hamas striking Israel to a ‘woman punching her rapist’, was hailed as a ‘treasure’ and a ‘gift…to Muslims worldwide’ by Ramzi Kassem

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January 8, 2026 14:41

(L-R) New York City Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and CAIR executive director Zahra Billoo

Australian Jews welcome Royal Commission into Bondi Beach attack

Announcement follows outcry over initial decision by the Prime Minister to open a smaller-scale inquiry

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January 8, 2026 14:38

Australian Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced a royal commission into the Bondi Beach attack (Image: Getty Images)

Jewish leaders condemn Australian newspapers for Bondi cartoon featuring ‘anti-Semitic tropes’

‘The cartoon could have been published in Der Stürmer,” said the Zionist Federation of Australia

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January 8, 2026 11:30

The cartoon, which is named "Grass roots" (Image: X/ Alex Ryvchin)

Holocaust survivor’s memorial bench destroyed in Manchester in ‘despicable act of Jew-hatred’

Chaim Ferster, who dedicated his life to educating young people about the horrors of the Shoah, was honoured with the special bench in 2019, two years after he died

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January 8, 2026 11:04

The vandalised bench dedicated to Chaim Ferster (North West Friends of Israel)

Antisemitic incidents accounted for 57% of all hate crimes in New York City in 2025

‘Antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face,’ NYPD Commisioner Jessica Tisch said

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January 7, 2026 16:06

Jewish New Yorkers account for around ten per cent of the city's population (Photo: Getty)

Ofcom investigating after X’s Grok AI bot creates ‘undressed image’ of descendant of Holocaust survivors outside Auschwitz

“The creation of undressed or sexualised images without consent is degrading, abusive and it is not a victimless crime,” said Bella Wallersteiner

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January 7, 2026 15:06

Ofcom investigating after X’s Grok AI bot creates ‘undressed image’ of descendant of Holocaust survivors outside Auschwitz

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Traitors contestant compared Israeli checkpoints to Nazi Germany

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

‘We won’t forget who stood by us,’ Iranian dissidents tell Jewish allies as thousands attend London rally

More from Jamie Shapiro

BBC football pundit apologises for saying manager's poor stint was an 'absolute Holocaust'

West Midlands Police 'covered up' threat to Israeli team with claim match day was peaceful

Stop incitement to violence against Jews police urged after protest outside Israeli restaurant

Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed honoured with gold menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman

NHS ‘failing in duty of care’ if staff wear pro-Palestine badges, says Wes Streeting

Who is the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis who called the ICE ‘self-defence’ claim ‘bulls**t’?

Top Mamdani aide praised activist who asked if US would ‘hunt down and kill’ IDF soldiers

Australian Jews welcome Royal Commission into Bondi Beach attack

Jewish leaders condemn Australian newspapers for Bondi cartoon featuring ‘anti-Semitic tropes’

Holocaust survivor’s memorial bench destroyed in Manchester in ‘despicable act of Jew-hatred’

Antisemitic incidents accounted for 57% of all hate crimes in New York City in 2025

Ofcom investigating after X’s Grok AI bot creates ‘undressed image’ of descendant of Holocaust survivors outside Auschwitz