Jamie Shapiro

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

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Canada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 16:17

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

2 min read

August 6, 2025 14:31

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 14:51

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

Jewish passenger receives kosher meal with ‘free Palestine’ graffiti on Spanish flight

Salvador Auday reported it to flight attendants who insisted it was the production company who wrote it, not the airline staff

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August 5, 2025 14:50

A kosher meal on an Iberia flight came with 'Free Palestine' written on the packaging (Image: X/DAIA)

Jessie J called a ‘disgusting Zionist’ after expressing sympathy for Israeli hostage Evyatar David

The singer’s post was met with a flood of abusive comments

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August 5, 2025 14:09

Jessie J was targeted after saying she 'just cannot not bear the evil in this world' (Photo: Getty)

Activists arrested at Jewish group’s pro-Palestine protest at President Trump’s New York hotel

The protesters from IfNotNow gathered outside the building to call for an end to Israel’s “ethnic cleansing” of Gaza

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August 5, 2025 10:42

At least 40 protesters were arrested outside the trump international hotel in New York City (Image: X/IfNotNow)

Australian police seeking man in ‘Scream’ mask over repeated targeting of Melbourne synagogue

The Victorian Police in Melbourne, Australia has released CCTV footage of the suspect in an effort to track him down

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August 4, 2025 15:17

The man was caught on CCTV dressed all in black with the mask on (Image: Victoria Police)

Iran holding 70-year-old Jewish-American jeweller captive following wartime crackdown

The man was visiting family in the country when he was reportedly abducted by security forces

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August 4, 2025 14:25

Iranians wave the flags of Iran and Palestine as they march during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians and in condemnation of Israel and the US in July (Image: Getty)

AJC to donate £19,000 to help rebuild Gaza church damaged by IDF shrapnel

The advocacy group has said it will give the money to the Archdiocese of New York to help pay for repairs of Gaza’s Holy Family Church

1 min read

August 4, 2025 12:35

Three were killed and several were injured when stray ammunition struck Gaza's Holy Family Church (Image: Getty)

‘They are in the same state I was in’: Holocaust survivors ‘hurt and angered’ by latest hostage videos

Survivors Naftaly Furst and Batya Rapoport shared their horror at newly-released images of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski

1 min read

August 4, 2025 11:08

Evyatar David was visibly malnourished in the latest Hamas hostage video

Charity linked to UK’s oldest mosque investigated over ‘Israel lobby’ video

The Abdullah Quilliam Society posted the ‘potentially divisive’ clip in June

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August 1, 2025 14:15

A protester defending the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool against the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration (not seen) called in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29 (Photo by IAN COOPER/AFP via Getty Images)

Zookeeper killed by leopard at a Jerusalem zoo

A man, believed to be the leopard trainer at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, was killed after being attacked by one of the big cats during feeding time

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August 1, 2025 10:50

Zookeeper killed by leopard at a Jerusalem zoo

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

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

More from Jamie Shapiro

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

Jewish passenger receives kosher meal with ‘free Palestine’ graffiti on Spanish flight

Jessie J called a ‘disgusting Zionist’ after expressing sympathy for Israeli hostage Evyatar David

Activists arrested at Jewish group’s pro-Palestine protest at President Trump’s New York hotel

Australian police seeking man in ‘Scream’ mask over repeated targeting of Melbourne synagogue

Iran holding 70-year-old Jewish-American jeweller captive following wartime crackdown

AJC to donate £19,000 to help rebuild Gaza church damaged by IDF shrapnel

‘They are in the same state I was in’: Holocaust survivors ‘hurt and angered’ by latest hostage videos

Charity linked to UK’s oldest mosque investigated over ‘Israel lobby’ video

Zookeeper killed by leopard at a Jerusalem zoo