Jonathan Sacerdoti

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The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

Ali Larijani was no reformer but a central figure in repression – and yet much of British media coverage blurred that reality

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Iran's security chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

Palestinian neighbourhood in Gaza (all images: Jonathan Sacerdoti)

Inside Gaza, the ceasefire holds… at least for now

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Prince William and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Image: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace)

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

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Fear is cracking in Tehran as Trump’s global pressure meets street revolts

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Why did Bondi hero overshadow mass murder of Jews in the headlines?

Questions over media coverage linger even if there may have been good reasons for delay in saying attack was antisemitic

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December 15, 2025 14:01

Mourner at tribute to victims of the Bondi Beach attack (Photo by Izhar Khan/Getty Images)

Four Figures Four Eggs at Woolwich Works: Inam Zimbalista’s meditation on the mundane

The Israeli artist’s one-day exhibition offers a quiet reflection on human relationships and the everyday

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December 12, 2025 16:24

Inam Zimbalista's piece 'Woman, man & hose'.

The BBC is just like Harry and Meghan – and we’ve had enough

As with the estranged royals, we’re all bored of hearing of every new self-inflicted embarrassment, but somehow they keep on coming

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November 10, 2025 11:02

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness (Image: Getty)

Rossini Opera Festival review: ‘Comic and serious works reimagined in ways that make one think’

After the Royal Opera House’s recent PLO flag debacle, I arrived at Italy’s Adriatic Coast feeling gloomy. I left feeling restored

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August 19, 2025 15:15

Provocative: the Islamic mob in L'italiana in Algeri is camped up to a RuPaul level (Photo: Amati Bacciardi)

The opera singer who won’t be silenced on Israel

Born in St Petersburg to Ukrainian and Russian parents, acclaimed soprano Ilona Domnich grew up with the message: ‘Don’t disclose. Hide your Jewishness.’ Now she is done hiding

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July 4, 2025 12:02

Chai note: Ilona Domnich (Photo: Omer Barr)

Israel had the right to ban British MPs – it is what the UK’s done in the past

Israel has no obligation to invite in politicians who seek to damage it from within

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April 7, 2025 13:52

Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed (Roger Harris Photography) and Yuan Yang

US president’s vision has the potential to end the conflict

The president’s bold approach could deliver a solution after decades of failed diplomacy

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February 13, 2025 16:32

Trump's bold relocation plan could offer an escape from the vicious cycle of violence, diplomatic stagnation, and failed solutions (Image: Getty)

From anti-Zionist to warrior against hate: Meeting Germany’s only Jewish antisemitism commissioner

How an East German Jew was won over by Israel

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July 24, 2024 07:46

Israeli university which lost 54 staff and students finds a wartime role

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev president Professor Daniel Chamovitz tells of how his students have rallied to offer support to those affected by October 7 attacks

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November 9, 2023 11:58