Jane Prinsley

Jane Prinsley is the Investigations Correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach her at jprinsley@thejc.com

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Hostage Negotiations

Yarden Bibas, Noa Argamani, and freed hostages accuse Israeli government of abandoning those left in Gaza

Released hostages warn that end of ceasefire risks lives of hostages

5 min read

Einav Zangauker (2L), the mother of Israeli Matan Zangauer held hostage with others in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, sits alongside supporters and relatives at the Gaza border near kibbutz Nir Oz on March 18, 2025, to protest Israel's strikes and demand preserving the truce and bringing the remaining hostages back with a deal. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

A banner held by Israeli protesters outside the Israeli embassy in London called for a ceasefire and said "We are not our government". The group also demanded the release of the hsotages held by Hamas in Gaza (Photo: Yair Perry)

British Jews urged to join Israelis in protest against Netanyahu

2 min read

Glasgow Film Theatre stopped selling coca-cola after a campaign from staff members of Unite Union who demanded the cinema adopt BDS (Photo by Euan Cherry/Getty Images)

Jewish community in Glasgow fights back against cinema’s Coca-Cola boycott

4 min read

A Johannesburg councillor invoked Hitler during an anti-Israel tirade at a meeting of the city council

‘We want Hitler’ heard at council meeting

2 min read

Former High Sheriff claims Zionists shed ‘crocodile tears of antisemitism’

London Liveryman Nazir Jessa wrote about Israel as a ‘colonial country’ and shared posts from a LinkedIn user who repeatedly accused the Jewish state of being Nazi-like

1 min read

March 17, 2025 16:28

Nazir Jessa said claims of antisemitism were 'crocodile tears'

Chief Rabbi withdraws from Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right participation

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister had invited controversial figures from European political parties

1 min read

March 17, 2025 15:41

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has cancelled his participation at an Israeli government-organised conference on antisemitism over concerns about the attendance of far-right European politicians. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Purim in Stamford Hill: A riotous ritual of colour and dance

Clapton Common transforms for the yearly carnival celebration of Jewish survival

2 min read

March 16, 2025 10:23

Children in fancy dress for Purim in Stamford Hill (Omer Barr)

Police give up on hunt for pro-Palestine vandal who was filmed slashing Balfour painting

An activist attacked the 1914 painting hanging at Trinity College Cambridge in March last year

2 min read

March 13, 2025 15:48

A Palestine Action activist destroys a 1914 painting of Lord Balfour

Peter Sichel, the man who made Blue Nun a runaway success dies at 102

Remembering an extraordinary life spanning more than a century

4 min read

March 13, 2025 12:50

Former Jewish refugee, CIA official and wine merchant Peter Sichel at his home in Manhattan, NYC

British rabbis on Yachad trip say they were attacked by settlers on tour of West Bank

Twelve rabbis pelted with eggs and ‘rammed at’ by a pickup truck, according to Yachad

7 min read

March 13, 2025 12:11

A group of British rabbis on a tour of a village in the West Bank have claimed they were "rammed" at by an Israeli settler in a white pickup van

A life-affirming Jewish Book Week made space for debate... and dinner plans

London’s longest-running literary festival was packed with new ideas

3 min read

March 12, 2025 20:08

Israeli source denies claims that Emily Thornberry was secretly filmed at Knesset meeting

Labour MP claims she was secretly filmed at Knesset; Israeli source hits back against allegations

2 min read

March 12, 2025 17:25

Emily Thornberry launched an attack on Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, claiming she secretly recorded a meeting of a UK delegation at the Knesset and posted it on Instagram. But an Israeli source said the meeting was openly filmed.

Number of young people going on tour this summer nearly doubles

Eight hundred teens sign up for post-16 ‘rite of passage’ Israel tour

1 min read

March 11, 2025 13:12

Tehran regime will fall before UK proscribes IRGC, claims Iranian peace camp protester

Vahid Beheshti has spent more than two years camped outside the Foreign Office in an attempt to force officials to act

5 min read

March 10, 2025 14:47

Beheshti outside his peace camp on the steps of the Foreign Office

Politician who questioned how many Jews were killed in Holocaust gets seat on Isle of Man Parliament

Gary Clueit also questioned whether Hamas kidnapped babies and suggested he enjoyed being called antisemitic

3 min read

March 10, 2025 12:16

A politician elected to the Isle of Man parliament described antisemitism as 'That warm feeling it gives you is just the piss running down your leg' and questioned the number of Jews killed in the Shoah

Labour suspends councillor after she said ‘Zionists’ funded UK summer riots

Members of the Labour group mocked Preston Jewish community and said hostage vigil was ‘difficult to walk past’

4 min read

March 7, 2025 16:43

The ruling Labour group at Preston City Council has been embroiled in scandal following leaked WhatsApp messages

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Jane Prinsley

Latest from Jane Prinsley

Yarden Bibas, Noa Argamani, and freed hostages accuse Israeli government of abandoning those left in Gaza

British Jews urged to join Israelis in protest against Netanyahu

Jewish community in Glasgow fights back against cinema’s Coca-Cola boycott

‘We want Hitler’ heard at council meeting

More from Jane Prinsley

Former High Sheriff claims Zionists shed ‘crocodile tears of antisemitism’

Chief Rabbi withdraws from Israeli antisemitism conference over far-right participation

Purim in Stamford Hill: A riotous ritual of colour and dance

Police give up on hunt for pro-Palestine vandal who was filmed slashing Balfour painting

Peter Sichel, the man who made Blue Nun a runaway success dies at 102

British rabbis on Yachad trip say they were attacked by settlers on tour of West Bank

A life-affirming Jewish Book Week made space for debate... and dinner plans

Israeli source denies claims that Emily Thornberry was secretly filmed at Knesset meeting

Number of young people going on tour this summer nearly doubles

Tehran regime will fall before UK proscribes IRGC, claims Iranian peace camp protester

Politician who questioned how many Jews were killed in Holocaust gets seat on Isle of Man Parliament

Labour suspends councillor after she said ‘Zionists’ funded UK summer riots