Kirsty Buchanan

Kirsty Buchanan is the JC's chief reporter

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UN rapporteur posted support for terror ‘icon’

Francesca Albanese celebrated a leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - JUNE 16: General views of Leila Khaled mural on the Apartheid Wall at Bethlehem on June 16, 2013 in central West Bank. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Fury as Ken Livingstone unveils Palestine plaque in park

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Hundreds of Jewish students call out NUS for creating ‘climate of fear’

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MP Halfon refers NUS to the Charity Commission

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Government may suspend ties with NUS amid ‘deep concern over antisemitism’

Election of pro-Palestinian activist Shaima Dallali has also prompted Universities Minister to consider referring the student body to the Charity Commission

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April 8, 2022 13:42

Government may suspend ties with NUS amid ‘deep concern over antisemitism’

Tracy-Ann Oberman: my grandmother fought Mosley, and today I’m battling Jew-hate

The actress gave a moving speech at a House of Lords event to celebrate women campaigners on Wednesday

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April 7, 2022 16:20

Tracy-Ann Oberman: my grandmother fought Mosley, and today I’m battling Jew-hate

New antisemitism taskforce to be chaired by Andrew Percy MP

It was formally announced at a Parliamentary reception hosted by Lord Mann on Tuesday

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April 7, 2022 09:24

New antisemitism taskforce to be chaired by Andrew Percy MP

Israeli minister calls for international probe into war crimes in Ukraine

Dr Nachman Shai spoke of his horror following the revelation of mass rape and murder

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April 6, 2022 15:48

Israeli minister calls for international probe into war crimes in Ukraine

Quiet suburb reels from a brutal killing spree as Israel hit by wave of terror

Bnei Brak is a community in mourning after this week's attack

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March 31, 2022 11:40

A flag-drapped mourner attends the funeral of Yaakov Shalom, one of the five people killed in yesterdays shooting attack in the religious town of Bnei Brak, at the Yarkon cemetery in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva on March 30, 2022. - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned of a "wave of murderous Arab terrorism" ahead of funerals for two of five people killed in a shooting rampage in the ultra-religious Jewish town. The shooting in Bnei Brak, a coastal town outside Tel Aviv, of four civilians and a police officer was the third fatal gun or knife attack in the Jewish state in the past week. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Fury as online troll who called for second Shoah is spared jail

Nicholas Nelson handed suspended sentence after bombarding Oscar-nominated screenwriter with antisemitic abuse

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March 31, 2022 10:21

Fury as online troll who called for second Shoah is spared jail

NUS president-elect praised Jew-hating cleric

Shaima Dallali labelled a cleric critical of Hamas a “dirty Zionist” and posted a video of anti-Israel protesters calling for an intifada

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March 30, 2022 10:33

NUS president-elect praised Jew-hating cleric

Two border police officers killed in Islamic State terror attack in Hadera

It comes just days after another attack in the south of the country

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March 28, 2022 08:46

Two border police officers killed in Islamic State terror attack in Hadera

Two out of four of the candidates for the National Union of Students president post have made anti-Israel posts

The favourite, Shaima Dallali, tweeted in 2012 tweeted: “Khaybar Khaybar O Jews … Muhammed’s army will return #Gaza”, in a reference to a massacre of Jews in the year 628CE

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March 25, 2022 11:09

Two out of four of the candidates for the National Union of Students president post have made anti-Israel posts

Call for antisemitism probe into NUS over ‘self-segregate’ plan for Jews at rapper Lowkey gig

'Sickening' suggestion, put forward by union's head Larissa Kennedy at a meeting with the Union of Jewish Students, has sparked calls for her to resign

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March 24, 2022 10:56