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Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

Liam Or as he was known in the hostage release campaign was actually Liam Or-Nassar from a mixed faith background

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In the hostage release campaign, Liam Or-Nassar (poster left) was referred to as Liam Or (photo: Getty Image)

Survivor Dr Lydia Tischler, who received an MBE earlier this month, here sitting for her bust by the sculptor Frances Segelman

Number of Shoah survivors drops below 200,000

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US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (l) shakes hands with Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian High Representative for Gaza (r) next to US businessman Jared Kushner at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. (Photo: Getty Images)

Protests call for release of final hostage Ran Gvili

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Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (left) as Freddie Knoller in Desperate Journey

Film of Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller’s incredible wartime story at cinemas nationwide on Tuesday

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US to transfer up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq

US Central Command say they are hoping to ‘ensure the terrorists remain in secure detention facilities’

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January 23, 2026 09:31

A UH-60 Black Hawk flies during a mission in the US Central Command area of operations within designated areas of Iraq and Syria (Picture: Maj. Karl R. Cain II/U.S. Army)

Palestine Solidarity Campaign accused of intimidating councillors after mass BDS email

The group tried to encourage politicians to sign an anti-Israel petition, despite local government having no control over foreign policy

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January 22, 2026 13:53

A protester chants slogans during a demonstration outside Downing Street, called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Picture: RHIANNA CHADWICK/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s Eurovision entry Noam Bettan ‘honoured to be the voice of our people’ on world stage

Heading to Eurovision will be like ‘entering the lion’s den’ but the singer promised to ‘give my all’ for Israel

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January 21, 2026 09:52

Noam Bettan will represent Israel at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna (Photo: Flash90)

Jewish Pennsylvania governor claims Harris campaign team asked if he was ‘Israeli double agent’

‘I just had a knot in my stomach through all of it’, wrote Josh Shapiro in his upcoming memoir

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January 19, 2026 14:46

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Dr Neeli Bendapudi, President of Pennsylvania State University, speak at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025 (Getty Images)

Fifty-five children injured and two babies killed after ‘gas leak’ at Jerusalem nursery

Medics reported to have been running in and out of the building, carrying multiple babies and young children at a time

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January 19, 2026 12:14

Rescue and security forces at the scene where toddlers were taken ill in Jerusalem (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Number of UK schools marking Holocaust Memorial Day plunges by more than half

The number of secondary schools to hold events plummeted from more than 2,000 in 2023 to 854 in 2025

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January 19, 2026 11:14

Holocaust Memorial Day is marked annually on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp

Trump ‘asks Netanyahu to join Gaza Peace Board’ as founding member

The board has been dubbed ‘Trump’s United Nations’

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January 18, 2026 10:09

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu pictured together at the White House in September 2025 (Photo: Getty)

Nova survivor and OnlyFans model reportedly among four Israelis arrested in Thailand on suspicion of drug trafficking

A judge denied the suspects’ release on bail, noting that none admitted ownership of the drugs

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January 15, 2026 13:50

Three Israelis were arrested at a luxury villa on the Thai island of Koh Phangan (Picture: Koh Phangan police)

Israel ‘monitoring events’ after threat from Iran if US uses force to stop protest death toll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges support for ‘struggle for freedom’ as speculation mounts over American intervention

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January 11, 2026 17:01

Iranians protest against regime on streets of Tehran (Photo by MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi: Accusing Israel of genocide is a troubling moral deceit which trivialises the term

Sir Ephraim Mirvis raises concern over “so-called human rights organisations which appear to revel in misappropriating” the charge

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January 11, 2026 12:15

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Tony Blair’s sister-in-law describes October 7 as being ‘legendary’ for Muslims

Lauren Booth expressed her ‘annoyance’ with Palestinians for their lack of determination to ‘hate all Jews’

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January 9, 2026 16:23

Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in 2011 (Photo: Getty)

NNLS members approve choice of new rabbi

Rabbi Danny Nevins from New York won 93.5 per cent of congregational vote

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January 8, 2026 16:34

NNLS members approve choice of new rabbi

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Father concealed his Muslim identity to protect hostage son

Number of Shoah survivors drops below 200,000

Protests call for release of final hostage Ran Gvili

Film of Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller’s incredible wartime story at cinemas nationwide on Tuesday

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