Jonathan Harounoff

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Ed Sheeran fans came for his music, not Macklemore’s anti-Israel diatribe

A stadium appearance in New Jersey turned what should have been an evening of escapism and unity into a platform for one-sided activism on one of the world’s most divisive conflicts

3 min read

Macklemore performs wearing a fake hook nose in Seattle in 2014 (Image: X)

Theodor Herzl in Basel during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901 (Image: Wikipedia)

What would Herzl have thought of Israel and global Jewry today?

4 min read

Kemi Badenoch and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis at the site of the attack in Golders Green, North London on Wednesday 29th April 2026 (Image: Facebook)

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

4 min read

Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, arrives at Downing Street on September 10, 2025 as Prime Minister Keir Starmer is welcoming Israeli President Isaac Herzog (Image: Getty Images)

Israel still has no ambassador in London after a year – a strategic failure that must be fixed pronto

3 min read

Kemi Badenoch made a serious misjudgement – but she remains one of British Jews’ strongest allies

She has stood with the community when it was neither fashionable nor politically expedient, because she believes it is the right thing to do. One bad call does not undo that record

3 min read

August 7, 2026 14:44

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch talks with members of the Jewish community in Golders Green, London, on April 29, 2026, after two people were stabbed. (Image: Getty Images)

Trump’s Hamas deal deserves credit – but the true test is whether the terrorists will disarm

For Israelis exhausted by war and Palestinians seeking freedom from Islamist rule and perpetual conflict, the prospect of a truly demilitarised Gaza under civilian government is one worth pursuing

3 min read

July 31, 2026 17:10

US President Donald Trump during the inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" (Image: Getty Images)

Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu was not just an attack on Israel but on the UN itself

The United Nations General Assembly exists because the alternative of a world in which adversaries refuse to speak at all can be far more dangerous

2 min read

July 29, 2026 11:36

Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers a 4:29-hour speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on September 26th, 1960. (Image: Getty Images)

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

Watching the party steadily distance itself from that legacy should concern not only supporters of the Jewish state, but anyone who believes US foreign policy is strongest when its closest alliances enjoy support across the political spectrum

4 min read

July 23, 2026 18:02

President John F. Kennedy and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir following a meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, December 27, 1962 (Image: Wikimedia)

The UN’s credibility crisis is nowhere more evident than in its treatment of Israel

With Secretary General António Guterres concluding his tenure at the end of 2026, the organisation has an opportunity for genuine renewal – the need for effective international diplomacy has rarely been greater

4 min read

July 16, 2026 12:23

Members of the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution regarding the situation in the Middle East on April 7, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

The greatest test for Iran’s World Cup players will be showing loyalty to a brutal regime

In Iran, sport has long been inseparable from politics.

2 min read

June 2, 2026 16:42

Iran's Forward #23 Ramin Rezaeian celebrates with teammates after scoring their side's second goal during an international friendly football match between Iran and Gambia, in Antalya, southern Turkey, May 29, 2026, as part of Iran's preparation for the upcoming football World Cup. (Photo by Oner SAN / AFP via Getty Images)

I was in Golders Green when normalcy was shattered by the attack – how will Britain respond to this war on Jews?

What happened is only the latest outbreak of a virulent hatred that threatens the community but also the country as a whole

3 min read

May 1, 2026 16:47

Police officers at the junction of Golders Green Road and the North Circular Road following a stabbing attack in Golders Green on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty)

The antisemitic arson attack on Hatzola is a test Britain cannot fail

Words of condemnation have and will of course come. But if this moment is to mean anything, it must mark a shift from language to action

3 min read

March 24, 2026 09:47

The burnt wreckage of Hatzola ambulances set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 in Golders Green, London (Image: Getty)

Khamenei’s death: How the Islamic Republic’s fall could reshape the Middle East

As Jews mark Purim and recall ancient deliverance, may this moment of upheaval deliver security for Israel and freedom for Iran’s remarkable people

4 min read

March 2, 2026 08:13

Iranians celebrate in Los Angeles as word spread that the supreme leader had been killed in Israeli strikes. (Image: X)

We preserve Jewish death. Why not Jewish life?

Why was there no serious, well-funded Jewish plan years ago to preserve the last purpose-built synagogue in the East End as a museum and heritage centre?

6 min read

February 9, 2026 17:12

East London Central Synagogue (Image: Acuitus)

Iran protests are about far more than cost of living – the people want an end to morally bankrupt cruel regime

As Tehran experiences its ‘Tiananmen moment’, world must recognise what’s at stake and how entire region could benefit from an end to tyranny

3 min read

December 30, 2025 16:38

Lone protestor sits cross-legged in front of security personnel on motorcycles in Tehran

Globalising the Intifada on Sixth Avenue

As the favourite to be New York’s next mayor equivocated on Gaza, the city he hopes to govern became the stage for a grotesque display of Hamas glorification

3 min read

October 9, 2025 11:20

New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani walks towards a press conference on October 08, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani was joined by Rep. Jerry Nadler and Comptroller Brad Lander (Image: Getty Images)

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Jonathan Harounoff

Latest from Jonathan Harounoff

Ed Sheeran fans came for his music, not Macklemore’s anti-Israel diatribe

What would Herzl have thought of Israel and global Jewry today?

Could America ever have a Chief Rabbi?

Israel still has no ambassador in London after a year – a strategic failure that must be fixed pronto

More from Jonathan Harounoff

Kemi Badenoch made a serious misjudgement – but she remains one of British Jews’ strongest allies

Trump’s Hamas deal deserves credit – but the true test is whether the terrorists will disarm

Mamdani’s threat to arrest Netanyahu was not just an attack on Israel but on the UN itself

The Democrats forged America’s ‘special relationship’ with Israel – and may yet abandon it

The UN’s credibility crisis is nowhere more evident than in its treatment of Israel

The greatest test for Iran’s World Cup players will be showing loyalty to a brutal regime

I was in Golders Green when normalcy was shattered by the attack – how will Britain respond to this war on Jews?

The antisemitic arson attack on Hatzola is a test Britain cannot fail

Khamenei’s death: How the Islamic Republic’s fall could reshape the Middle East

We preserve Jewish death. Why not Jewish life?

Iran protests are about far more than cost of living – the people want an end to morally bankrupt cruel regime

Globalising the Intifada on Sixth Avenue